Amazon Kindle

Amazon Kindle
DeveloperAmazon
ManufacturerFoxconn
Product familyKindle
TypeE-reader
Release dateNovember 19, 2007 (2007-11-19)
Introductory priceUS$399; equivalent to $563 in 2022 (Kindle 1)
Operating systemKindle firmware, utilizing Linux kernel[1]
Latest versions[2]
  • Kindle 1: 1.2.1
  • Kindle 2, DX: 2.5.8
  • Kindle Keyboard: 3.4.3
  • Kindle 4, 5: 4.1.4
  • Kindle Touch: 5.3.7.3
  • Kindle Paperwhite 1: 5.6.1.1
  • Kindle 7, Paperwhite 2: 5.12.2.2
  • Kindle Voyage: 5.13.6
  • Kindle 8; Paperwhite 3; Oasis 1, 2: 5.16.2.1.1
  • Kindle 10, 11; Paperwhite 4, 5; Oasis 3; Scribe: 5.16.7
CPULow-power ARM SoC
Marvell Xscale 1st gen
Freescale i.MX 2nd-10th gen
MediaTek MT81xx 11th gen
Memory32 MB - 512 MB RAM
StorageFlash memory
Internal 256 MB - 64 GB
External SD card 1st gen
Display
  • Kindle 1:
    6-inch (150 mm), 600 × 800 pixels, 167 PPI density, 4-level grayscale[3]
  • Kindle 2, 3, 4, 5, Touch, 7, 8:
    as Kindle 1 but 16-level grayscale
  • Kindle 10:
    as Kindle 2, 3, 4, 5, Touch, 7, 8 but with LED frontlit
  • Kindle DX:
    9.7-inch (250 mm), 824 × 1200 pixels, 150 PPI density, 16-level grayscale
  • Kindle Paperwhite 1, 2:
    6-inch, 768 × 1024 pixels, 212 PPI density, 16-level grayscale, LED frontlit
  • Kindle Voyage; Paperwhite 3, 4; Oasis, Kindle 11:
    6-inch, 1072 × 1448 pixels, 300 PPI density, 16-level grayscale, LED frontlit
  • Kindle Oasis 2, 3:
    7-inch, 1264 × 1680 pixels, 300 PPI density, 16-level grayscale, LED frontlit
  • Kindle Paperwhite 5:
    6.8-inch, 1236 × 1648 pixels, 300 PPI density, 16-level grayscale, LED frontlit
  • Kindle Scribe:
    10.2-inch, 300 PPI density, 16-level grayscale, LED frontlit
SoundSpeakers/3.5 mm headphone jack (Kindle 1, 2, DX, Keyboard, Touch)
USB Audio Adapter (Kindle Voyage, Paperwhite 3)
Bluetooth (8th gen and newer)[4]
InputUSB Mini-B 1st gen
USB Micro-B 2nd gen-10th gen
USB-C 11th gen and newer
Controller inputKeyboard, scrollwheel, D-pad select models, 2007–2012
Touchscreen select models 2011–2012, all models 2013-present
Stylus Pen Kindle Scribe
CameraNone
ConnectivityAmazon Whispernet 3G models
802.11 Wi-Fi 3rd gen and newer
Bluetooth 8th gen and newer - Sound only
Online servicesKindle Store
Dimensions
List
  • Kindle 1:
    8.0 in (203 mm) H
    5.3 in (135 mm) W
    0.8 in (20 mm) D
  • Kindle 2:
    8.0 in (203 mm) H
    5.3 in (135 mm) W
    0.36 in (9 mm) D
  • Kindle Keyboard:
    7.5 in (191 mm) H
    4.8 in (122 mm) W
    0.34 in (9 mm) D
  • Kindle DX:
    10.4 in (264 mm) H
    7.2 in (183 mm) W
    0.38 in (10 mm) D
  • Kindle Touch:
    6.8 in (173 mm) H
    4.7 in (119 mm) W
    0.40 in (10 mm) D
  • Kindle 4, 5:
    6.5 in (165 mm) H
    4.5 in (114 mm) W
    0.34 in (9 mm) D
  • Kindle Paperwhite 1, 2, 3:
    6.7 in (170 mm) H
    4.6 in (117 mm) W
    0.36 in (9 mm) D
  • Kindle 7:
    6.7 in (170 mm) H
    4.7 in (119 mm) W
    0.40 in (10 mm) D
  • Kindle Voyage:
    6.4 in (163 mm) H
    4.5 in (114 mm) W
    0.30 in (8 mm) D
  • Kindle Oasis (no cover):
    5.6 in (142 mm) H
    4.8 in (122 mm) W
    0.13 in (3 mm) D
  • Kindle Oasis (with cover):
    5.6 in (142 mm) H
    4.8 in (122 mm) W
    0.33 in (8 mm) D
  • Kindle 8:
    6.3 in (160 mm) H
    4.5 in (114 mm) W
    0.36 in (9 mm) D
  • Kindle Oasis 2, 3:
    6.3 in (160 mm) H
    5.6 in (142 mm) W
    0.33 in (8 mm) D
  • Kindle Paperwhite 4:
    6.6 in (168 mm) H
    4.6 in (117 mm) W
    0.32 in (8 mm) D
  • Kindle 10:
    6.3 in (160 mm) H
    4.5 in (114 mm) W
    0.34 in (9 mm) D
  • Kindle Paperwhite 5:
    6.9 in (175 mm) H
    4.9 in (124 mm) W
    0.32 in (8 mm) D
  • Kindle 11:
    6.21 in (158 mm) H
    4.28 in (109 mm) W
    0.315 in (8 mm) D
  • Kindle Scribe:
    7.7 in (196 mm) H
    9.0 in (229 mm) W
    0.22 in (6 mm) D
Mass
List
  • Kindle 1, 2:
    10.2 oz (290 g)
  • Kindle Keyboard 3G:
    8.7 oz (247 g)
  • Kindle Keyboard:
    8.5 oz (241 g)
  • Kindle Touch 3G:
    7.8 oz (220 g)
  • Kindle Touch:
    7.5 oz (213 g)
  • Kindle DX:
    18.9 oz (540 g)
  • Kindle 4, 5:
    5.98 oz (170 g)
  • Kindle Paperwhite 3G:
    7.8 oz (222 g)
  • Kindle Paperwhite:
    7.5 oz (213 g)
  • Kindle Paperwhite 2 3G:
    7.6 oz (215 g)
  • Kindle Paperwhite 2:
    7.3 oz (206 g)
  • Kindle 7:
    6.7 oz (191 g)
  • Kindle Voyage 3G:
    6.6 oz (188 g)
  • Kindle Voyage:
    6.3 oz (180 g)
  • Kindle Paperwhite 3 3G:
    7.7 oz (217 g)
  • Kindle Paperwhite 3:
    7.2 oz (205 g)
  • Kindle Oasis 3G (no cover):
    4.7 oz (133 g)
  • Kindle Oasis (no cover):
    4.6 oz (131 g)
  • Kindle Oasis's cover:
    3.8 oz (107 g)
  • Kindle 8:
    5.7 oz (161 g)
  • Kindle Oasis 2:
    6.8 oz (194 g)
  • Kindle Paperwhite 4 3G:
    6.7 oz (191 g)
  • Kindle Paperwhite 4:
    6.4 oz (182 g)
  • Kindle 10:
    6.1 oz (174 g)
  • Kindle Oasis 3:
    6.6 oz (188 g)
  • Kindle Paperwhite 5:
    7.2 oz (205 g)
  • Kindle 11:
    5.6 oz (158 g)
  • Kindle Scribe:
    15.3 oz (433 g)
Websiteamazon.com/kindle

Amazon Kindle is a series of e-readers designed and marketed by Amazon. Amazon Kindle devices enable users to browse, buy, download, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines and other digital media via wireless networking to the Kindle Store.[6] The hardware platform, which Amazon subsidiary Lab126 developed, began as a single device in 2007. Currently, it comprises a range of devices, including e-readers with E Ink electronic paper displays and Kindle applications on all major computing platforms. All Kindle devices integrate with Windows and macOS file systems and Kindle Store content and, as of March 2018, the store had over six million e-books available in the United States.[7]

  1. ^ Source Code Notice Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Amazon.com, Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "Amazon.com Help Kindle E-Reader Software Updates". Amazon. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "Amazon Kindle 1st-gen specs". gdgt. Archived from the original on July 4, 2009. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  4. ^ "Identify Your Kindle E-Reader - Amazon Customer Service". www.amazon.com.
  5. ^ Which Kindle E-reader do I have? Amazon. Retrieved January 7, 2018
  6. ^ Dudley, Brier (November 19, 2007). "Kindle hacking, iPod parallels and a chat with the Kindle director". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on December 21, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
  7. ^ Kindle Store: Kindle eBooks Archived December 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 30, 2018.