Amazon just went ahead and announced the new Kindle DX - a bigger Kindle with native PDF support. The major difference is of course the size: the new Kindle DX has a 1200x824 resolution, and it is priced at $489. It is scheduled to ship at Summer 2009. Here are some additional details: Size: 10.43 x 7.23 x 0.383 (Kindle 2: 83 x 5.33 x 0.363 ) Display: 16 shades of gray eInk 9.73 1200x824 pixels (Kindle 2: 63 800x600) Weight: 18.9oz (Kindle 2: 10.2oz) ...

Hello, my name is Igal, and I'm an addict. Well, not really, but I sure like gadgets. I bought an iPhone (1st generation) immediately after its price dropped from $600 to $400. I love it and I use it for almost everything. Except reading. I tried reading on the iPhone - it supports PDF attachments, for example, you could open a PDF file from an attached mail message, and the iPhone would display it perfectly. Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to read on that tiny screen for a long time, and the backlit LCD...

One of the main selling points of the Kindle is Whispernet - a free EVDO Internet (provided by Sprint), which allows downloading content on the Kindle, browsing the web, reading RSS feeds, and searching Wikipedia. This is all brilliantly illustrated in this xkcd comic: Unfortunately, Sprint's coverage of Israel is pretty bad :) There are two "registrations" of the Kindle. The first one is on the Amazon site. Since I purchased the device for myself, in my own account, the Kindle had automatically been assigned to me. This allows me to purchase Kindle content on...