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Kindle in South Africa - Great New Design Features:

It’s Slimmer & Lighter – Only weighs 240 Grams
When you’re reading a heavy book, you know how strenuous it can be on your wrists. Amazon has done a great job by making the new Kindle 2 a lot lighter than the previous models and even lighter than most books. At 240 grams and thinner than the You / Huisgenoot magazine in South Africa / Namibia, it fits perfectly into the palm of your hands.

Ergonomic Design
Amazon designed the Kindle with comfort in mind. When we read books in South Africa, you do tend to move around and change the hand your hold your Kindle in.  The way to flip through pages is easy as you can either flick with one hand or double click in the corner of the Kindle’s page. This allows Kindle readers to easily turn pages from any position. The back of the Kindle is designed to be soft to the touch and grip the ereading device easily.

Your Kindle will Never Get Warm
We all know that your laptop or notebook likes to get hot. Your Kindle will never get hot, even in South Africa….comfy!

Simple to Use, No Computer Required
Amazon had simplicity in mind when they designed the new Kindle. It can be used from the minute you unwrap the box. It connects wirelessly through WiFi to your South African local network, free of charge. You don’t have to install any software CD’s before you activate you Kindle and you don’t require a PC either.

Get up to 1 month of Battery Life

When you charge your Kindle in South Africa and keep the wireless switched off your Kindle can keep charged for up to 1 month! With WiFi/wireless access permanently activated it would still last up to 3 weeks. So battery life varies depending on the duration of WiFi connectivity on your device, the amount of browsing your do on the internet and amount of books you download. This is the perfect solution for when you go on holiday in South Africa and have limited access to electricity.

Charge Via USB
When you order a Kindle in South Africa, your Kindle will come with a USB cable from which you can charge it. This saved on having to by a transformer / adapter for the US power cable and means you can plug the USB cable in at work or home on your PC or laptop at home.

Books in 60 Seconds with Built in Wi-Fi

You can download books in 60 seconds straight to you Kindle. Amazon uses Whispernet which optimises your Wi-Fi connection. This means that you can search and download content anywhere you have access to a wireless network in South Africa. You only pay for the book you wish to download from Amazon and not the connection to your local network.

Wi-Fi is built into your Kindle reading device and with a growing number of Wi-Fi hotspots in South Africa it is easy to download your favorite book at home as it is at school, in a your favorite coffee shop. The Kindle automatically detects wireless access points in South Africa or Namibia; all you have to do is connect to it.

The Kindle carries Over 3,500 Books

I doubt anyone will ever read 3500 books in their lifetime; however you can carry that many books on your Kindle which only weighs 240 grams. Your whole e-library is in the palm of your hand, wherever you go, which ever country you visit.

Worry Free Storage
The Amazon Kindle will always keep a blueprint of your book storage. You can always re-download books free. Amazon will also back up your Kindle in South Africa and Namibia – all the notes you made, bookmark the last pages you visited, so you never lose track of where you were.

Organize your Collections
You determine how you want to organize your Kindle library. You can chose categories such as fiction, history, romance or by author name so you can add your favorite books to it for easy access on the go.

The New Kindle Screen Looks better than a Book

Amazon’s latest Kindle boasts a new E-Ink Pearl display with 50% better contrast. It displays images and text clearer and sharper than you can imagine. The fact that your Kindle has no back light at radiates a natural color in a matt finish which ensures that your eyes are relaxed and comfortable even after hours of reading.  Unlike computer screens there is no glare cooped with reading in the sun in South Africa, it is very easy your eyes. Kindles in South Africa will have 16 shades of gray and 50% improved contrast, for the sharpest text and images.

 
Amazon’s hi-tech sscreen Technology ensures: Quick turn of pages – Awesome new Fonts
Reader of the Kindle in South Africa will benefit from a new crystal clear display which is further optimized by Amazon’s waveform technology.  Looking into this technology more in-depth, the sharper fonts are displayed due to a series of electronic pulses which push the black & white electronic ink particles to display a gray level finish on the Kindle’s screen. Pages turn a lot quicker too and with the new design of fonts, this technology makes letters appear sharper, clearer and unbelievably natural looking.

Read in the South African Sun without the Glare
The Amazon Kindle has a screen which handles light particles from lights and the sun like an ordinary book. There is no back light which eliminates glare. This is ideal for any book lover in South Africa or Namibia. Those days sitting next to the beach or in your garden, straining your eyes or keeping you book in the shade is long over. This is remarkable as we all know how hot and sunny it can get in South Africa

Change Font Size easily
If you prefer reading books in a large print format, you can change your Kindle’s text with 8 settings to ensure it suits your reading preference. All it takes is a push of a button and your Kindle books in South Africa will be in large print.

Screen Rotation
Just like the new smart phones in South Africa, you can now rotate your Kindle to display maps, books graphs, and pages on the internet to landscape or portrait format.

Newspaper Reading
Kindle has what they call a “5-way controller” which you use easily skips between articles or newspaper pages. What’s more is that you can save an entire news story and access it later and a more convenient time. Newspapers are always delivered to Kindle readers prior to hitting the shelves. We really hope that more and more publishers in South Africa will catch on and make their newspapers available for easy reading on the Kindle in South Africa.