Much twittering has been going on (technically known as ‘tweeting’) about Amazon’s amazing Kindle
A Kindle offers or is a:
- Revolutionary electronic-paper display providing a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
- Simple to use interface: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
- Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindle—whether you’re in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed.
- Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
- More than 88,000 books available, including 100 of 112 current New York Times® Best Sellers.
- Lighter and thinner than a typical paperback; weighs only 10.3 ounces.
- Holds over 200 titles (more with an optional and ubiquitous SD card).
- Long battery life. Leave wireless on and recharge approximately every other day. Turn wireless off and read for a week or more before recharging. Fully recharges in 2 hours.
This is just some of the ‘goodies’. You can also add blogs, read newspapers, view wikipedia, email yourself Word docs and pics to review on the bus, train, plane…
Now, if you are not a North American resident the ‘wireless’ feature won’t work, but Amazon helpfully provide a free email address where you can email all your stuff (plus have the books, etc., sent to) and you can upload them to your Kindle via USB when you next connect to a net-connected pc with a USB port. Cool.
There’s a stack of video testimonials from various authors about how easy the Kindle is to use, and how easy on the eyes reading text on it is (which has traditionally been one of the downfalls of electronic books — the screen resolution hurts your eyes after a while).
As Amazon says,
We wanted Kindle to be as easy to hold and use as a book, so we designed it with long-form reading in mind. When reading for long periods of time, people naturally shift positions often. Kindle’s full-length, vertical page-turning buttons are located on either side, allowing you to read and turn pages comfortably from any position. Navigation on both sides means both “lefties” and “righties” can easily use Kindle with one hand. And at only 10.3 ounces, Kindle is lighter and thinner than a typical paperback.
Kindle’s QWERTY keyboard puts the Kindle Store at your fingertips. Simply type in a title, author, or keyword to find the book, newspaper, or magazine you are looking for. From there, click to buy, and begin reading your selection in under a minute.
The keyboard also enables you to do a full text search across your entire library or within a specific title. To find the article you read last week on globalization, simply type in globalization to locate each relevant reference. You can then jump to Wikipedia to learn more about it. The keyboard also means you can annotate text and utilize Kindle’s built-in dictionary without interrupting your reading.
By using the keyboard, you can add annotations to text, just like you might write in the margins of a book. And because it is digital, you can edit, delete, and export your notes, highlight and clip key passages, and bookmark pages for future use. You’ll never need to bookmark your last place in the book, because Kindle remembers for you and always opens to the last page you read.
Yes, the Kindle is definitely on my “I want one!” list 
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