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Amazon announced its third-generation Kindle e-reader July 28, in a bid to not only leapfrog competitors such as Barnes & Noble’s Nook, but also maintain a viable alternative to the Apple iPad. In addition, Amazon is also introducing a WiFi-only Kindle at a lower price point.
The third-generation Kindle features a 6-inch e-ink screen with 50 percent better contrast, a body that’s 21 percent smaller and 15 percent lighter, an advertised battery life of up to one month, and double the storage capacity. Those with an aversion to white can order the Kindle in a graphite-gray color.
Amazon has also worked to increase the Kindle’s capacity as a personal-document device: in addition to highlighting, note-taking, Wikipedia access, and dictionary lookup, the Kindle now supports password-protected PDFs. In what the retailer terms an experimental feature, the device also includes a Webkit-based browser, free to use over WiFi.
Both the third-generation Kindle, which retails for $189, and the new Kindle Wi-Fi, which retails for $139, will ship on Aug. 27.
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