It has a six-inch screen to read from, plus a small keyboard that lets you perform internet searches and other relatively simple web-oriented activities. In addition, you can also download PDFs of any sort of document, which makes this an ideal way of reading for work and study.Įven though the device is extremely lightweight and portable, you can keep a huge number of books on the Kindle. You buy these books as Kindle versions of ‘e-books’ from the Amazon website. It has a colour screen and offers basic features such as the ability to stream video and music as well as continue to be an e-reader. Launched in early 2012 was the Kindle Fire, and latterly the Kindle Fire HD, with more functionality than previous Kindles and similar to a tablet device, based on an operating system called Android. The latest model is the Paperwhite, which has a touchscreen as at March 2022. Rather as you download an iPod or MP3 player with music, you download books (via wireless technology) on to a Kindle and read them on it. A Kindle is a small hand-held electronic device for reading books, which has been developed by online retailer Amazon.

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