Amazon Kindle DX 3G - Nook Price Cut - Free 3G Internet - New e-Ink Large Screen - Top Technology Gifts for Women 2011

One of the hottest items for Christmas this year is the Amazon Kindle DX with free 3G Internet . After the Amazon price cut in July sales and reviews have seen the new e-ink large screen beome a sought after item. The price cut followed earlier Nook, Kindle and iPad announcements. The e-reader market has been especially active in 2010. In June Barnes & Noble launched its Wi-Fi Nook and slashed the costs of it’s Nook 3G. Amazon responded by cutting its entry level Kindle price to under the Nook Wi-Fi price.

This activity was in response to Apple's iPad, which was launched in April and has already sold 4 million units globally. The iPad incorporates an e-Reader but is not truly a direct comparison to the pure e-Readers. The iPad has grabbed a huge share of the e-bookstore market share. The e-Reader segment is the fastest growing segment of the book market.

In response Amazon is aiming at the avid book reader with it’s latest Kindle DX, which is Amazon's large screen portable reader. Amazon slashed the price from $489 to $379. The Kindle DX has free 3G wireless connections. They have also improved the screen to more book-like features. The new Kindle DX has a new high contrast e-ink screen. The new Kindle DX screen with clearer text and sharper images, free 3G and no annual contracts are directly aimed at the iPad e-Reader market. The Amazon Kindle DX price cut and new e-ink large screen began shipping from July 7.

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The Kindle DX has a 9.7-inch large screen. Amazon has upgraded with a new graphite enclosure. Steve Kessel, the senior vice president of Amazon Kindle claims Amzon has achieved 50 percent better contrast with a new electronic ink display as he announced the lower Kindle DX price.

"With 50 percent better contrast and darker fonts, you'll find it easier than ever to read wherever you happen to be, whether it's outside in bright sunlight or under the low light of your living room. We're excited to offer the new Kindle DX with free 3G wireless at the lower price of $379."

Kindle Features

Amazon has cited the following features for Kindle DZ in their release.

High contrast e-ink screen. Amazon's all new electronic ink is used in the new graphite Kindle DX uses.

No glare Kindle screen. Kindle DX's screen has more of a real paper feel. This is a common argument put forward by Maoazon over backlit computer and LCD screens. Personally it is still a computer screen right, so this is a matter of which you prefer. The screen is reported to without glare though which is big plus.

Kindle Books can be read on multiple devices. Kindle books can be read on  other devices. The Kindle app for iPad has proved to be very popular. You can also transfer them and read them on your PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone or BlackBerry.

Amazon Readers Library syncs across the board. A nice feature if you have different devices is that Amazon has its own sync technology called 'Whispersync technology.' Whispersync automatically saves and synchronizes the last page read across all your devices. You have a memory recalled book library keeping you up to date.

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Kindle DX holds up to ‘3,500 books, periodicals, and documents.’ So you can read your book on the train on your iPhone, get to work check on your Blackberry, log onto your iPad on the patio when you get home and then read your Kindle DX in bed. Hey I am just saying.

Free global 3G wireless on Kindle DX. Amazon pays for your 3G wireless connectivity. Go ahead and shop and read to your hearts content. Kindle books are on your device in less than a minute. This is without a Wi-Fi hot spot or syncing. Sorry you don’t have to go to Starbucks to get online here. Amazon said that through Kindle DX you have 3G wireless coverage in over 100 countries.

Kindle Longer Battery Life. The biggest complaint about everything Apple is the battery. The Kindle DX battery is said to last up to 1 week on a single charge with the wireless on. If you shut the wireless off the battery will last twice that.

Kindle DX is slim and convenient. The Kindle DX is thin, coming in at around 1/3 of an inch. This was needed with the iPad touch and feel.

Kindle Twitter and Facebook integration. You want to share what you reading with all your buddies. Some would say this would bug them endlessly, ‘hey did you hear about….’

Kindle zoom capability. Sure to prove popular with the technically minded and textbook readers Kindle DX has zoom capability. It comes with a built-in PDF reader also.

Kindle auto-rotating screen. One of the most popular aspects of the iPad is the auto-rotating screen. Guess what Kindle DX does it also. You can read in portrait or landscape mode. You simply turn the screen around. This is very popular with maps and graphs.

Kindle Text to Speech. Kindle DX has a text-to-speech feature. I haven’t heard how it sounds but I understand it is more advanced then the Microsoft capability. This enables the Kindle DX to read out loud to you.

There is no doubt the e-Bookstore war is on with Barnes and Nobles’ Nook and it's in-store promotions and lending features. We have Borders multi device e-bookstore to come. Then there is the monster in the room, Apples iBookstore. Amazon hasn’t been idle though they claim to have added over 200,000 new titles to the U.S. Kindle Store in the last six months. The Kindle store has over 620,000 titles. 

They have a huge emphasis on New Releases and Author fan clubs. Amazon claim 108 of 111 New York Times bestsellers (I wonder who the three missing?). The online books start at $9.99 or less. They also have available every book from the ever popular John Grisham.

Amazon has also made available through Kindle a huge selection for literary fans and schools with free titles. Kindle has over 1.8 million free pre-1923 books. Many of these are out-of-copyright and include the classics including "Pride and Prejudice" and "Treasure Island." 

• You can visit the Kindle Store here 
• You can preorder the new Kindle DX here.  Shipment date is July 7.

It has been an exciting few months with all the new e-readers coming available. The Amazon Kindle DX price cut and new e-ink large screen with free 3G Internet adds to that. We have also the Kobo coming and the Sony Reader available. Now the iPhone 4.0 is out and breaking records the next generation iPad can’t be too far away. I don’t know about you but it is getting harder for me to ignore these e-readers. Is it time to break away from my trusty magazines and books at night?