| Kindle DX: Amazon's New Addition To The Kindle | | | | $9.99, unless marked otherwise |
| Family | | | | More Than Books: U.S. and international |
| Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most | | | | newspapers including the New York Times and |
| magazines | | | | Wall Street Journal, magazines including The New |
| Carry Your Library: Holds up to 3,500 books, | | | | Yorker and Time, plus popular blogs, all |
| periodicals, and documents Beautiful Large Display: | | | | auto-delivered wirelessly. |
| 9.7" diagonal e-ink screen reads like real paper; | | | | A satisfied customer says: Now, with the larger |
| boasts 16 shades of gray for clear text and | | | | Kindle DX, I've set my Sony aside and there is a |
| sharp images | | | | new love in my life. Let me count the ways: |
| Auto-Rotating Screen: Display auto-rotates from | | | | 1. SCREEN SIZE: Reading on the Kindle DX vs 6" |
| portrait to landscape as you turn the device so | | | | readers is like the difference between sleeping in |
| you can view full-width maps, graphs, tables, and | | | | a King sized bed vs a Twin Bed or riding in the |
| Web pages | | | | backseat of a 2-door 1981 Honda Accord vs |
| Built-In PDF Reader: Native PDF support allows | | | | bucket seats in a Honda Odyssey. You feel like |
| you to carry and read all of your personal and | | | | you have room to breath. The larger screen |
| professional documents on the go | | | | allows you to maximize the use of the real estate |
| Wireless: 3G wireless lets you download books | | | | -- taking advantage of larger fonts and more |
| right from your Kindle DX, anytime, anywhere; no | | | | white space. This makes text much easier to |
| monthly fees, no annual contracts, and no hunting | | | | read -- even if you are just reading regular books. |
| for Wi-Fi hotspots | | | | 2. KEYBOARD: I also love that they have |
| Books In Under 60 Seconds: You get free | | | | compacted the keyboard so that it doesn't |
| wireless delivery of books in less than 60 | | | | dominate the overall appearance of the device. |
| seconds; no PC required | | | | The smaller keyboard in no way compromises the |
| Long Battery Life: Read for days without | | | | ability to type. However, it improves the look by |
| recharging | | | | making the proportions more appealing and it |
| Read-to-Me: With the text-to-speech feature, | | | | means the device isn't horrifically larger than the |
| Kindle DX can read newspapers, magazines, blogs, | | | | 6" device. |
| and books out loud to you, unless the book's | | | | 3. PDF + BIG SCREEN = LOTS MORE USES: I can |
| rights holder made the feature unavailable | | | | transfer my knitting patterns (complete with |
| Big Selection, Low Prices: Over 350,000 books, | | | | knitting graphs and diagrams) and cello music to |
| newspapers, magazines, and blogs; New York | | | | my e-reader. |
| Times Best Sellers and New Releases are only | | | | |