Amazon launches Kindle DX, Global Wireless Version

Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device (9.7" Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation)

After the "small" family, comes the big brother. Much higher. This represents a shift 'from the international model of Kindle 2 by 6 inch screen is ideal for reading books to the Kindle's DX version ever Global Wireless, with access to GSM / UMTS and CDMA as in the models so far. Screen 9.7 and features designed for professionals as well as for fans of reading, to $ 489 compared to 279 of the smaller model.

The official presentation with the ability to do pre-orders will happen tomorrow and there will be special surprises on the model chosen by Amazon, the new Kindle will be available in 100 countries (including the excluded, especially China and other Asian countries where Amazon says it is not offer content) and content will now be only in English. There is only one version of Italian newspaper that is offered in digital mode, and is the print of Turin.

A few months to develop the electronics in international format, ie the part is no longer bound by the telephone system of Sprint and Verizon CDMA, but GSM / UMTS for all operators on the planet. The "weight" is supported by AT & T, which is paid through Amazon a few cents in shipping when you are free to download books and other content: $ 1.99 (all payments on the international version of Kindle occur in that currency) .

It is suspected that the break of Amazon first to commercialize DX version is due to the desire to spend Christmas with one product on which the general public could concentrate more easily. The results have been spectacular, since Kindle is the best item ever got on Amazon, that at Christmas the digital book sales have exceeded the number of physical ones (also on Amazon) and Kindle DX is considered a more niche product , and even more expensive.

Kindle DX Global Wireless (make no mistake diction) is sold from tomorrow in the U.S. shop Amazon and deliveries will take place from 19 January. Costa $ 489 plus tax, has a non-expandable internal memory of 3.3 gigabytes, non-replaceable battery (with the latest software update to version 2.3 is significantly expanded the already huge range of Kindle), a reading system for native PDF quality and screen technology by E Ink Vizplex to 16 shades of gray with 150 pixels per inch. The engine of Kindle, which is based on Linux and can browse the Amazon store to buy and download books but also newspapers, magazines and blogs provided by Amazon itself, is a Freescale ARM 11 processor from 532 MHz, and the screen has a resolution of 824 by 1200 pixels.Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device (9.7" Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation)