Amazon Kindle 3G Review
Experimental: Internet, MP3 and Text-to-Speech
Contents
The Kindle 3G comes with an experimental web browser, as the manufacturer says. Its browser is based on WebKit (as modern smartphone browsers), but the slowness caused by hardware limitations and the grayscale screen make the Kindle an unattractive device to surf the Internet.
Figure 13: The Internet browser
The device can play MP3 files (music or podcasts) during reading, but without the quality of equipment designed for that specific purpose.
Text-to-Speech is the oral reading of books, except when forbidden by the publisher. You can choose a male or female voice, and determine the speed of reading. This feature is not available for files in the PDF format.