According to Amazon, Kindle is based on the high-resolution display technology called electronic paper, developed by E-Ink, which means that its sharp black and white screen that is as easy to read as printed paper. The screen works using ink, just like books and newspapers, but displays the ink particles electronically. It reflects light like ordinary paper and uses no backlight, eliminating the eyestrain and glare associated with other electronic displays such as computer monitors or PDA screens.

With Kindle, Amazon tried to go beyond electronic books and the device has built-in access to The New Oxford American Dictionary and to the world’s most exhaustive and up-to-date encyclopedia, Wikipedia.org, and its collection of over 2,000,000 articles.

The device is priced at $399 and you can buy it online, of course, from Amazon.

The Kindle Store will “feed” your device with more than 90,000 books and Amazon included in its offer newspapers and blogs. Monthly Kindle newspaper subscriptions are $5.99 to $14.99 per month, and Kindle magazines are $1.25 to $3.49 per month.

Kindle includes other useful features. For example if you like taking notes during reading, then you can use the Kindle’s keyboard. Additionally, Kindle automatically bookmarks the last page a customer reads of any content on their Kindle. Kindle has six adjustable font sizes to suit customers’ varying reading preferences.

Amazon claims its device’s battery can last as long as 30 hours and Kindle fully recharges in two hours.

Also Kindle can be used for carrying your personal documents and it supports wireless delivery of unprotected Microsoft Word, HTML, TXT, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP files.