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New Kindle Possibly Comes With Microphone

Is currently not enabled but put in for future use.

Tech2 News Staff|Aug 03, 2010, 14:32:56 IST

Amazon said it's updating the Kindle and mentioned a whole range of new features like month-long battery, more storage and a more responsive screen, but what they didn't mention was the possibility of a microphone. Going through the Kindle User's Guide, the Kindle World Blog discovered that the new Kindle also has a second English dictionary, a PDF contrast adjustment and a microphone.

From the manual,you can see that the microphone will not be able to be used out of the box but is being saved for a future purpose.

SOURCE: Engadget

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