February 9th – Kindle 2.0?

 

Amazon has scheduled a news conference/press event for February 9th, 2009 at the New York City Public Library.  Speculation is that they will do one of two things:

• Announce that Jeff Bezos is funding a theme park somewhere in Mongolia
• Introduction of the Amazon Kindle 2.0

I make no bones about the fact that I am very impressed with the Amazon Kindle.  It looks like a great device for reading books.

It’s an electronic reader that can hold a large number of books on it, and it also has built in wireless for ordering books from Amazon (if they are in Kindle format).

It also (for a monthly fee) will allow you to download blogs, various newspapers, etc, directly to the Kindle.

It’s not a cheap device, coming in at about $359.  But the biggest problem with the device is that it has been sold out since early November.  Oprah featured it on her show as one of her “Favorite Things” and ever since, they have been sold out with an average delivery time if you ordered today of six to eight weeks.

Speculation is that on the ninth of February the new Kindle will be announced.  Nothing has been mentioned about new features, at least by Amazon.

I look forward to the new Kindle.  I look forward to the possibility that I could have a device with 15-20 books on it that I could take anywhere and read.  Packing 15-20 books into a paperbook sized device holds great appeal to me.

So Mr. Bezos, bring on Kindle 2!

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