Amazon Kindle 2 versus Amazon Kindle 3

Ever since Amazon released its first Kindle back in 2007, it became the leader in e-book reader device. It’s unbelievable that the first generation Kindle, for US$399, sold out in less than six hours and remained out of stock for the next couple of months. That’s how popular this device came to be. Although there are other competitors stepping in to share the e-book reader market, Amazon continuous to stay on top especially after the released of the third generation Kindle which offers a lot of improvements and new features.

The latest generation Kindle, unofficially called Kindle 3, which was released last July 28, 2010 has two versions. The Kindle WiFi, which can connect to the Internet via public or private WiFi networks cost US$139 and is by far, the least expensive Kindle today. The second version is the Kindle WiFi + 3G which has both the 3G and WiFi connectivity at the price of US$189. The latest Kindle also addressed most of the issues of the early versions. The newest Kindle is 20% smaller in terms of overall dimension but the screen remained the same. The weight is 50% lighter and the storage capacity doubled up. The battery last forever which everybody will surely appreciate. Amazon also rolled out Kindle apps for all kinds of devices that syncs to your Kindle device which allows you to continue reading right where you left off and also share files. These significant improvements of the latest Kindle is all good news but the most amazing change which put Amazon Kindle ahead of the game is the price. Suddenly, the Kindle is well within reach of most gadget lovers out there.

If you want to know how the latest generation Kindle is compared to its predecessor then check out the comparison table below.