On Wednesday in New York Amazon unveiled a new version of its Kindle with a bigger screen something the company hopes will make newspapers and magazine content easier to read.
Video: e-book reader takes on the newspaper
The new device also has more storage than either of its predecessors. The Kindle DX can store 3,500 books more than double of what the Kindle 2 can. Like the Kindle 2 the Kindle DX also has 3G wireless capability.
Along with the launch of the Kindle DX came the announcement of a number of partnerships. The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post will offer the DX at a reduced price to readers who live in areas where home-delivery is not available and who sign up for a long-term subscription to the Kindle edition of the newspapers. On the education side a number of universities will make Kindle DX available to students during their fall semesters later this year.
See the Kindle DX in action below on PC Advisor TV.
Comments
Paul Akehurst said: Well good for the Americans I wish the Kindle DX would be sold over here in UK and Europe and kill off a few of our crappy newspapers too
Peter Lambie Kuwait said: I agree with Chris C Like large screen TVs the technology does not improve the content When I see the hated flashing adverts on the screen I will take them off my wish-list
John Irvine said: Not until they ban newsprint will it happen I dont read them myself in any form but I recall when I did This sort of scaremongering was used about print books when e-readers were invented hasnt happened and personally I hate reading books on-screenNothing like a good beat-up when news is slow
Chris C said: I agree that it is possible to read on a train using this technology but the battery runs out you appear geeky and reading a paper on a small screen doesnt stack-up when given the other advantages of disposabilty or re-use and even alternative uses of a newspaper My major gripe is when will News be News again rather than rehashed opinion or diatribe No matter what the technology that doesnt seem to be within the compass of todays news editors
R C said: I dont know dude I have my bird cage lined with Atari 64s cassette tapes and DVDs
NOEL HARGOOD said: PC Advisor newsletters will never replace the magazine scrolling up and down is nothing like reading over again in depth and saving advice by ripping it out try that with a screen
NOEL HARGOOD said: Electronic killing of newspapers againAlthough I receive a few emails every day from the Telegraph there is nothing to beat the hard copy when on a train or relaxing with a pintThe extra comments letters etc make up the whole PAPER this is not available on screen and reading a screen is not comparable with hard copy
michael wadrop said: when is it coming to uk
Martin Marshall said: Newspapers are dead already And fankly isnt this storage capacity business getting ridiculous 1500 books 3500 books who cares Youre never going to get practical use out of all of that space regardless
Ron Graves said: Your email says Amazon Kindle DX to kill newspapersArrant nonsense It may dent their sales a very little but only the truly geeky will want to read their daily paper on this thingThere is a huge amount of easily-accessible content in a printed newspaper which cant be accessed on a Kindle without endless menu-juggling and papers are better than Kindles in so many ways You cant line a cat-litter tray with a Kindle now can youIve read my papers online via my PC for years and now Im moving house I am missing a vital resource - old newspapers for packing Old Kindles wont work