The Amazon Kindle First Impressions [30:10]

Intro: Amazon launched the Kindle in the United States in November 2007. Demand for the Kindle has been high with long waiting lists. We finally got our hands on one and review the Kindle in this podcast.Show Questions: Can you give us some basic specs on the Kindle? What about external storage, battery life and ports or connectors?  Can you give us a quick overview on the Kindle controls - How do you use it? How do you navigate? Does the ruler do anything else? What's Whispernet? How do you get content on the Kindle? Can you get content from other sources? What file formats does the kindle support? Are there other ways to read pdf's? Can you view pictures? What else can you do? I'm always reading things and making notes to include in blogs or other documents - is there a way to do this? Is content on the kindle searchable? How does the dictionary work? What are some of the experimental extras - does it allow web browsing?? I've heard about a question ask and answer feature - can you describe that? Can you play music on it? Any other observations?