I’ve been sitting on this news for a while and can finally share it! This is great for those of you who live outside of the US or do a lot of traveling. If you travel outside of the country, with the current Kindle you have to make sure you download your books before you got on that plane. Now you will be able to access the Kindle store in over 100 countries INSTANTLY. This is great news for frequent flyers. There are quite a few other enhancements made to this specific Kindle which I think everyone will find to be a great boost in functionality. This is a lot more than a simple software upgrade so for you current Kindle owners, you cannot do a simple software update. This is physically different hardware in the product. There’s plenty more good stuff coming from the Kindle team so keep your eyes out for additional coverage.
Here’s a quick update from our founder, Jeff Bezos. The links in the letter below may not work, but you can get all the info by going to the Kindle page on Amazon.com
