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[/caption]Pretty much everyone that knows me knows I love to read. When the first Kindle came out I was not enthused by the clunky look of the device and the big, obtrusive, page turning buttons. However, the screen was sweet. Thus, I began looking at all the different e-book reader devices out there thinking, maybe, someday, I'll buy one. I'm still not firmly decided on which reader I would buy but the new Kindle is a huge improvement over the last one. In fact, if you're considering buying me a $360 gift you could buy me a Kindle 2 and I would be pretty happy. The image alongside this paragraph represents the new Kindle while the next image is the uglier, bulkier, Kindle.
The new Kindle looks much better and they resized the page turning buttons so they won't be as obtrusive. They have made it substantially thinner and removed the odd clunky angles. Plus, beyond the obvious cosmetic improvements they've incrementally improved the systems performance and battery life. Not too bad considering it costs the same as the older, uglier, less desirable device. I imagine this one will sell much better than the last so long as they can keep up with demand. The Kindle was always on back order. It will be interesting to see how well Amazon prepares for demand this time around.
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It might be hard to tell but the new Kindle and the old are both the same apx height and width but the new one is 1/3 as thick as the old.