Amazon unveils slimmer Kindle reader

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 9, 2009 4:02 PM EDT
Reuters; By Franklin Paul and Alexandria Sage
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Online retailer Amazon.com Inc unveiled a slimmer version of its Kindle digital book reader on Monday, with more storage and faster page turns, but kept a high price tag that could discourage mass adoption. The new Kindle, still priced at $359 on Amazon's website amazon.com/kindle2, is available for preorder and will ship February 24, the company said. Amazon shares were down about 1 percent at $65.94 in midday trading on Nasdaq.

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