Amazon unveils Kindle with a lit screen
Four new Kindles - but so far the juiciest models and free services are US-only. With VIDEO.
Amazon has previewed four new Kindles, which will ship over October and November.
The flagship models won't be available for New Zealand - or at least not yet.
They are a new 8.9-inch (or iPad size) version of the Android-powered Kindle Fire, which comes with goods such as free cloud storage and discount access to movie. TV and music content from (the US-only) Amazon Prime.
And the new Kindle Paperwhite, the first Kindle with a lit screen. CEO Jeff Bezos says it will last eight weeks on one charge.
The cost of an entry-level 6-inch Kindle also got cut to $US69 or $US89 ($NZ112) for the international shipping version.
Watch Amazon's full launch below:
NBR staff
Sat, 08 Sep 2012
Sat, 08 Sep 2012
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Amazon unveils Kindle with a lit screen
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