Amazon launches 9.7-inch Kindle DX as promised

Amazon as promised announced the Kindle DX, its extra-large version of its e-book reader. The device centers on a 9.7-inch, 824x1200 E Ink display that both provides a larger view of newspapers and other articles but is pitched as particularly well-suited for periodicals, textbooks and other large documents: a built-in accelerometer lets it tilt on its side to view charts and other information better-suited to a landscape view.

Native PDF support is equally new and lets owners view many documents without having to convert them through Amazon’s e-mail service. The DX doubles the internal storage to 4GB, enough for 3,500 books. Now if only my daughter’s college textbooks could be loaded on this thing, then I’d be excited.  Amazon plans to sell the Kindle DX later this summer for $489.

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