the original Amazon Kindle

1、the original Amazon Kindle, 2007
第一代Kindle,2007年

The original Amazon Kindle was released in 2007, and cost $399. Amazon did not sell it outside the United States. It featured a 6-inch greyscale e-ink display, with 250 MB of internal memory, holding approximately 200 non-illustrated titles. It also had a speaker and headphone jack that allowed the user to access audio files.
亞馬遜在2007年發(fā)布了價(jià)格為399美元的第一代Kindle，但是只在美國本土銷售。這代Kindle采用于6英寸電子墨水屏，250MB內(nèi)存，大概能存200本純文本電子書，而且還配備了話筒和耳機(jī)插孔以便用戶聽有聲書籍。

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the Sony Reader

2、the Sony Reader, 2006
索尼閱讀器,2006年

The Amazon Kindle went up against the Sony Reader, which launched in the United States in 2006, and was available exclusively through Borders bookshop for the first few months. The Sony Reader also used an e-ink display, meaning it was viewable in direct sunlight and required no power to maintain a static image.
亞馬遜發(fā)布Kindle是為了對(duì)抗索尼在2006年發(fā)布的索尼閱讀器，當(dāng)時(shí)索尼和美國第二大連鎖書店Borders（已于2011年宣布破產(chǎn)）聯(lián)手，在剛發(fā)布的頭幾個(gè)月顧客可以在所有Borders的店里買到索尼閱讀器，而這款閱讀器也使用電子墨水屏，支持在日光直射的環(huán)境中觀看，而且屏幕處于靜止?fàn)顟B(tài)也不翻頁時(shí)完全不耗電。

the Kindle 2

3、the Kindle 2, 2009
第二代Kindle，2009年

In 2009, Amazon announced the Kindle 2, which was slimmer than the original Kindle and featured 2GB of internal memory, enbling it to hold around 1,500 non-illustrated books. It also had a text-to-speech option to read the text aloud. It cost $359 and was the first Kindle to be made available internationally.
亞馬遜在2009年發(fā)布了第二代kindle，第二代比第一代要更薄些，而且有2G的內(nèi)存，可以放得下1500本純文本電子書。而且還配備了一個(gè)文字轉(zhuǎn)語音按鈕，可以把電子書轉(zhuǎn)成有聲讀物。第二代Kindle價(jià)格為359美元，也是開始在全球范圍內(nèi)銷售的第一代。

the Kindle DX

4、the Kindle DX, 2009
Kindle DX，2009年

Amazon announced the Kindle DX in 2009. It had a larger (9.7-inch) screen, making it more suitable for displaying newspaper and textbook content, and supported simple PDF files. Amazon released a 'graphite' version in 2010, which offered a better contrast ratio and dropped the price from $489 to $379.
2009年，亞馬遜還發(fā)布了9.7英寸屏幕的Kindle DX，這代大屏Kindle更適合看報(bào)刊和教科書，而且內(nèi)置PDF顯示器。亞馬遜在2010年發(fā)布了KindleDX的黑鉛版本，分辨率更高，價(jià)格也由原來的489美元降到了379美元。

the Kindle Keybord

5、the Kindle Keybord, 2010
第三代Kindle，2010年

Amazon announced the third generation of the Kindle, later called the Kindle Keyboard, in 2010. The device had a 6-inch screen and was available in two versions – one WiFi only and one WiFi and 3G. It came in classic white and graphite, and both models used the newer e-ink 'Pearl' display, which had a higher contrast than previous displays and a faster refresh rate.
2010年6英寸的第三代Kindle（后被稱為Kindle Keyboard）面世，Keyboard有WIFI版和WIFI+3G版，造型是經(jīng)典的白色和石墨色，這兩款Keyboard都采用了電子墨水珍珠屏，不僅分辨率大大提高，而且刷新速度也變快了。

the fourth-generation

6、the fourth-generation, 2011
第四代Kindle，2011年

Amazon announced the fourth-generation Kindle in 2011. It was the first device to do away with the company's traditional physical qwerty keyboard, in favour of a cursor pad and on-screen keyboard. It was smaller and lighter, with 2GB storage and an estimated one month battery life.
2011年，第四代Kindle出現(xiàn)了。這時(shí)，四個(gè)實(shí)體按鍵及一個(gè)屏幕按鍵第一次代替了傳統(tǒng)的英文全鍵盤。四代也更輕更薄，2GB內(nèi)存，電池待機(jī)時(shí)間長(zhǎng)達(dá)一個(gè)月。

Kindle Touch

7、Kindle Touch, 2011
觸屏Kinde Touch，2011年

Amazon also announced its first touchscreen Kindle, called the Kindle Touch, in 2011. The device used the same 6-inch e-ink screen of the previous Kindle model, with the addition of an infrared touch-screen control. It had a capacity of 4GB and battery life of two months.
2011年，亞馬遜推出了第一臺(tái)觸屏Kindle，即Kindle Touch。它保留了6英寸的電子墨水屏，但換成了紅外線觸屏操控、4GB的內(nèi)存和2個(gè)月的待機(jī)時(shí)間。