Kindle 2 photos and video from the press conference + Stephen King reading…

I was at the Kindle 2 press conference today, here are some photos and a video (40 minutes). Some quick hits…

• 16 shades of gray (previous kindle was 4)
• new five way rocker
• live dictionary as you read
• “read to me” text to speech
• screen is 20% faster
• super tiny form factor, nice design, iphonelike
• 25% more battery life 2 weeks on one charge
• ships 2/24, $359
• whispersync / wireless bookingmarking allows you to pick up where you left off reading on any device (pc/mac/iphone?)
• to get a PDFs/txt files on the device you mail it to yourself, it gets converted  that’s the only way.

Not exactly ready for the pages of MAKE, but getting closer!