10:09
Okay, they're about to start.
10:21
Wireless is extremely unstable:
"Today I'm excited to announce Kindle 2." thin, light, weighs only 10.2 ounces (.1 less), .36 inches thick. iPhone is .48. Kindle is 25% thinner. A big engineering challenge.
Easy to hold. "Page-turning buttons flex inward. We added a five-way controller to improve navigation. Easy to use one-handed.
16 shades of gray vs. 4 in new e-ink. Crisper photos and text, page turns are 20 percent faster. Battery life is 25 percent longer. You can read for 2 weeks on a single charge.
10:21
Bezos onstage. I finally have Wi-Fi access again.
10:21
Free 3G wireless delivery in less than 6 seconds.
10:22
New feature: WhisperSync syncs up with Kindle 1, Kindle 2, and in the future, other mobile devices.
10:22
Here's what he said before, in summary: Long-form reading is losing ground to short-form reading. We read blog posts, emails, etc.
Books haven't changed in 500 years