Kindle Wi-Fi is Here!

August 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I love the fact that my Kindle syncs over 3G. I can take it just about anywhere and download just about anything! But for those of you who might not have the best 3G coverage or who lives outside the US or travel internationally, you may be tied to your computer to download your books.

The new Kindle with wi-fi offers the perfect solution! Now you can update your Kindle anywhere that has a wi-fi signal with these new models. There are two separate models – one with wi-fi only and one with wi-fi and 3G (which is still free!).

Also, the price has been lowered again. Amazon must know the Kindle has a lot of competition these days, because they just keep dropping their prices – $139 for the Kindle wi-fi, and $189 for the Kindle wi-fi plus 3G.

These new Kindle models also have a few of the features that Amazon brags about with the recently released Kindle DX Graphite -

They have better, easier to read fonts than the Kindle 2 or original Kindle DX.

They can now store up to 3500 books – double the capacity of the last model.

The screen has 50 %better contrast.

My favorite new feature, since I always forget to plug mine in – a battery life up to one month (4X better than the previous models).

A tweaked web browser for use with wi-fi (trying to compete with other tablets?).

What do you think? Will you be upgrading, or holding out for the Kindle 3 (which we will discuss in more detail next week)? Leave us a comment!

Check out our review of the top Kindle DX covers and cases.

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