— -- Here at a New York City media event, Amazon launched its second-generation e-book reader, the Kindle 2. This much anticipated update to the Kindle is priced at $359 and sports a new svelte ...

Kindle fans rejoice! The long-promised, much-anticipated Kindle 2.0 was unveiled Monday in New York by none other than Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, with a special guest appearance by Stephen King. The ...

Amazon’s Kindle has been hailed as the first truly successful e-reader, but some users say you shouldn’t throw out the old-fashioned book just yet. Owners of the recently released Kindle 2 are ...

Amazon is aggressively defending its position in the e-reader market by unveiling a redesigned Kindle 2 for a mere $139. As Amazon and Barnes and Noble battle for e-reader supremacy, it’s time for ...

Amazon.com is betting that the DX's larger screen -- 9.7 inches vs. 6 inches on the Kindle 2 version -- will appeal to squinting readers. Text on the DX also will be clearer and sharper at 1,200 x 824 ...

On its web site, Amazon says the Kindle is sold out--but buy it now and you'll get it as soon as Amazon can ship it, first come, first served. However, plenty of people are worried that a new model is ...

The introduction of “Whispersync” technology may well be the bigger technology news from Amazon.com, which announced its Kindle 2 e-reader Monday in New York. Not much was said about Whispersync by ...

The blogosphere is buzzing with user reports that the text is lighter on the Kindle 2 than the Kindle 1. Some say this makes reading for long stretches uncomfortable and that Amazon should issue a ...

Speculation is mounting that Amazon could announce a new version of its Kindle next Monday, a move that one analyst believes will help propel the e-book reader into a $1 billion dollar business for ...

You can easily change the font size on your Kindle to increase or decrease the text size of your eBook.

A quick look at the features in the new Amazon Kindle 2. Why I Hate E-readers, and Doubt They’ll Ever Hit the Mainstream It started with Sony. Like most poorly thought-out format ideas from the ...