Sunday, November 16, 2014

Amazon launches Kindle with touch screen for US $ 299 – EXAME.com


 São Paulo – The Amazon launched on Thursday (13/11) a new version of the digital book Kindle player in the Brazilian market. The product, which has a six-inch touch screen to turn pages, will be sold in the country for 299 reais in retail stores and in the manufacturer’s online store.


 


 According to Amazon, the new Kindle is 20% more powerful than its predecessor and has twice the capacity of STORAGE, from 2 GB to 4 GB. This memory is enough to store “thousands of books,” says the company.


 


 Launched in the US in October this year, the new model Kindle has access to the collection of 40 000 books in Portuguese Amazon. According to the American company, for 20 thousand books e-books costing up to 10 dollars, and 2,500 works that are offered for free.


 


 The handset weighs 191 g, has Wi-Fi and battery life of up to one month – if the daily use is 30 minutes and with the wireless turned off. The digital player also has a feature called Whispersync, which allows users to access markings and annotations across multiple devices retormar for reading, for example, on a computer or application software for mobile phones and tablets. In brief, according to Amazon, the new Kindle will have an advanced search tool and a resource that offers tips vocabulary.


 


 There is also a more refined version of the Kindle for sale in Brazil, the Paperwhite edition, which costs 479 dollars. This product has one main differential backlight technology which allows reading in dark environments.


       

Topics: Amazon , Business , Business , American companies , Internet companies , Shopping online , Kindle , Technology

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