Infoweek weighs in: http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/handheld/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213401718&cid=iwhome_art_Handh_mostpop
http://snipurl.com/bmghg [www_informationweek_com] "A feature added to the Kindle 2 that holds potential for expanding the Kindle's usage model is called Whispersync. Right now, the technology is being used to synchronize with a Kindle 1 device. If that capability is extended to non-Kindle devices, then that could be interesting. "[But] until we see what those devices are, it's hard to react to that," Baker said. Other added features that Amazon called "experimental" includes text-to-speech technology in which the Kindle reads back content to the user. Other such features include the ability to e-mail PDF documents wirelessly to a Kindle and the ability to transfer MP3 music files via a USB port connected to a computer so they can be played as background music while a person reads." <end excerpt> But at $359 you can buy a netbook instead. Terry On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Horace Heffner <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow. Battery Life: Read on a single charge for up to 4 days with wireless > on. Turn wireless off and read for up to two weeks." > > > Formats supported: "Kindle (AZW), TXT, Audible (formats 4, Audible Enhanced > (AAX)), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; PDF, HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, > BMP through conversion." > > > Best regards, > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ > > > > >
