In addition, much like your iPhone, if you rotate the Kindle DX the screen will rotate as well. This is intended to make looking at any landscape-oriented documents--as well as large pictures and maps--a more pleasant experience.
The new device also features more storage. The Kindle 2 has 2GB of internal storage, which can hold about 1,500 books; Kindle DX has 4GB of internal storage that can hold up to 3,500 books.
Amazon also announced that they have partnered with three major textbook publishers (Pearson, Cengage, and Wiley) to have Kindle DX versions of textbooks available when the Kindle DX ships. Six schools have agreed to pilot Kindle DX usage on campus, so if you're a student at Arizona State University, Case Western Reserve, Princeton, Reed, Pace University (where Kindle DX was launched) or the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, you might be sporting a Kindle DX come this fall.
Amazon is also partnering with the The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe to provide Kindle DX-formatted versions of their papers at a special price, though pricing hasn't been released for these products yet. However, the price will only be available to those customers who live outside of the home delivery area for the papers.
All of this for the low, low price of $489; the Kindle DX is scheduled to be available sometime this summer. All right, that's not as low as some people thought it might be, but then again when are people ever happy with device pricing?
This story, "Kindle DX Sports Bigger Screen, Bigger Price" was originally published by Macworld.