Sort of like iPhone 3G for smarter people, Amazon’s Kindle 2 is the skinnier, hotter little sister of the successful electronic book reading device, Kindle. Aside from looks, other improvements include quicker page turns, better display and longer battery life. With over 230,000 books, top newspapers, magazines, and blogs available to Kindle users in less than 60 seconds, the literary world hasn’t seen this kind of development since the arrival of Cliffs Notes.
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