Latest Generation E Ink
Kindle Keyboard 3G uses E Ink Pearl – the latest generation of E Ink
technology available – to deliver clear, crisp text you can read without eye
strain.
How Electronic Ink Works
Electronic ink uses actual ink particles to create crisp, print-like text
similar to what you see in a physical book. Kindle Keyboard uses
proprietary, hand-built fonts to take advantage of the special
characteristics of the ink to make letters appear clear and sharp.
Reads Like Real Paper, Even in Bright Sunlight
Because Kindle Keyboard 3G's electronic display uses E Ink, it looks and
reads like real paper. Kindle Keyboard 3G’s screen reflects light like
ordinary paper and uses no backlighting, so you can read as easily in bright
sunlight as in your living room.
Adjustable Text Sizes, Font Choices
Kindle Keyboard 3G has eight adjustable font sizes to suit your reading
preference. You can increase the text size of your favorite book or periodical
with the push of a button. If your eyes tire, simply increase the font size and
continue reading comfortably. Kindle Keyboard also has three font styles to
choose from – all optimized and hand-tuned to provide the best reading
experience.
Custom Fonts
Kindle Keyboard 3G uses hand-built, custom fonts and font-hinting to make words
and letters more crisp, clear, and natural-looking. Font hints are instructions,
written as code, that control points on a font character's line, improving
legibility at small font sizes where few pixels are available. Hinting is a mix
of aesthetic judgments and complicated technical strategies. We've designed our
proprietary font-hinting to optimize specifically for the special
characteristics of electronic ink.
Fast Page Turns
Kindle Keyboard 3G has fast page turns. We’ve done this by fine-tuning Kindle
Keyboard’s proprietary waveform, the series of electronic pulses that move black
and white electronic ink particles to achieve an optimal display of images and
text.
Full Image Zoom
Images and photos display crisply on Kindle and can be zoomed to the full size
of the screen.
Support for Non-Latin Characters
Kindle Keyboard 3G supports the display of non-Latin characters, so you can read
books and documents in the translation that’s right for you. Kindle Keyboard 3G
displays Cyrillic (such as Russian), Japanese, Chinese (Traditional and
Simplified), and Korean characters, in addition to Latin and Greek scripts.
Rotate Between Portrait and Landscape Mode
Manually rotate the display from portrait to landscape to view maps, graphs,
tables and Web pages.
Real Page Numbers
Easily reference and cite passages or read alongside others in a book club or
class with real page numbers. Using the computing fabric of Amazon Web Services,
we’ve created algorithms that match specific text in a Kindle book to the
corresponding text in a print book, to identify the correct, “real” page number
to display. Real page numbers are available on tens of thousands of our most
popular Kindle books, including the top 100 bestselling books in the Kindle
Store that have matching print editions. Page numbers are displayed when you
push the menu button.
Personalized Recommendations
Kindle makes it easy to discover new titles with recommendations personalized
just for you. The Kindle Store uses the same personalized customer experience
you're used to across Amazon.com, matching our best recommendations to your
personal reading habits.
Over a Million Books
The Kindle store contains the largest selection of books people want to read:
over a million books, including 800,000 at $9.99 or less. We work directly with
publishers to get the latest bestsellers, biggest new releases and the titles
most popular with tens of millions of Amazon’s book customers. Over 2 million
free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are also available such as Pride and
Prejudice and Treasure Island.
Over 60,000 Audible Audiobooks Available - with Wireless Delivery
Discover, download, and listen to over 60,000 Audible.com audiobooks — read by
authors, celebrities, and world-class narrators — right from your Kindle
Keyboard 3G. Shop the Internet’s premier provider of digital audiobooks, with
genres including mysteries and thrillers, romance, and biographies.
Newsstand
Shop and subscribe to your favorite magazines and newspapers such as Time,
Newsweek and The New Yorker, from Newsstand. New editions are
auto-delivered wirelessly direct to your device the second they go on sale.
Blogs
Stay up to date with the latest tech stories, sports results and news updates
from your favorite blogs. Subscribe to popular blogs such as Gizmodo,
The Onion and ESPN to receive auto-updates on your Kindle Keyboard
throughout the day.
Games
Take a break from reading to enjoy a selection of great games specially designed
for Kindle, like Every Word and Number Slide.
