Amazon has announced two new enhancements to the latest generation Kindle—85 percent more battery life and a native PDF reader. Kindle now has battery life of up to seven days even with wireless turned on, a significant improvement from the previous battery life of four days and the result of a six month firmware improvement and testing program.

The other addition of a built-in native PDF reader means readers can read their original PDF documents without conversion. Converting to the Kindle format is still an option.

“Kindle, already the #1 bestselling, most wished for, and most gifted product on all of Amazon.com, is now even better—with 85 percent more battery life and a built-in PDF reader,” said Ian Freed, VP Amazon Kindle.

“These two significant enhancements are available now.”

Amazon also announced that previous purchasers of the new Kindle will receive this firmware update via Whispernet wireless. Native PDF support will also be available for some earlier versions of Kindle via an automatic Whispernet wireless firmware update.


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