Amazon's new Kindle 2, please read me a story
Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2009

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, right, shows off the Kindle 2 in New York. Credit: Mark Lennihan / Associated Press.

NEW YORK -- The Kindle 2 is sleeker and faster, stores more books and keeps a charge longer. Plus, there's an extra twist: It talks.
Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos today unveiled the company's upgraded reading device, which ships Feb. 24. He promised that the newest iteration of the electronic book would further enhance the long-form reading experience.
"There are some things that can only be taught, only be understood, in a few hundred pages," Bezos told journalists crowded in a theater at a midtown library.
The e-book has drawn a cult following since it was introduced in November 2007. Retailing for $359, Kindle 2 is available for pre-order today.

The full story with full description of Kindle 2 here.

Footnote:

The new Kindle has 25 percent more battery life than the original, holds 1,500 books, and keeps a reader's place in-between digital reading devices.