A glimpse of Kindle 2.0
When I posted a blog about Sony's new e-reader this weekend, I had no idea that a day or two later I'd be getting a glimpse of Amazon's next-generation Kindle. (Or at any rate, that's what they tell me I'm looking at.)
Website has posted pictures of what they say are prototypes of the next edition of . This new model seems a bit longer, a bit wider, has page forward/page back navigational flippers, and will work with a USB charger. (The current Kindle requires a separate charger.)
It's certainly not as pleasing to the eye as the Sony. (As snarkily noted, it seems that Amazon is staying with the "my-brother-in-law designed it template.")
Unless Amazon has a surprise up its sleeve, however, you can't expect to see one under your Christmas tree this year. A report this summer that the new Kindle would launch in October (with a $249 price tag) was .
It seems we'll be waiting at least until 2009 to see how this new Kindle stacks up against the other e-readers already out there.
