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| Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device | 
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| Brand: Amazon
Category: Amazon Devices
Buy New: $359.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  3797 reviews
Sales Rank: 1
Color: Bisque
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.7
UPC: 892685001003
EAN: 0892685001003
ASIN: B000FI73MA
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Love this! July 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've had my Kindle now for about 1 month, and already I've downloaded over 30 books, either in full form or sample versions. No, I haven't read them all, yet. Like any new toy, I am giving it alot of attention.
Things I love:
1. Downloading free samples. It's just like going to the book store and spending time thumbing thru the paper edition. About 1/3 of the things I've downloaded have been in this format. When I get to them, if they interest me, I'll buy the whole thing.
2. The Kindle takes up much less space on my shelf! I love reading, and I tend to buy 2 new books while I'm still reading one. This gets on my wife's nerves. So now we don't need as much storage space.
3. The Whispernet. It downloads books in mere seconds.
4. The built-in dictionary. I've found that I use it much more than I thought I would.
5. It makes me feel like I'm an officer on the starship Enterprise when I'm using it!
6. There are tons of free or very cheap books available, not just the bestsellers.
7. I've read some complaints about the lack of backlighting. I guess a lot of people want to be able to read at the bottom of Mammoth Cave. Personally, I don't care about this. I already need light to read books, so it's no biggie.
8. Changing the text size is way cool!
9. I leave my Whispernet turned off while I'm reading, so the battery life is excellent. I charge it up about once a week, but even then, the batter is not fully discharged.
Things I don't like:
1. Still not enought titles. The Kindle is too new. Hopefully with time, more and more authors and publishers will get on board.
2. It doesn't render pictures very well at all. Amazon will have to continue to improve this technology if they really want to replace the printed word (which I don't think will ever really happen-books are here to stay). I can see college kids one day having all their textbooks on a Kindle, though. But not yet.
3. Amazon.com advertises "over 140,000 books". However, I have found that alot of these books are actually repeats. I think I found 5 or 6 different versions of Ben Franklin's Autobiography, all of them being offered at different prices. Don't really understand that logic. I guess some of them may have different comments from modern editors.
4. They do need to design a better cover. As long as I hold it tight, it's fine, but it does tend to slip out quite a bit.
5. The right hand "next page" button is placed at the very edge of the Kindle. Occasionally I'll shift my grip, and accidentally turn the page.
Wow!!! I don't usually do this......... July 24, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am amazed that this is as good as it is. I am not sure what I expected, however this device almost never leaves my hand. Yes the buttons are a bit hard to get used to at first. Now that I have been using it for moths I wonder how I lived without it.
Kindle is an unbelievable and wonderful way to read a book! July 24, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Kindle makes it possible to have a book at your fingertips at all times. I love to be able to make notes as I read and to be able to look up unfamilar words. I have showed off the Kindle every chance I get. I always have to take a suitcase of books when I travel. Now I can take the Kindle in my carry-on or in my pocketbook. It's a great invention!
Love it July 24, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Kindle is great for what I wanted it for; reading books. Another benefit is no more book cases. Criticisms in other reviews may be valid, but I'm very happy. It's right for me
This is the best thing I have bought in a long time July 24, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love my new Kindle. I have downloaded and read numerous books in a very short time. I do not have to store these books, I can keep them on my Kindle itself, but it is also kept in my Amazon Kindle account on line, so should my Kindle get full-- I have about 10 to 15 full length novels on it now-- I can easily remove them from the Kindle and reload them from Amazon at any time. Very easy to download books, literally takes about 1 minute. It is a very convenient size and very light also.
This Kindle is very user friendly, and with only a small bit of directions you can get started reading. The script looks like a real print book, easier on the eyes than if it were made with back-light.
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