Amazon Kindle 2 photos surface: Looks like very little has changed
- October 4th, 2008
- 12 Comments
Absolutely stunning analysis over at BGR, where Mr. Genius has the first photos of the Amazon Kindle 2.
Our ninja sent us a ton of shots, and we have to admit, they look pretty good.
Pretty good, indeed.
The Kindle 2 retains the same basic form factor as the original Kindle, while adding a little width and length, as the well-lit comparison photo up there shows. Note that the screen size is essentially unchanged.
Rounding out: there’s still EVDO downloads; there’s no more SD card slot; and the new joystick mechanism didn’t exactly impress, at least not immediately.
afewtips.com (Who am I?)
2 months ago
I work in scientific publishing and rendering of equations in pdfs was not very good. Kinda slow as well. For all applications, it has a little bit of work still to do.
Maruda (Who am I?)
2 months ago
why bigger device for the same screen size?
weatherman (Who am I?)
1 month ago
@maruda: maybe they’re thinking that there needed to be more gripping area around the screen and the keyboard to make it more comfortable to hold for prolonged periods. Not that I necessarity agree with that decision, just trying to rationalize.
I think it’s pretty interesting that these leaked out the day after Sony announced their new eReader 700. Clearly somebody at Amazon has a competitive streak…
Dan (Who am I?)
1 week ago
Looks like someone’s run over an ipod in their car.