Kindle is the name of a range of digital book readers
(eBook-reader) products from Amazon
have become the market leader in short time and that, despite several rival products introduced over the years, has earned millions of consumers to some peculiarities: a
uses e-ink display that simulates the paper, that does not tire the view of the reader and minimizes the power consumption, and does
low-cost a trademark. The Kindle is available in Italy from the end of 2011, two years after the launch in the United States. At launch, the guru of Amazon Jeff Bezos said he wanted to create what would be the iPod of digital books: a revolutionary and successful. The revolution has begun, the success has been confirmed, but the competition he immediately sensed the deal and it was soon appended.
What can you do with Kindle?
Into The Kindle devices are designed for those who read : they are lighter than a paperback book (all weigh less than 200 grams), can be read in any position and not strain the eyes , but at the same time show a clear, crisp text, and who owns a unit can purchase, download and read the book you want in comfort, but also surfing, reading magazines, newspapers, blogs and other media enjoy digital network via the Internet.
Into A Kindle eBook contains an average of over a thousand , so the user can always carry your entire library. In addition, each book purchased remains permanently in your library “cloud”, allowing them to be downloaded at will at any time and at no additional cost beyond the original purchase. Kindle uses characters created custom tailored to provide crisp, clear letters, has a magnifying glass for each page to use if needed, and allows you to add bookmarks and notes to the text just as you would with a paper book. Present a highlighter that highlights the most important passages, Kindle also integrates a system of parental controls to limit access to certain content (even at Store), thus proving device also perfect for the little ones .
Gallery: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
Kindle models
Into Three models of Kindle currently available in Italy, which is the basic Kindle, the Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi only version and the Wi-Fi +3 G. All have a six-inch screen type e-ink , Free cloud storage for all Amazon content and a battery able to guarantee substantial autonomy of use, ranging from one month to two months .
Kindle
Into The technical characteristics include a 6-inch display (167 ppi), but devoid of light reflections, Wi-Fi connectivity and battery that lasts up to one month with wireless off. The size is 16.5 × 11.4 × 0.87 cm while the retail price is 69 €. Compared to the previous model has a black case (the old version was available only in silver-gray), better contrast and is faster than 15% in the exchange rate of the pages. the Kindle is lighter than ever , with 170 grams of weight.
Kindle Paperwite
Into It was originally released in late 2012 and included a 6-inch display (212 ppi) with built-in light, 2 GB of internal memory for storing content, connectivity Wi-Fi and 3G (optional) . Both versions have a size of 16.9 × 11.69 × 0.91 cm, weighs about 200 grams and with battery life up to two months , with wireless off. The Wi-Fi only model will cost € 129 while the Wi-Fi +3 G € 189. Allows to read as on paper, no glare even in sunlight, thanks to the integrated light of the latest generation that is directed from the top to the screen, rather than being projected in the direction of the eyes. Integrates a feature that monitors the speed of reading, so as to let the user know how long will it takes to finish a chapter or an entire book. It can hold up to 1,100 digital books and has all the features of the other Kindle software.
Into A new version was released instead in September of 2013 by introducing a faster processor
25% , an improved touch technology, a built-in light of new generation and some innovative social features. This is a mere evolution of the previous version, on which intervenes in the sense ameliorative especially in those characteristics that most affect the quality of the reading experience.
Gallery: New Kindle Paperwhite: images
Kindle Fire
Into Amazon has since given rise to a branch further series Kindle: the name of Kindle Fire tablet contains those that are in the group , and unlike e-readers, are meant for world of multimedia. The main difference is in fact the screen: grays electronic ink of the Kindle, you pass it to the colors of the Kindle Fire. This is so completely different product, cost and nature as designed for different uses and complementary functions. In this special the Kindle Fire are set aside, in favor of a specific study of those who are e-readers in the range.
Kindle compared with rivals
Into Especially in Italy, the Kindle have as their main rival devices range Kobo, distributed in Italy by Mondadori. They have similar features, a touch display and very low weight.
Into The
Kobo Touch is the reference model in the series, which debuted in late 2011 by introducing an infrared touchscreen interface. It has an e-ink display six-inch, Wi-Fi connectivity, weighs less than 200 grams and has 2 GB of built-in memory, while the price is 99 €.
Kobo Glo (price 129 euro) compared to the previous model introduces a LED light integrated to allow the reading or in the dark or in low light conditions, the display is touch by 6 inches and is also in this the present case the Wi-Fi and a battery lasting over a month.
Kobo Aura (cost to the public of 149 Euros) is a display device with e-ink 6-inch, front light built-in 4 GB of memory, Wi-Fi connectivity and a battery autonomy of about 2 months old.
Kobo Aura HD is an e-reader in a limited edition with an e-ink display wider by 6.8 inches and a resolution of 1440 × 1080 pixels, with 265 ppi, it supports microSD cards and includes a faster processor, a better front light (Comfortlight), double the storage (4 GB) and a battery lasting two months. Costa 169 € and directly challenge the Kindle Paperwhite, unlike other models that are competitors of the Kindle base.
Interface
Into The interface of the Kindle is hidden. The entire surface of the screen, in fact, is devoted to the text of the book it would take away valuable space characters and make full use of the available space. However, the area is divided into three functional areas which, to the touch, act by activating the appropriate commands. The left side and the right side, for example, are used to turn the page : just a little “tap” on the screen to go back (left) or to move to next page (right). A “tap” on the top of the screen, however, allows you to open the menu to return to the homescreen or for other special features.
