While everyone thought that adding color will be the only feature that will make the Kindle 3 stand above the Kindle 2, Amazon’s thoughts were different: “Color does not improve the readability of the screen”. “Books are also written in black and white”. And they were right. Color is a distraction and does not improve readability as we can only confirm in our Kindle 3 review.

Features – Software and Hardware

Some of the features of Kindle 2 are present in Kindle 3, such as social networking, 60 second book download, and centered features, free 3G access to Kindle Store, cross-platform book sharing and free 3G accesses to over 100 countries. The improvements that have been made in Kindle 3 has made the device more reliable, more user friendly and a providing an even better reading experience.

Kindle 3 has been made more portable by reducing its size to 7.5 x 4.8 x 1.335 inch. With this reduction in size the weight of the device has come down to 8.7 ounces and the elnk screen has come down to 6 inches. As a result the device has become lighter, thinner and smaller which greatly improved the readability as we noticed in our Kindle 3 review.

Looking at the Kindle 3 in this Kindle 3 review we noticed that it has undergone a lot of ergonomic changes. Amazon has done a fine job and seems to have given deep thought while designing it. For example, take the page turn buttons. The buttons have become handier and work without making a noise. The buttons that were wider in the earlier version have been made one-quarter of an inch and have > and < as labels in place of words and placed on both sides of the screen. The ease of use has improved considerably as you can read throughout this Kindle 3 review.

The Kindle 3 has been designed not only for the bright eyed; even those with impaired vision can use the Kindle 3. This is because Kindle 3 has been provided with a feature that can read out menus and item descriptions. A great feature we came across this Kindle 3 review.

Not adding any color support and touchscreen to Kindle 3 probably was a wise decision taken by Amazon. Kindle 3 has a far superior readability as mentioned before in this Kindle 3 review.

With all the features Kindle 3 no doubt is the most powerful eReader that is available and it offers great value for your money. In our Kindle 3 review we have chosen for the white Kindle 3, but you can have a graphite color as well.

Check our kindle 3 review for the best ereader on the market according to our expert panel and according to hundreds of customer reviews.