Opening the Kindle box. Packaging is certainly bookish. See more from the launch event.
Front of the Kindle with getting started guide. In a nutshell, it says plug it in and turn it on.
The Kindle comes with a handy book cover for protection.
The back side of the Kindle with some text flying around.
Headphones, power and USB port. Of course the Kindle doesn’t need a PC and isn’t supposed to play music. Hmm.
Remove the back casing and you find the battery.
At right is a memory card slot.
A closer look at the battery.
The Kindle in its book cover.
Closing the book on the Kindle–for now.
Larry formerly served as the East Coast news editor and Finance Editor at CNET News.com. Prior to that, he was editor of Ziff Davis Inter@ctive Investor, which was, according to Barron's, a Top-10 financial site in the late 1990s. Larry has covered the technology and financial services industry since 1995, publishing articles in WallStreetWeek.com, Inter@ctive Week, The New York Times, and Financial Planning magazine.
