How does a Kindle work - The Kindle 2 is the latest development that is closest to the original Kindle. There is also the Kindle DX but it is larger and more expensive. Basically, the Kindle is a personal electronic library. You buy ebooks and store them in your Kindle 2. When you want to read them, you simply access them on the unit and read them on the E Ink® paper display (screen). This new screen technology is such an advancement for people who enjoy reading for hours at a time. These screens work amazingly in the brightest sunlight and give you no eye-strain because the letters are ink and not letters composed of pixels, like computer screens.
So, from the beginning: Go to the Amazon site and find your way to the Kindle store, browse for what interests you and make your choices. If you know the titles of the books you want then you can simply enter them into the Kindle. At this point you can buy the book immediately or sample a chapter. Your book will download in under 60 seconds on it's own as it uses the 3G network, through AT & T in the USA. There are no extra costs attached for the use of the 3G network.
Once you have your books downloaded into your Kindle 2, there's also a backup on the Amazon servers. If you have an original Kindle and want to upgrade to the Kindle 2 then keep the same account and you can download your old purchases directly into your new Kindle. Pricing varies for what you're buying. There are New York Times Bestsellers lists, which are more, magazines, newspaper subscriptions and of course the old classics. Many of the old classics are completely free because of the copyright date. Anything that predates 1923 is considered the public domain and therefore is free. Google Books and Gutenberg.org are other sources of free ebooks.
The ergonomics of the Kindle 2 have been well thought out. There's the qwerty keyboard and a handful of buttons for navigating, choosing books, power on/off. Just the basics and nothing intimidating. The Kindle 2 has a polymer lithium-ion battery that lasts up to 2 weeks before you need to charge it as long as the wi-fi is off. The built-in memory is 2 GB which means you can store roughly 1500 ebooks.
This is one of the gadgets that is here to stay. Completely eco-friendly. The tree-huggers should really thank Amazon for this one! Enjoy your Kindle as there are hundreds of thousand of ebooks available to read. It will keep you busy for hours!
