Amazon Kindle 2 E-Book Reader

Posted by Gadget Guy

February 8, 2009

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Pretty handy for those bookworms out there, this new Amazon Kindle 2 Digital and E-Book Reader looks sleek and well.. an improved version of the first Amazon Kindle. Amazon Kindle 2 E-Book Reader price will be around $399.

As far as buttons go, on the right side, the bottoms from top to bottom are: Home, Next Page, Menu, a joystick, and Undo. On the left side, there’s Previous, Page, and Next Page. We’re told the buttons are significantly smaller to avoid accidental page turning. The joystick takes the place of the scroll wheel and it “takes a little getting used to.” As far as the redesigned keyboard… it “has a good layout, but lettering on the keys could be darker.” Continuing our tour around the unit, next to the sliding sleep button, there’s the headphone jack, and on the right side edge you’ve got the volume up/down buttons. What’s interesting (and you can see this in the photos) is that the backside of the unit is mostly metal with the speakers at the bottom pf the back. One more plus? They’ve finally ditched their own charger. The Kindle 2 is able to be charged with a miniUSB cable. Source.