Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G are the most full-featured e-readers
available
Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader with free 3G wireless
– no monthly fee or annual contract, never pay for or hunt for a Wi-Fi
hotspot
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2011--
(NASDAQ: AMZN) – Amazon.com today announced it is shipping the all-new
Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G beginning tomorrow, November 15,
several days earlier than the previously announced November 21 shipping
date. The $99 Kindle Touch and $149 Kindle Touch 3G are Amazon’s all-new
full-featured e-readers. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader
and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the
unparalleled added convenience of free 3G wireless. The popular $79,
5.98-ounce latest generation Kindle began shipping in September. To
learn more about Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G, visit www.amazon.com/kindletouch
and www.amazon.com/kindletouch3G.
“We’ve seen great excitement over our new line of electronic ink Kindles
– in fact, sales of our electronic ink Kindles are more than double any
previous Kindle launch,” said Dave Limp, Vice President, Kindle. “Kindle
Touch and Kindle Touch 3G are the most full-featured e-readers available
with a beautiful latest generation electronic ink display, fast page
turns and long battery life. They both also include features you won’t
find anywhere else like deep integration of audiobooks from Audible.com,
text to speech, our new technologies EasyReach and X-ray, and for Prime
Members, free access to over 5,000 books from the Kindle Owners’ Lending
Library. We know that customers are excited to get their hands on these
new Kindles, which is why we’re excited to able to ship several days
earlier than we planned.”
Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use
touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop,
and take notes – still with all the benefits of the most advanced
electronic ink display. Kindle Touch is also lighter, smaller,
eliminates battery anxiety with extra-long battery life and holds
thousands of books. Kindle Touch 3G is also a new addition to the Kindle
family for readers who want the top of the line e-reader. Kindle Touch
3G offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch - small and
light, easy-to-use touch screen, storage for thousands of books, and
extra-long battery life - with the unparalleled added convenience of
free 3G. Kindle's free 3G connection means you never have to hunt for or
pay for a Wi-Fi hotspot - you simply download and read books anytime,
anywhere in over 100 countries around the world. Amazon pays for the 3G
connection so there's no monthly fee or annual contract.
Both Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G include X-ray – a new feature
invented by Amazon that lets customers explore the "bones of the book."
With a single tap, readers can see all the passages across a book that
mention ideas, fictional characters, historical figures, places or
topics that interest them, as well as more detailed descriptions from
Wikipedia and Shelfari, Amazon's community-powered encyclopedia for book
lovers. Amazon built X-Ray using its expertise in language processing
and machine learning, access to significant storage and computing
resources with Amazon S3 and EC2, and a deep library of book and
character information. The vision is to have every important phrase in
every book.
Early comments from product reviewers on Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch
3G include:
“In all, Amazon has three new Kindle models. The two cheaper ones
(Kindle and Kindle Touch) will surely get lost in the smoke from the
Fire, but that’s a pity; they’re rather spectacular.” – New York Times
“[X-ray] is a godsend when you have put a book down for a while and
forget who the players are — even if the book includes a section for
cast of characters, pop-up trumps look-up every time.” – Wired
“The Best Part: How easy it is to do anything that has to do with a
book: shopping, borrowing, research, reference, skimming, note taking.
You don't have to supplement the Kindle Touch for anything
book-related.” – Gizmodo
“It’s (Kindle Touch) beautifully done.” – New York Times
Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G orders are fulfilled on a first-come
first-served basis. Customers can purchase now at www.amazon.com/kindletouch
and www.amazon.com/kindletouch3G.
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About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's
Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most
customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything
they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the
lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of
unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books;
Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home
& Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health &
Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web
Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to
in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end
technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any
type of business. The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most
compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced
electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright
sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an
easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages,
search, shop, and take notes - still with all the benefits of the most
advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line
e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch,
with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the
Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and
web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud,
Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon's new revolutionary cloud-accelerated
web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core
processor.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com,
www.amazon.co.uk,
www.amazon.de,
www.amazon.co.jp,
www.amazon.fr,
www.amazon.ca,
www.amazon.cn,
www.amazon.it,
and www.amazon.es.
As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include
Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly
from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to
competition, management of growth, new products, services and
technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international
expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center
optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and
strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption,
inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More
information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's
financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
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