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Amazon.com has their Kindle 2 New Wireless Reading Device (latest generation) on offer for $359.00 with free standard shipping. 'Kindle is as easy to hold and use as a book. We designed it with long-form reading in mind. When reading for long periods of time, people naturally shift positions and often like to read with one hand. Kindle's page-turning buttons are located on both sides, allowing you to read and turn pages comfortably with one hand from any position. The page-turn buttons now flex inward to prevent any accidental page turns when picking up or handling Kindle.'

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Digital Trends have published their review of the Amazon Kindle 2 e-reader. 'Although the Kindle 2 is intended mostly for book reading, it’s actually amazingly flexible when it comes to magazines, newspapers, blogs, and just about any document you have on your PC or Mac. Noticeably taller than the original Kindle (measuring 8 inches), but having lost a few millimeters in thickness (at just over a quarter inch), the Kindle 2 looks and feels sleek and trendy. The original Kindle had a goofy “space-age design” right out of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 movie, so the Kindle 2 is a major improvement. It’s also worth noting that the hinges in the included real leather cover hold the e-book reader tight, so it will never flop around or go flying down an aisle on an airplane. Amazon even offers a wide assortment of covers for about $25 to $100 each.'

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Laptop Magazine have published a review of the Amazon Kindle 2 wireless reading device. 'The brushed-aluminum back of the device contrasted with its white face makes the Kindle look like an Apple-designed product—which is a compliment. In our hands, it felt more like a premium slate than an awkward, big plastic device like the original Kindle. On the previous Kindle, you could remove the back to access the battery and the memory card. While the Kindle 2 ditches the memory card slot, it can also store 7 times the amount of books that the original could (more than 1,500). The Next Page keys are now smaller and inward-facing to prevent the accidental page-turning issue that was prevalent on the first Kindle. The added Home button gives quick access to the home screen, instead of having to search for the small Home icon on the keyboard. Two stereo speakers now sit on the rear of the device and a 3.5mm headphone jack at the top.'

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A review of the new Amazon Kindle 2 wireless reading device has been posted over at ZDNet.com. 'On the front of the Kindle 2 you will find the 6 inch E-Ink display centered in the upper portion. There are 2 buttons on the left for previous page and next page and 2 buttons on the right of the display for Home and next page. The unique “magic” scrolling wheel and silver mirror slider has been replaced by a 5-way directional joystick/controller positioned at the bottom right of the display. Moving the controller moves around a cursor on the display (for document titles they are underlined as they are selected) for quick and accurate navigation. Pressing in on the controller selects the item you have the cursor positioned over. I would like to have seen an eraserhead-type of textured top on the controller as I do tend to slip off of it every once in a while.'

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CNET have published a review of the Amazon Kindle portable reader which lets customers wirelessly download electronic books, blogs, magazines and newspapers to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads like real paper, 'First off, while the Kindle may not be a whole new class of device (electronic-book readers have been around for a number of years), it joins the Sony Reader in making the e-book reader category a whole lot sexier and buzzworthy. While the Sony PRS-505 ($300) is the sleeker of the two devices, the Kindle is the more revolutionary in that it has a free built-in wireless connection that allows you to tap into Amazon's vast online bookstore from just about anywhere you can access Sprint's EVDO cellular data network.

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