![]() It even saves what page you were on so that whichever device you use, you'll be right where you left off when you finished reading the last time. All clippings are added to a file that can be downloaded over a USB cable.Īmazon offers several different reading apps to sync Kindle books with an iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, and iPod touch, as well as the new Kindle for PC and Mac software, allowing for quick and easy transfer of books. Pages can be noted upon and saved as clippings and text files. Users can bookmark, highlight, and search for synonyms and definitions right on the page. The mini QWERTY keyboard, which allows you to take notes right on the page and save them for later reference, is handy for text searches and typing URLs in the basic browser. It has a five-way navigation controller to navigate through the menus. You can reference Wikipedia, use the basic browser (where available) to check your email, download free ebooks, get directions with Google Maps, and surf text-based sites. The wireless service doesn't end with books. ![]() And you can download and read the first chapter of a book before you decide to buy. The free wireless Whispernet is fast and easy to use most books download in less than a minute. Additionally, you can now rotate the screen to landscape mode, which is useful for reading PDFs. Thanks to a recent software update, the Kindle 2 now supports PDF files natively and the battery life has been improved from 4 days to 7 days with wireless turned on (it remains two weeks with wireless turned off). The screen measures 6-inches diagonally and has a 600 x 800 pixel display that supports sixteen shades of gray. If you are unfamiliar with ebook readers, this device is about the size of an average DVD case, at 8" x 5.3" x 0.36", and weighs 10.2 ounces.
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