Unboxing Amazon's Kindle

After Hours

Unboxing Amazon’s Kindle

By Larry Dignan November 19, 2007, 1:23 AM PST

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Opening the Kindle box

Opening the Kindle box. Packaging is certainly bookish. See more from the launch event.

Initial guide

Front of the Kindle with getting started guide. In a nutshell, it says plug it in and turn it on.

Book cover

The Kindle comes with a handy book cover for protection.

Back of Kindle

The back side of the Kindle with some text flying around.

Ready for sound

Headphones, power and USB port. Of course the Kindle doesn’t need a PC and isn’t supposed to play music. Hmm.

Finding the battery

Remove the back casing and you find the battery.

Memory card slot

At right is a memory card slot.

Battery up close

A closer look at the battery.

Kindle's cover

The Kindle in its book cover.

Kindle closed

Closing the book on the Kindle–for now.

By Larry Dignan

Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief at Celonis. He was most recently Vice President, Editorial and Editor in Chief at ZDNet. Prior to that he was executive news editor at eWeek and news editor at Baseline. He also served as the East Coast news editor and

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