Transcript E-Reader: The Kindle

E-Reader: The Kindle
EDWARD SIMPSON
MIS 304
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Overview
 What are E-Readers?
 What is Kindle ?
 How does it work?
 How does it effect people’s lives?
 How does it effect businesses?
 Similar Products
E-Readers
 A portable electronic device used for reading books
and other text materials that are in digital form.
 They can vary in size,
weight, appearance,
and features.
Amazon’s Kindle, aka: Kindle Wifi
 Third version of the Kindle
 7.5" x 4.8" x 0.335“, 8.5 ounces
 800,000 books available
 Newspaper, Blogs, PDFs
 Electronic Ink display
 Built in Wifi
 $139.00
How it affects people’s lives?
 Adjustable text makes it easy to read
 Electronic Ink makes it look just like a real piece of
paper
 Don’t have to go to the bookstore or newspaper
stand, can download from home
 Gets rid of the inconvenience of large, heavy,
cumbersome books
How it affects businesses
 Able to view PDFs quickly:
 Meeting schedule
 Employee training manual
 Converted PowerPoint presentations
 Company policies
 Financial reviews
 Wifi allows your Kindle to access your e-mail
Similar products
 Apple’s iPad
 Sony’s Reader Wi-fi
 Barnes and Noble’s Nook
2021?
 Textbooks replaced by E-Readers
 Decline of bookstores and newspaper stands to
almost nonexistence
 Easier publishing for authors, publishers have to go
digital
Questions?
References
 http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reader-Wifi-
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