| Don't you hate it when you spent a bunch of | | | | feature with two small speakers on the back at |
| time researching a product, making sure you have | | | | the bottom. It has a computer sounding voice |
| the best for what you want to do and at the | | | | which you can choose from Male or female, and |
| best price, you are sure you have figured out | | | | can control the speed in which it is read. |
| which unit is best and you have found the best | | | | Amazon sold out every Kindle 1 they had in just |
| place to get it at the best price. You buy it, its | | | | over 5 hours. Many of the thousands of Kindle |
| great, all is good with the world! | | | | users told Amazon that the way Amazon |
| Two weeks later a newer, better, lighter, faster, | | | | designed the page turning buttons made it very |
| holds more, setup better, and its almost the | | | | easy to accidentally turn the page before they |
| same price or less than what you paid for the | | | | wanted to. Amazon listened and changed that |
| earlier version hits the market, suddenly the one | | | | setup on the Kindle 2. Kindle 2 has the page turn |
| you have is obsolete. I really hate that, but with | | | | button hinged the opposite way so its easy to |
| our constantly changing technology its something | | | | page forward or back but next to impossible to |
| we just have to live with! | | | | do it by accident. |
| The very popular Amazon Kindle falls into this | | | | The Original Kindle comes with its own custom fit |
| category, if you have the original Kindle you | | | | cover to protect it from scratches and dings, the |
| probably know exactly what I mean. There you | | | | Kindle 2 does not and buying a nice cover for the |
| are reading on your Kindle, thinking you have the | | | | Kindle 2 can cost anywhere from $40 and up. |
| best unit out there and you feel good that you | | | | The main controls are redesigned on the Kindle 2 |
| have made the right choice. Wait a minute, | | | | and now uses a 5 way toggle switch to move |
| Amazon just released a Kindle 2? If this is you | | | | your cursor around the screen, this did away with |
| don't feel bad because the Original Kindle is still | | | | the up and down cursor along the right side of |
| very popular and I think worth hanging on to. | | | | the screen. People seem to like that setup better |
| If you like the Kindle 1 "SD" card memory than | | | | as its easier to make notes and hi-lite area's of |
| you might not like the Kindle 2. Kindle 2 did away | | | | interest. |
| with the "SD" card and now uses a fixed amount | | | | The back of the units are different as the Original |
| of memory that Amazon says holds about 1500 | | | | Kindle users have said that it can come off to |
| books, Newspapers or whatever. That's a lot of | | | | easily when handling. The Kindle 2 looks and feels |
| books but Kindle 2 doesn't give you anyway to | | | | more modern and locks in place in a way that its |
| organize your books. The books are listed in the | | | | not going to come off unless you want it too. |
| order that they were downloaded to the unit. | | | | Kindle 2 has a back that is plastic but it looks like |
| The Original Kindle with its "SD" card does allow | | | | brushed aluminum or stainless steel. |
| you to organize your books, if you put different | | | | Kindle 2, the latest generation, now comes with |
| kinds of books on different memory cards. One | | | | international wireless. The first Kindle 2 only had |
| card for this and another card for that. Just grab | | | | wireless coverage in the states and was handled |
| the card that you are in the mood for. Kindle 2 is | | | | by Sprints 3g network. If you do not live in the |
| a little slimmer but not enough to make a huge | | | | US and like the best thing about the Kindle, the |
| difference. The viewing area is the same, the | | | | wireless, than you will be glad to know that over |
| page turning is a little faster on the Kindle 2 but | | | | 100 countries are now covered wirelessly. |
| not that much. | | | | That pretty much covers the major differences |
| The Original Kindle uses two button for the power | | | | between the Original Kindle and the Kindle 2. If |
| and sleep modes with each having their own | | | | you have the Original Kindle and are thinking about |
| button. Kindle 2 has one slider switch that controls | | | | buying the Kindle 2 than maybe this article will |
| both. Kindle 2 has something that the Original | | | | help. If you have a Kindle 2 and are thinking about |
| Kindle does not have, text to speech. If you like | | | | picking up the Original because of the cheaper |
| to have books read to you the Kindle 2 has that | | | | price than that might not be a bad idea. |