All-new Amazon Kindle is now available for pre-order in the UK
(30/07/2010)

The all-new Amazon Kindle is now available for pre-order in the UK. It has an electronic-ink screen with 50% better contrast, and offers 20 percent faster page turns, up to one month of battery life, a twofold storage increase to 3,500 books, built-in Wi-Fi, a new graphite colour and more - all for only GBP 149, and still with free 3G wireless - no monthly bills or annual contracts.

Amazon has also introduced a new addition to its family of portable reading devices - Kindle Wi-Fi. Readers who don’t need the convenience of free 3G wireless can now enjoy the new generation Kindle for the lower price of only GBP 109.

And for the first time, Kindle devices are available at Amazon.co.uk. The all-new Kindle and Kindle Wi-Fi are now available for pre-order, and will be dispatched from the U.K. to customers from August 27.

Kindle has been the bestselling product on Amazon.com for two years running, and is also the most-wished-for and most-gifted items on the site. With the largest selection of the most popular books people want to read - not to mention the lowest prices of any e-bookstore in the UK - Amazon will launch the new UK Kindle Store on August 27.

Customers will be able to choose from over 400,000 books, including New Releases and 87 of 100 Nielsen UK Bestsellers. Over 1 million free books are also available to read on Kindle.