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 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 finance editor at CNET News.com. Larry has covered the technology industry since 1995, publishing articles in WallStreetWeek.com, Inter@ctive Week, and The New York Times. He's a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism and the University of Delaware.
