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: Kindle: Amazon's Wireless Reading DeviceBrowse or Search and Buy Online our Best Sellers Shopping Sales of and Kindle: Amazon's Wireless Reading Device. Rating:  - If you are thinking of getting a Kindle---DO IT!!!!I read alot of reviews before purchasing my kindle almost a year ago...and I am so glad I ignored the negative reviews and just tried it. For a first generation, it's wonderful and yes, it's not cheap, and yes, I will want to upgrade to the next generation (but my kids are already putting in bids for this one!)but I don't regret my purchase one bit. In fact, as much as I read, I am close to having paid for it due to the lower cost of whispernet vs buying the hardbacks at my book store! Sure, it's hard to tell what book is next in a series if it's not numbered in the title, the cover needs improvement (see my hints below) and managing the content capabilities needs some work but it's somethiing I won't leave the house without--so BUY IT, you will not regret it. Helpful hints I have discovered...a little stickly velcro will keep the cover where it should be and you can still remove the battery and memory card etc. The reading lights don't work well (including the one's that say they are reader compatible), but if you buy the WEDGE LED BOOK READING NIGHT LIGHT PANEL (found mine on ebay) it's a wonderful addition, gives light on the page and since you are not turning pages in the traditional sense, it's perfect. Good luck and happy reading. Rating:  - Great for book lovers and the environment!Originally written on my blog. www.bigmoneytony.com As a holiday gift to myself, I got the Amazon Kindle . If you have not heard, the Kindle is an electronic "book". After just a week of working with it, I'm very satisfied. In the past, I was an avid reader, staying up until the wee hours of the morning reading magazines or books. In recent years, that has changed for many reasons. I have gotten older. I have not visited the library in quite awhile. While I can afford to buy books, I find it tough to justify buying many titles. There are simply many books I want to read, but only once. The Kindle seems to solve the last problem. Paperbacks, mostly of the mystery or horror genres, are books I have no need to buy. The stories may be good, but I don't see why I need to re-read some of them. For example, The Bone Collector by Jeffrey Deaver. I read the book years ago and have not picked it up since. I may read it again some day. With the Kindle, I can do so without taking up space on a shelf or a box. Not only books, but the Kindle will also provide content from some magazines and newspapers. I have not tried a magazine, but for newspapers, I find that the real thing works better than the Kindle. Or I go to their website. The Kindle is lightweight. To me, about the same as a paperback, but the dimensions are bigger. It takes some getting used to holding it, but after a day or so, I think it worked out. About the only drawback is that there are no illustrations. Or rather, there are crude ones but just for the cover of the book. A limitation of the black and white Kindle, which may be addressed in later versions. For now, though, any avid reader should consider one. It may not work for all, but I think it's worth a tryout. Try to find a friend who has one to see theirs. Rating: - Two Thumbs UpI have never posted a product review for anything before, and wouldn't for the Kindle either, except for the fact that reading other users' reviews were really important for me in reaching my own decision about buying the device. So maybe this will help someone else. I have only owned the Kindle for a couple of weeks. I bought one for my 23-year old son as a Christmas present. He loves his and it made me want one too since we are always talking about ideas we read about in books. I am totally addicted to this thing! Having all these electronic books and magazines at my disposal makes me feel like a kid in a candy store. The downloads are fast and efficient, the Kindle's memory is humongous (and anyway, I just delete stuff from memory when i am done anyway, since the books reside on Amazon's servers and the magazines go away on their own after a few issues.) The screen is easy on the eyes and much better than reading on compter screens, which I just won't do due to eyestrain. I think I read a good deal faster, and I know I read a good deal more because I carry it with me all the time (sometimes even room-to-room in my own house). I especially like the automatic bookmarking and the way the Kindle turns itself off after 10 minutes of idle-time, because I get a lot of interruptions in my reading. Do I have negatives? Yes, but really only two: Having the power switches on the back of the device is an obvious design flaw considering the Kindle seems to have been designed for reading in the cover. And then, the thing won't really stay in the cover. Amazon needs to incorporate some sort of snaps or something in the cover of future generations so it will stay put, and the on/off switches need to be on the front or bottom of the unit, and then everything would be fine. Two other minor