Apparently Amazon will announce a new version of their popular e-reader, the Kindle, in New York on Monday, February 9th.
What to look for?
• A better black and white screen. Color will have to wait for another edition, but the buzz says the greyscale images will be better. Greyscale is how black and white photos and other images are displayed.
• Smaller or relocated buttons On the original version, the button that turns the pages is on the unit’s side often causing you to turn the page by mistake. Supposedly, here are bootlegged photos of the new version.
• Better battery life.
• Quicker search functions.
There’s no reason to delay ordering one until this new one comes out, Amazon ran out of Kindles before the end of the year and is taking orders for Kindle 2 to ship in four to six weeks.
BTW, if you own the rights to a book, you might want to check out the recent settlement that Google made in the class action suit about them illegally copywriting whole libraries.