Experienced travelers know that when packing for an extended trip, every extra pound counts. Especially when traveling to a country that lacks paved streets and sidewalks, rolling suitcases simply are not practical. Therefore, carrying luggage is the norm. Books are a necessary evil for travel: Guidebooks, phrasebooks, and even light reading books for time passing purposes add up to some heavy luggage.
Enter the Kindle 2. With this wireless reading device, you can store all of the above, plus much more. Newspapers, magazines, blogs, and more are all available for download on one small, lightweight device. This gives you the flexibility to bring many more guidebooks, phrase and verb books, and entertainment books. While in the U.S., you can wirelessly download books instantly without connecting to a computer. Overseas, if you decide you want new books or some newspapers from back home, you can plug the Kindle 2 into a computer, download the book to the computer and transfer it to the device.