points: First, cost. I am saving $10 or more per book I buy and about $15 per month on the newspaper and magazine subscriptions I have now put on Kindle. So cost isn't an issue for me considering the rapid pay-back time. Second, as for the back-and-forth some reviewers have about whether electonic books will replace real ones, let me say this. I love printed books. My house is full of them. I was an original subscriber to the Library of America series and now nave nearly 200 volumes of that series alone, plus many leather-bound collections, etc. I love to hold them, smell them, read them, own them. Electronic books don't replace my desire to own what i aready own. They complement them, in part because the things i buy for the Kindle in many cases are books I would not buy in hardback anyway. True lovers of reading will find many things to love about both of them. Rating: - Love it!I am a very active reader I give away about 10 books a month. I read about the Kindle in the Oprah magazine and thought " Wow! that sounds amazing!" so I read the reviews on amazon and decided that I could probably handle and deal with any of the cons that were written. I was very lucky to recieve it as a gift for my Birthday and although I'm 28 I felt like a kid again gettin what they wished for! Obvious benefits to the Kindle are the compactness of it I can take it anywhere in my purse it comes with a very nice cover which makes it look like a day planner. Ive always taken my books to Dr. appointments and anywhere that I may have to wait a bit, having the kindle makes waiting even better haha! When I'm reading sometimes I read for a couple hours and my shoulders and arms start to ache from the funky positions I've moved into throughout the time i've been reading. I suffer from migraines and if I put too much tension in my neck and shoulders I can very easily trigger one. That might be my favorite reason for owning a kindle I can now rest it either in my lap or on a counter and push the turn page buttons, So now I'm able to read much more comfortably without creating tension from sitting for so long reading. As for other benefite I find that I'm reading two books and one time, which would with normal books be difficult switching between, with the kindle it's just a matter of a couple presses of a button. I live in Hollywood and I'm friends with some people in the business and a friend of minne stopped by my restaurant to say hi, and I was reading on my kindle and he asked me about it. After excitedly telling him about it he asked me if he could load scripts onto it seeing as he's a producer and has scripts sent to him all the time. I went into my guide to double check and although he has not purchased the kindle yet and given it a try as the guide says you can transfer documents to your kindle as well by sending sending it to your kindle email address ( that you get with the purchase) and either you can pay and amazon will convert it for you OR a couple extra steps and you can convert it yourself. He was sold on it immediately because, how great if he can convert 200 or less scripts onto the kindle? he would alleviate so much bulk in having to carry and sort thru a ton of scripts and with the added slot for an sd card you make even more available space. I feel I could go on and on about the great things about the kindle. One of the cons I had read about before buying was that itwould fall out of place very easily from its case. Either the problem was already fixed when it was bought for me OR the person who said that didn't read or realize their is a little tab that is on the case that hooks to the back of the kindle and the instructions for that are on the little paper that comes with your kindle NOT in your users guide. Very easy to miss the instruction if you dont read the paper. I have not had any problems with keeping my kindle within its cover. As for actually reading on it I LOVE that it is not backlit, I dont get any eye strain like you do when looking at an LCD screen for long periods of time. the time it takes between pages is not very long I don't find myself being impatient with that at all. I occasionally push the prev page button and end up going backwards and having to get back to my other page. I do agree with another reviewer that it would be better for the prev page button to be much smaller. I honestly reccomend the kindle to anyone who loves to read. Although I dont read any of the available magazines I look forward to when a magazine I do like becomes available it'll be nice to get it on my kindle. Anyway Thanks Amazon for such a great reading device! Sorry for long review too many good things to tell! Rating: - Love it.I have owned the Kindle for a little more then a month now, and I love it. I haven't had the problem with hitting the next page button others have had, you just have to watch the way you hold it. Battery life is great as long as you keep the wireless turned off when not in use. Screen is clear and easy to read. My only problem is content, sometimes the formatting is off, or only one book in a series is available. But that can't be blamed on Amazon, since they get the content from the publisher. |