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Kindle Amazon User Review…

By: Joe

It’s how you use it that counts

I’ve been tracking Kindle Amazon reviews ever since the first model came out. Once the second Kindle came out, and I saw the majority of reviewers slant to more of the postiive side, I decided that it was time to invest. After using it for about a week, I am quite satisfied — but you should understand that I didn’t buy a Kindle Amazon with the intent of “recovering my investment”, as it seems like so many other folks want to do.

Yes, the Kindle Amazon is expensive. If I wanted to buy the Kindle strictly from a return-on-investment perspective, I wouldn’t have bought it at a 0 price point. I don’t read enough for the Kindle Amazon to recover the money I would save if I just continually bought best selling hardcovers. I bought it as a gadget, as a way to get me more into reading, make it more fun, and make it more convenient for the occasional travel or novel in bed. From that perspective, I’m very happy with my choice.

I also don’t use all of the functionality to the fullest extent possible. I don’t highlight, take notes, or anything like that, and I only occasionally buy books. So take this review for what it’s worth.

Here’s what I like the most:
— Lets you read the way you want to read. Books are easy to find, sample, purchase, and then read (since you can adjust text size to your liking).
— Instant access to the web & bookstore without monthly fees. It’s not the bset web browser, but to look at simple static content on the go, it’s more than fine. Even with newspapers and magazines, you don’t HAVE to buy a monthly subscription. Once you have the Kindle, you are allowed to purchase a single issue if you want.
— Easy navigation between books, lists, and the web once you get the nag of it.
— The built-in dictionary. I don’t have to swallow my pride anymore and glaze over words I don’t understand — I can look them up on the fly. GREAT idea.
— Battery life (with the wireless off).

Here’s what I like the least:
— Book prices for books that have been around a while. Amazon itself lists older best selling paperbacks for a penny used plus shipping. So I basically have to pay a premium for a book that came out five years ago if I want to read it on Kindle, since I can get it cheaper on paper.
— No cover shipped with Kindle. Tack on at least for a suitable protective cover, unless you want to use the original packaging (like I did for a week while waiting for my cover — I don’t recommend doing this, it’s bulky).
— Text-to-speech is okay but clunky.
— Samples are a little unpredictable in terms of what you will get. I assumed you received up to the end of the first chapter in all cases, but it seems to vary widely by the book.
— No backlight. I understand Amazon took this out to preserve battery life, and I would have done the same thing. Hopefully in the next version they find a way for the two to co-exist.
— No integrationw with Amazon wish list. There is no way to directly add a Kindle book to your Amazon wish list, and even if you could, you can’t access your wish list from the Kindle Amazon. This is tough for me since I use my wish list as an all-encompassing “here’s what I want but don’t want to pay for right now” list. My workaround though seems to work. Go into the Kindle edition on Amazon.com, download the sample, then go down to Customer Reviews & click on “see all reviews”. Once there, you can add it to your wish list. Then I just leave the sample in my Kindle Amazon until I read it and decide one way or the other whether I really want the book.

It doesn’t really bother me that there’s not a color or touch screen. But then you’re reading the review of a guy who still uses a 1st generation iPOD mini & sees no need to upgrade.

Overall, as a casual reader, I’m very pleased with my purchase. I didn’t really do much comparison shopping with other readers, so I can’t speak to how it’s better or worse than anything else. I also haven’t experienced tech support yet, on which I’ve seen mised stories. But overall, I’m quite happy.

I hope if they come out with a Kindle Amazon 3 that they give Kindle Amazon 2 owners an opportunity to upgrade at a major discount (which they didn’t do with Kindle 1).

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