World's Largest Collection of Digital Content Planned for New eReader
Amazon Kindle 2
Plastic Logic's news comes at the same time as an update of the popular Amazon Kindle was unveiled yesterday. The Kindle 2 has 25% longer battery life, faster page turns, over seven times more storage with 2GB capacity and sharper images from the electronic paper display which provides 16 shades of grey versus 4 shades available in the original Kindle. But its newest feature is speech to text which means Kindle can read out loud every book, blog, magazine and newspaper to you.
The main characteristic though that sets this apart from other eReaders is the 3G wireless technology - there is no need to look for Wi-Fi hotspots and unlike cell phones there is no monthly broadband bill, service contract, no software to install and no syncing required.
The downside is the 3G will not work in some rural areas and it is only available in the USA although there are plans to launch in the UK but details are still not available.
- Places:
- USA