Kindle 2 Gets Price Cut, Goes International

[JMcEntegart]

Amazon has cut the price of its Kindle ereader and announced that starting next week, a new international version will be available in 100 countries worldwide.

Kindle 2 Gets Price Cut, Goes International : Read more

 

[doomtomb]

Still too much money

 

[gamerjames]

Cool device.

Expensive device.

 

[the_krasno]

I'd rather use a smartphone, those can use e-readers and the Internet too, plus they can do more useful things for a similar price.

 

[endif]

I would rather buy the 30 books I could get for the cost of this device. Way overpriced.

 

[Miharu]

Seem good but I remember bad feedback from students and teachers.
The device is slow...

 

[warezme]

$250 for a glorified 1980's monochrome LCD screen..., yea right.

 

[the associate]

Until theres page bookmarking for multiple e-books, page selection, actual savings for all e-books as opposed to buying the actual book (your "saving" the environment after all), a search option like ctrr+f and the capability to input notes, I will forever consider these far behind what we should expect for near or above $300 US

 

[the associate]

ctrl+f ^

 

[Honis]

Right now the only reason for me to get a Kindle instead of using my Smart Phone is the battery life difference. I hope Palm/Apple/RIM/etc get the idea and use a blended LED/OLED and e-paper screens for future phones. I don't need a full color display to view my email and 90% of the other stuff I use it for.

 

[Guest]

Associate:
Kindle has page bookmarking for multiple e-books, page selection, actual savings for most books and if there isn't you can email Amazon and they may adjust prices accordingly (my wife has done it). You can search on any text and you can input notes.

Anything else?

 

[belardo]

Its not simply a B&W display. Its a very modern B&W for very sharp text reading that works under sunlight as well. It includes wireless transmission without needing additional hardware or paying for a service.

 

[christopherknapp]

When it comes down to $150-$200 I would consider, but at this point that is way to expensive for such a device.

 

[jsc]

Still a little too expensive.

 

[kartu]

Dunno, my Sony PRS 505 serves me well.

Its not simply a B&W display. Its a very modern B&W for very sharp text reading that works under sunlight as well.
Nah, it's not "sharp" in any way. It might be a bit better than bad quality newspaper, but it's nowhere near books. Still, it's quite comfortable to read in well it rooms.

 

[pando]

Amazon is pre-ordering the Kindle 2 International version for $279. The Kindle 2 US version is available new for $259 or refurbished from $219.