Ever since it’s debut in November of 2007, Amazon.com’s Kindle electronic book reader has remained one of its flagship products, targeting the e-book market at entirely new demographics. The Kindle also continues to evolve, seeing its second generation in early 2009 and, in June of that same year, appearing again as the Kindle DX. So what new features does the Kindle DX bring to your virtual libraries, and does it lose anything when compared to its predecessors? Below you’ll find an overview of what new features the DX offers.
The pro list is a big one. The DX boasts so many features, it’s impossible to list them all in a short article. One thing the Kindle does very well is live up to what it claims. The screen is huge and perfect for easy-on-the-eyes reading anywhere. It can hold more books that most people can even think of and other documents as well. Offering you a rotating screen, the Kindle DX is perfect for reading newspapers or kid’s books with plenty of pictures. The DX also boasts an improved design over the Kindle 2, making it easier to hold without accidentally hitting buttons.
The Kindle DX opens users to other electronic document formats such as PDF, which doesn’t lock the user to the proprietary Amazon format. By supporting PDF titles, the Kindle DX is taken out of Amazon’s closed ecosystem, becoming a reader capable of rendering any number of business documents, periodicals and e-books, including large libraries of public domain classics.
The price is right when you factor in all of the included features of the unit which includes a patented viewing screen that will automatically rotate when the device is; and mimics the look of actual paper. It can handle PDF files natively and can even play MP3 and AAC audio files. It allows you to view your photographs and can even read a book to you.
The DX also adds stereo speakers, a feature which makes the text-to-speech capabilities introduced in the Kindle 2 somewhat more accessible. Also, whereas the previous models were restricted to transferring data via Amazon’s Whispernet, the DX offers a wireless fallback option for times when Whispernet connectivity is either absent or inadequate.
Amazon’s rapidly-evolving Kindle line shows great promise. Rather than a slow iteration cycle with few visible improvements and numerous problems left unaddressed, Amazon has shown a dedication to design an exciting and usable platform for electronic book distribution.
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