Amazon.com cut its price on the Amazon Kindle 2 to $259 with free shipping. That's a $40 drop and the lowest total price we've seen for a new unit. Features include a 10-oz. total weight, 0.36"-thickness, display with 16 levels of gray, 5-way controller, text-to-speech, Whispersync (this acts as a virtual bookmark to sync your location across multiple Kindles), integrated 3G wireless connection, and more. Per Yahoo Tech, an international version of the Kindle 2 will be available for $279 worldwide.

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