It looks like it's still only available in the U.S., but hopefully Amazon will understand that people also like reading on this side of the pond and introduce it for sale in Europe soon.
Here are the improvements made:
- Thinner: 0.36 inches thick, 25% thinner than an iPhone
- Quicker: Turns pages 20% faster
- Longer lasting: 25% increase in battery life
- Better display: 16 shades of gray (was 4)
- Bigger memory: Stores up to 1,500 books
- Bigger vocabulary: Built-in 250,000 dictionary
- Better navigation: With a 5-way joystick
- More vocal: Able to read text aloud in a semi-robotic voice
- Less accident prone: The page-turn buttons are smaller and harder to hit by mistake
- More wired: New Whispersync technology
Full article on announcement can be found here: http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/02/09/amazon-unveils-the-new-kindle/
The Amazon.com homepage has a letter from Jeff Bezos to customers, which is a good demonstration of a multi-billion dollar company trying to make the customer feel part of a tight-knit community. http://www.amazon.com/
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