Amazon Kindle Hands-On

January 24, 2012 by: Bon Talampas 5

Guys, just a little preview on this old school thing! =) this is one of the Amazon’s Kindle, and it has only a monochrome display (noteable feature of e-ink screen: you can still read even in bright sunlight).  Using this thing looks like you went back to the old times, the good old days of acetate projectors. ^ ^ .

Well, in respect to this kindle’s main purpose as “ebook” reader, it’s pretty well useful, that is if you haven’t landed your fingers yet on some touchscreen smartphones and tablets.

For USD79 you might give this one a chance (oh so please!~). haha. Anyway, here are the specs and a short hands-on video clip.

Display Display Amazon’s 6″ diagonal most advanced E Ink display, optimized with proprietary waveform and font technology, 600 x 800 pixel resolution at 167 ppi, 16-level gray scale.

Size (in inches) 6.5″ x 4.5″ x 0.34″ (166 mm x 114 mm x 8.7 mm)

Weight 5.98 ounces (170 grams)

On-device Storage Up to 1,400 books or 2GB internal (approximately 1.25GB available for user content).

Cloud Storage Free cloud storage for all Amazon content.

Battery Life A single charge lasts up to one month with wireless off based upon a half-hour of daily reading time. Keep wireless always on and it lasts for up to 3 weeks. Battery life will vary based on wireless usage, such as shopping the Kindle Store, web browsing, and downloading content.

Charge Time Fully charges in approximately 3 hours via the included USB 2.0 cable connected to a computer. U.S. power adapter sold separately.

Wi-Fi Connectivity Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use the 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n standard with support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using password authentication or Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS); does not connect to WPA and WPA2 secured networks using 802.1X authentication methods; does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.

USB Port USB 2.0 (micro-B connector)

Content Formats Supported Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion.

Included in the Box Kindle wireless e-reader, USB 2.0 cable, and Quick Start Guide. Power adapter sold separately.