Into Clicking on a word in the text you can access a vocabulary preloaded useful to have the definition of any word instantly. A “tap” on the screen allows prolonged instead of selecting a portion of the text: that portion can then be highlighted (and archived as important), may be subject to textual notes (stored on the device and synchronized via the cloud) or can be shared on their social networks (whose account is preset from the menu).
Into The bottom strip of the page is devoted to a progress indicator that allows you to see what portion of the book has been read (in percentage terms, since the numerical references of pages ranging in most cases lost by virtue of the necessary adaptation of the text to read Kindle format) or how many minutes are left at the end of the text (the estimate is commensurate with the reading speed recorded on the pages earlier).
History and market
Kindle Into The series was launched with a single device, the original Kindle, now in the United States in October 2009. The range now includes several e-reader, all with an e-ink display (E Ink ). Despite the success of the tablet and smartphone, Kindle can very well live well with other devices, especially thanks to its special features and a reduced sale price , which allowed him to collect a certain consensus among customers (so as to be also high on the list of best-selling products on Amazon, the most desired in the wish list, the given and the product with the most five-star reviews).
Into The Kindle is very important because it represented only a new product category, but they also gave a new life to the publishing industry . Some time ago, the group led by Jeff Bezos and known as the most important online bookstore, announced that eBooks have surpassed paid paper books (free books are excluded, otherwise the figures would be even more important), a result that at first could amaze but now well reflects the performance of the sector. If in fact the beginning of the e-books were a novelty, over time have become a mass phenomenon that slowly has involved not only adults, but also young people.
The books purchased on Kindle
Into On Kindle Store there are more than 2 million digital books downloadable including more than 50,000 in Italian , many bestsellers and the latest news. More than five thousand were distributed exclusively digital platform for Amazon, and in general all be purchased at reasonable prices: over 18,000 ebooks are priced lower than 3 Euros. Many also titles available at no cost: these volumes dated, now free of copyright and therefore freely distributable (including many of the great classics of Italian literature).
Into In Italy, the success of the ebook has been strengthened in the past year thanks to a wider uptake of e-readers: they were joined by Amazon sales numbers nothing short of excellent, especially for the most popular names. As for the ranking of the most
sold in 2012 , three books out of five were written by E. L. James has been the best selling ebook “Fifty Shades of Grey”, followed by “Fifty Shades of Black” in the second position and, in fourth place, from “Fifty Shades of Red.” “Techniques of Storing Fast” by L. Armando is the first Kindle eBook published by the KDP platform to enter the ranks of the best sellers of 2012 by winning the eleventh position. “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel, was the best-selling Kindle books of the last holiday season, followed by “The Brooklyn Follies” by Paul Aster and “Winter of the World 2″ by Ken Follet.
App and formats
Into Amazon lets you buy books directly from the reader, without passing through any intermediate software and thus facilitating the operation to make it as quick and direct as possible. But not only “Kindle” is intended as more of a platform hardware , allowing the user to make continuous reading in any situation: a special app is available for the various mobile platforms as well as for the major desktop operating systems. The software allows you to synchronize the Kindle reading experience, giving you direct access to their books (in the exact spot where it is) much to the smartphone from your desktop, as yet to be tablet or your e-reader.
Into Kindle can also accommodate documents also sent externally to the appropriate store: simply send an email with the attached document using the appropriate custom address that Amazon provides the user with writing (the Amazon account is a basic requirement for the ‘activation of the device). Amazon has however made a clear choice and according to many questionable
not guaranteed to support ePub format , so escaping from the standards groped for a way to impose their own. The documents are formatted for Kindle formed
. Mobi , and although for example, the PDF is in fact contemplated, in fact, the formatting is not absolutely ideal for a satisfying reading experience. Into Since the well-known references such as Liber Liber provide many ebooks for free just outside the Amazon catalog (which is also spiced up of free titles as now out of the reach of copyright in the work by virtue of age ) may be in the interest of many to be able to bring these files on your Kindle: for this purpose it is necessary to provide for a conversion process (from RTF, PDF, or TXT) for which there are various special software such as Calibre. It should be remembered, however, as the conversion of illicit file remains an illegal and ethics suggests it does not take more resources to the publishing world, for which the ebook are looking for a solution that, in the face of lower prices, outlines the way to a new and useful ways to attract an increasing number of texts.
Image Gallery: The Kindle Italian
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Into Having embraced the publishing industry with the purchase of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos does not abandon the technological vocation of his company and updates the range of Kindle Fire Hd, tablet competitors of the iPad Mini and the Google Nexus 7. Fire Fire HDX HDX 7 and 8.9 are equipped with the new operating system OS Fire, which has the novelty of the button ‘Mayday’. Into It ‘an online service that runs 24 hours on 24. The news will come when only the U.S. market, from 18 October. The Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire 7 HDX HDX 8.9 has a new design and a high-resolution display. Maintaining the measures of previous devices in fact increase the number and density of pixels available, from which comes the addition of the ‘X’ at the end of the name. Into It also changes in appearance, with a magnesium shell and a new position of the keys. The two Kindle Fire HDX are also characterized by a Snapdragon processor 800, a quad core latest generation in addition to 2 GB of Ram. Innovations seem to even touch the battery, as shown in the Amazon, would offer up to 11 hours of use, which rose to 17 for the read-only. The 7-inch model will cost $ 229, the 8.9-inch version will come to 379. The devices are equipped with the new operating system version 3 Fire OS, called Mojito. It ‘a modified version of Android, characterized by an even greater integration with cloud services offered by Amazon. 
