Should I Buy A Kindle? My Kindle Review

The amazing Amazon Kindle is truly a revolution in reading. With this lightweight portable reading device, you can download books, newspapers and magazines all with a push of a button. It is completely mobile and wireless. You can catch up on the latest news or dive into your favorite book while camping, at the beach, or waiting at the doctors office. The Kindle is definitely for book lovers, tech geeks and gadget freaks like me. I travel a lot so the Kindle was an obvious choice for me because it is lightweight, portable, and can store up to 200 books (I tend to read a couple at time). What I like best is that it has an online dictionary, wireless access to Wikipedia and NO MONTHLY Fee (unless you have a subscription to a Blog, Newspaper or Magazine). Downloading books takes just a couple of minutes and the selection available from Amazon is enormous (currently over 120,000 books)

Why Buy the Kindle?

Just like at the bookstore, you maybe read the back cover and flip through a few pages to get the gist of the book. Well you can do even more with the Amazon Kindle! The Kindle lets you download and read the beginning of the books for Free! If you like what you see, then you buy it. What is even better is that you can read amazon book reviews to see what other people are saying about the book. You can't do that at the bookstore!

SHOULD YOU BUY A KINDLE?

The Kindle is definitely for book lovers, tech geeks and gadget freaks like me. I travel a lot so the Kindle was an obvious choice for me because it is lightweight, portable, and can store up to 200 books (I tend to read a couple at time). What I like best is that it has an online dictionary, wireless access to Wikipedia and NO MONTHLY Fee (unless you have a subscription to a Blog, Newspaper or Magazine). Downloading books takes just a couple of minutes and the selection available from Amazon is enormous (currently over 120,000 books).

Best Features

1. Screen is non-glaring and the text size can be changed.

2. Accessories are available to increase memory, protect your Kindle, or light it up.

3. Like I said before, NO MONTHLY FEE! Free access to Wikipedia.

4. Have up to 6 Kindle accounts so families can share books.

5. Huge selection, with more books being added every month.

6. Check out Amazon Reviews and download excerpts before you commit to buy the book.

7. Saves Trees.

8. Dictionary.

9. Kindle automatically saves the page you were on so you don't reread a chapter (like I used to do).

Cons

1. Coverage not available in Montana or Alaska

2. I would love to see a touch screen Kindle someday with a color monitor

Conclusion

The Kindle is truly an innovation in reading. For more information on the Kindle, including reviews, videos, accessories and to buy the kindle, please visit my website

A. Kelly, Owner of http://www.bestkindlesite.com

Kindle 2 - Is it Hip Or All Hype? - My Review

First let me say wow. The way that the Kindle 2 looks compared with its family is indescribable. It is so much better designed than the original Kindle. It is extremely smooth while being extremely easy to use. Some people knock the K2 but typically there is no comparison. So how did they figure out how good or bad it was? As far as I am concerned any one in their right mind will find the Kindle 2 both stylish and functional.

One of the biggest issues with both the Kindle 1 and 2 was centered on the battery life. The original Kindle had a very short and inconvenient life span. The Kindle 2 however has seen some improvement. There may be no replacement battery with the K2 however the battery charge life is a great deal longer especially when you turn the Wi-Fi off when not using it.

Imagine traveling anywhere you want in the US and still being able to download almost any book you want. I was at my daughter's soccer practice downloading books just the other day. There is nothing easier than look, pick, and click to download the book of your choice. Remember the slow load times on the Kindle 1? Gone! Amazon claims that the load time is 20% faster but I have a feeling it is faster than that.

What about the buttons on the K 1? It was too easy to hit the page button. Now with the Kindle 2 this has been greatly improved. Another improvement is in the weight of the unit. The Kindle 2 is much lighter than its predecessor. It weighs less than many typical paperback books.

You know how the K1 could be a bit difficult to read due to the lack of contrasting shades. The Kindle 2 though has 16 different shades of gray. This can help sharpen up the picture making it easy to read. Also, how about the capacity? The Kindle 2 can actually hold more than 1,500 books.

A point of contention among some is the Text-to-Speech function offered by the Kindle 2. The voice is not nearly the same as a person reading aloud. You can choose whether you want a male or female voice. You can also pick the speed of the reading.

With these pluses I feel that I must point a couple negative points out as well...

When I said that the Kindle 2 was light I did not exaggerate. It can be almost too much so. A nice Kindle cover can help to fix this though. It will add enough weight to give you the feel of holding a book.

Another issue has to do with people with big fingers. The size of the Kindle 2 keyboard is very restrictive. It is too easy to punch wrong letters when typing. I am hoping that this will be fixed by the addition of touch-screen to the next member of the Kindle family. There was a possibility of this capability on the Kindle 2 but it would have affected the screen quality.

We will just have to wait for the right combination of touch-screen and the e-ink technology. Just think of the increased screen size that could be on such a device!

Another issue for some, though I cannot see why, is the Kindle 2's lack of an SD card slot. This shouldn't be much of an issue though considering Amazon allows you full access to any materials you have bought. This means you can leave your books on Amazon servers and keep space on your Kindle 2 free for other things.

Perhaps the largest drawback of all with the device is the fact that you cannot buy one outside the US. Who knows why this is an issue? Some of the current rumors are saying that the Kindle family is going to start being released in Britain in time for Christmas so we shall see.

As far as giving the Kindle 2 a definite rating on a scale of 1-5 I would have to say it is between a four to a four and a half. The keyboard is the deciding factor that kept the device out of the five star spot. I personally think the K2 is great. Just look at the different reviews on Amazon and you will see that others feel the same way.

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