To compete with the Nook, the Amazon Kindle patches some holes in its feature list.
Courtesy of Amazon.com Thanks to a software update, the Amazon Kindle will now enjoy better battery life and PDF support.
As shoppers draft their holiday wish lists, Amazon made a move today to nudge potential e-reader buyers into asking Santa for a Kindle.
A free software update will now patch up one of the frustrating holes in Kindle’s feature list and increase its battery life.
The e-readers can now get up to a week of power when its wireless antenna is turned on. Before, Kindles lasted about four days. This update makes the wireless features more energy efficient, so there is not a similar boost in the two-week battery life enjoyed when the connection is turned off. Kindle’s chief competitor, the Barnes and Noble Nook, will run for 10 days with wireless functions disabled. Read more here http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/11/24/amazon-kindle-boosts-battery-life-adds-pdf-reader/
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