Kindle 3 is announced on 28 July 2010 for pre-ordering. With Kindle 3 into Amazon's awesome kindle lineup, it is a clear move by Amazon to outbeat the rest of the ebook reader vendors including Barnes & Noble, Apple and Sony in terms of prices and specifications. Kindle 3 review by Latest Kindle Store will be detailed here to compare its fantastic improvements over the 2nd generation Kindle 2.
Kindle 3 Size and Weight
Kindle 3 is really 21% smaller and 17% lighter than its older Kindle 2 family model. The 6" display size still remain as it is even with this smaller form factor. This has greatly enhanced Kindle's portability and to outshine against all of its other competitors in the similiar aspect.
With only 8.7 ounces in weight, Kindle 3 can be read comfortably with only one hand as it is even lighter than a usual paperback and thinner than a magazine.
Kindle 3 Battery Life
Previous Kindle 2 battery life is about 14 days without wireless connection. The new Kindle 3 has certainly pushed its battery life
even further to an impressive period of one month without wireless condition. In factual reality, its battery life may be even longer than its official stated specifications.
Kindle 3 Screen Display And Size
This 3rd generation of 6" kindle reader has the same improvement of over 50% contrast than any other ebook reader for the optimum reading experience. Kindle 3 can be read with its latest, high contrast E-ink for the sharpest texts and images. With this latest display feature, the reading experience can be almost similiar like reading on printed book. Its screen display is also sharper and more natural with no glare or backlight. Therefore, it is evenore comfortable to read on Kindle than reading on a laptop screen. Those who know Kindle 3 for the first time will love it at the first sight.
Kindle 3 Fonts
Besides having a better display quality, its own font technology has also become better to make pages turn quicker even with more sharper fonts. This improvement has led to the making of words and letters more crisp, clear and natural looking. Kindle 3 also comes with 2 additional font options of condensed Caecilia and Sans Serif. It can also support a broader range of characters like Cyrillic used in Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and dozens of other languages for e.g. Japanese , simplified Chinese , Korean and etc.
Kindle 3 Storage, Wireless Connectivity And Price
Kindle 3 now has a larger 4GB of internal flash memory for storing about 3,500 books. This is more than 200% of the Kindle 2's storage capacity. Similiarly to Kindle 2, it has eliminated external memory card storage.
For Kindle 3 with both 3G and Wifi option pricing at US$189, its faster 3G connectivity has removed the need for large internal buffer storage. It can now also take advantage of its neighbouring 3G Wifi hotspots for quicker download speed and to download books without AT&T coverage.
For Kindle 3 with only WiFi option, it only cost US$139 and 0.2 ounces lighter to match the taste of budget conscious book readers.
Other Kindle 3 Features
Kindle 3 has the similiar social features for supporting Facebook and Twitter integration. It also gets voice-accessible menus along with text-to-speech option to make Kindle a fully accessible device that can be used in a classroom.
In short, the launch of Kindle 3 is a clear evidence that Amazon has planned the kindle reader strategy very seriously and it is to fend off the unfavorable speculations of losing over its rivals like Apple. Visit Latest Kindle Store.Com today to see other Kindle 3 review postings and grab your top 100 free kindle books.
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