On Wednesday, Amazon debuted a new Kindle DX with global wireless that aims to drive its stateside e-reader success to nations around the world. The new Kindle DX replaces the Kindle DX with U.S. wireless. The latest version of the popular Kindle offers a 9.7-inch electronic paper display with 2.5 times more surface area than the regular six-inch display. The Kindle DX’s larger electronic-paper display offers 16 shades of gray and more viewing area for graphics-rich content. The Kindle DX with global wireless can be pre-ordered for $489 and ships Jan. 19. The Kindle with global wireless, Amazon’s six-inch reading device, was released in October 2009 and has already shipped to more than 130 countries. “Kindle DX is great for personal and professional documents, cookbooks and textbooks — anything that is highly formatted. Documents look so good on the big Kindle DX display that you’ll find yourself changing ink-toner cartridges less often and printing fewer documents,” said Ian Freed, vice president at Amazon Kindle. “We’re excited to be able to offer Kindle DX to customers worldwide so they can carry all of their personal documents along with their whole library in one slender package.” More E-Readers Amazon seems to be gearing up for global competition in the e-reader market. At the Consumer Electronics Show starting Thursday, Sprint and Skiff will preview one of the latest e-readers, the Skiff Reader. The Skiff’s differentiator, as the companies explain it, is optimization for newspaper and magazine content. Google isn’t in the e-reader hardware market, but the company has just announced a partnership with Spring Design, developer of the dual-screen multimedia Alex e-reader, to give Alex users access to more than one million Google Books online or downloaded using Alex’s integrated Android web browser and search applications. And DMC Worldwide just introduced an open platform that combines content, social…

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Amazon Upgrades Kindle DX with Global Wireless

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