Unboxing blog posts are fun to view and read. CNet blogs has the traditional post whenever new product is released. 

The contents of the box include the AC adapter, a USB "mini B" cable, the user manual, and a leather cover protected by tissue paper. The Kindle and accessories are held in trays made of the usual recycled egg-carton type material.

However, Kindle isn't as thick as the specifications suggest. The case tapers from left to right, and both the top and bottom edges are also tapered. It feels pretty nice in the hand, in part due to the rubberized back panel, under which the (user-replaceable!) battery and SD card slot are located.
Oh, one other nice thing that can only be appreciated in person: the cursor bar along the right side of the main display appears to consist of a liquid-crystal shutter above a mirrored surface. Rolling the scroll wheel selectively clears a small square of the shutter, revealing the mirror. When the liquid crystal is off, it diffuses the reflection from the mirror, producing a smooth white finish. As you can see in the boot-up picture above, the cursor bar also acts as a thermometer-style progress indicator. As I said before, this is a new kind of user-interface feature. Without knowing what it cost to add, I can't say whether it was really worthwhile, but it's nicely done.

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