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"Unofficial Guide" to the Amazon Kindle!

"Every book ever printed in any language in 60 seconds"

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Amazon Introduces A New Generation of Kindles!

Amazon has upped the ante in the fierce competition for customer's e-book reader loyalty. This week the Seattle company introduced the newest generation of Kindles - borrowing features from the Kindle DX introduced early in July.

For those who have put-off buying a Kindle because of either the cost or they don't feel they need the 3G broadband connection Amazon introduces the Kindle WiFi. Priced at $139 the Kindle WiFi includes the same features as the updated 3G broadband Kindle 3.

Both the Kindle WiFi and the Kindle 3 offer a host of new features focusing on a better reading experience -

- 50% higher contrast E-Ink screen

- Crisper, darker fonts

- 20% faster page turns

In addition, the new Kindle has a sleeker, smaller form factor that is 21% smaller and 15% lighter while keeping the 6" screen

And last but not least the new Kindle holds more books (up-to 3,500) and offers native Adobe .pdf document handling.

All-in-all these new Kindles are a solid offering from Amazon that continue the company's focus on serious readers. At the same time, Amazon delivers a new price point that will increase the Kindle to a whole new group of readers.

As of this writing - pre-order your Kindle 3 or Kindle WiFi today and it will ship on August 27th, 2010.

Pre-order your Kindle 3 by clicking here.

Pre-order your Kindle WiFi by clicking here.

Get your new Kindle DX Graphite by clicking here.

Get your new Kindle DX White today by clicking here.

  More about the Kindle . . .

  The Amazon Kindle has taken the reading and publishing world by storm! Analysts following Amazon estimate that over 500,000 of the first edition of the Kindle were sold. The second edition of the Kindle seems to be proving just as popular.

If you are an avid reader, the Kindle makes your reading experience much more enjoyable. If you are considering purchasing one of Amazon's "wireless reading devices" you can expect some pretty amazing things. First, the quantity of books you can store on your Kindle is huge. The first edition can store about 200 text-based books in it's on-board memory. The second edition about 5x that number.

Second, for both Kindle editions you have the ability to quickly highlight pages you're reading and make notes using the built-in keyboard. If you have a Kindle 2 you can even hear the pages your reading read to you in a fairly good "computer voice" (note: this feature is not enabled on all Kindle e-books).

Third, the Kindles have built-in "WhisperNet" wireless from Sprint that   lets you easily shop Amazon. This feature also lets you do some basic surfing on the Internet, read and send Gmail plus use the mobile Twitter site to keep your friends up-to-date on what you're reading.

With all of these features it's easy to forget some things that can help you get the most from your Kindle investment, and the most enjoyment from your reading. The purpose of this site is to help make sure you are up-to-date on "everything Kindle" and also give you the best available tips and how-to information that help you get the most from your Kindle.

If you have any suggestions please e-mail us at editor@guidetokindle.com - we look forward to your comments.

Check-out these "How-To" articles -

Install extra memory in your Kindle 1

Save Your Kindle books to your Kindle 1 SD card

Display pictures on your Kindle 1

Unfreeze your Kindle 1

Unfreeze your Kindle 2

Use the Kindle 1 function keys

Use the Kindle 2 function keys

Five Cool Things You Can Do With Your Kindle 2