Amazon Kindle Development Timeline
2011
2007
2010
2013
Third Generation:
- 2010.7.1 - Release of Kindle DX Graphite.
- E Ink display, higher contrast
- No Wi-Fi, battery life of 2-3 weeks
- 2010.7.28 - Release of Kindle Keyboard
- Aka Kindle 3
- Wi-Fi capable
- Kindle was first introduced by Amazon.
- 2007.11.19 - Kindle eReader was released.
- Sold out in 5.5 hours
- Initial price @ US$ 399
- Only sold inside the United States
Fourth Generation:
- 2011.9.28 - Release of Kindle 4.
- Reduction in weight, size and cost (US$ 99)
- 2011.9.28 - Release of Kindle Touch.
- Web browsing enabled
- 2011.9.28 - Release of Kindle Fire.
- Colour touchscreen tablet
- One million Kindles sold per week.
Sixth Generation:
- 2013.9.30 - Kindle Paperwhite 2 was released.
- Higher contrast E Ink
- 25% faster processor
- No Wi-Fi restriction
- 2013.9.25 - Release of Kindle Fire HDX
- $4.5 billion in Kindle device sales in 2013.
It's where everything started!
2012
2010 - Cont'd
2009
Fifth Generation:
- 2012.9.6 - Release of Kindle 5.
- Faster and cheaper
- 2012.10.1 - Kindle Paperwhite 1 was released.
- Manually adjusted light
- Battery life up to 8 weeks
- Smart cover
- 2012.9.6 - Release of Kindle Fire HD.
- $3.57 billion worth of Kindle devices sold.
As of December 2010. Amazon.com announces that for thrst time, the number of eBooks sold on Kindle surpassed the amount of paperback books sold in the United States.
48% of all international eReader sales are by Amazon.
Second Generation:
- 2009.2.10 - Kindle 2 was released.
- Text-to-speech function
- Slimmer
- 2009.10.7 - Kindle 2 International was released.
- US-only model was discontinued after its release
- 2009.5.6 - Release of Kindle DX.
- Larger rotatable screen