Video: What Can Amazon Kindle 2 Do for You?
Features that make Kindle 2 an interesting device:
- free wireless access
- web browser in bascic and advanced mode - works for Google, Wikipedia, probably Pubmed as well
- native support of PDF
- text-to-speech
- MP3 support
Disadvantages: the price of $359 is on the higher side.
Students at CWRU in Cleveland will be given large-screen Kindles with textbooks already installed, a comparison study with "regular" printed textbooks is planned according to the WSJ: http://is.gd/wHB8
Medieval Helpdesk Solves Problems With a New Technology: The Book.
References:
Shortcuts, Tips & Tricks. Amazon Kindle's Blog.
Amazon Kindle, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Kindle 2: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device
Kindle e-book reader by Amazon: you can have 200 (medical) books on one device
Amazon Kindle One Week Later: iPhone or Zune of Electronic Books?
Related:
How to Read Free Books from Project Gutenberg on the Amazon Kindle http://bit.ly/jH8Hy