Amazon responded today to queries, and some complaints, from Kindle owners concerned about the lack of a user-removable battery in the Kindle 2.

The original Kindle has a user-removable battery, which Kindle owners can remove to reboot the device. With Kindle 2, some are concerned about losing that ability, as well as the prospect of dealing with failing batteries.

Quoted in a Computerworld article, Amazon’s Kindle unit director Charlie Tritschler indicated that the nonremovable battery takes up significantly less space, and that helped Amazon achieve the Kindle 2’s thinner size. Battery removal is no longer needed for rebooting, as the Kindle 2 can be rebooted by holding the power switch for 14 seconds.

Tritschler also noted that the Kindle 2’s new battery management chip enables the device to last for four days when in wireless mode, or two weeks when wireless is turned off.

The Kindle 2 warranty covers replacement of the battery for one year. After that, it can be replaced in the Amazon factory for $59.

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