Amazon introduces Kindle DX: Bigger device with new features!

Amazon.com is rolling out the Kindle DX today. This isn’t an upgrade/update to the Kindle 2, which was released in February. Rather, the DX is designed for reading newspapers and textbooks. The device is larger than the Kindle 2, with a screen a little larger than an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper.

The Kindle DX also sports some interesting features not found on the Kindle 2:

- 9.7" diagnol display

- Auto-rotating screen

- 3G wireless

- Built-in PDF reader

Those are actually some cool features. I’ll be giving my own analysis of the device a little later (for what it’s worth), but I like what I see as a textbook reader for college students. But for a whopping $489, who knows?

In the meantime, you can view the Kindle DX on Amazon here (aff link), and read more about it here, here and here.

More to come later…

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