This morning Amazon snapped its fingers and made the Kindle available in the UK, as well as 99 other countries around the world.
The Kindle, for the uninitiated, is more than a simple e-reader. There’s also 3G technology inside, letting it hop online to download books on the go. It’ll also automatically download digital newspapers and magazines, assuming you buy a subscription to them, let you send and receive Microsoft Word documents and even e-mail on the move.
There’s a full keyboard for the latter, but if you just want to read that’s no problem: the Kindle will last for over two weeks with its wireless abilities switched off.
And now it’s available for order in the UK, costing $299 plus $45 in import tax or £217 in British coinage. According to other sources (Trusted Reviews)the Kindle will be priced at £175, so We'll have to wait and see!
It's going to be like mobile phones; which one to choose. Kindle, Sony Reader, E-Cooler, Bookeen, Elonex, etc.
I know I want one BUT Which One? Decisions, Decisions!
US Barnes and Noble announce colour competitor:
I must say that it's Plastic Logic who really interest me; their tech has the potential to replace mags and newspapers and sundry other print mediums
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