Technologizer.Com: Kindle Magazines and Newspapers Are Not “Zinio-Like Replicas”
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June 19, 2009 by
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For decades, books have come in two major variants: Big, expensive hardcovers and smaller, cheaper paperbacks. Now Amazon.com’s Kindle e-book line has splintered in a similar fashion: The company has started shipping its $489 Kindle DX, which feels like it’s playing weighty hardcover to the more portable, paperback-like $359 Kindle 2.
The company has been pitching the DX as a better Kindle for reading richly-formatted magazines and newspapers. But it’s important to understand that the magazines and newspapers it sells aren’t Zinio-like replicas of the originals. The E-Ink display is only capable of providing a rough approximation of photos and other images, as shown by this TIME cover:
A sample of Time Magazine on Kindle
