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I received my K2 yesterday and have been very pleased with it so far. It has no fade issues (in the sun or otherwise - is this something that happens from the beginning, or does it happen over time?).
Also, I'm surprised at the font. I expected to install the font hack that everyone's been talking about, but I don't need to. The fonts are almost the same darkness on the K1 and the K2 at the sizes I normally use (3 & 4). It was hard for me to detect a difference at all.
It's also faster at page-turns, accessing WhisperNet, searching, browsing the store, etc, and there's more lines per page (for the same book), so it seems like the screen is larger (but I know it isn't). I knew it would be faster, but it's faster than I expected.
I like the 5-way navigation more than I thought I would, too, and really like the immediacy of the dictionary (I knew I would!). And I didn't realize how much I like pushing one button (instead of two) to put it to sleep, and it doesn't take multiple steps for a few other things. Little things, but nice.
I passed my K1 down to my children, and they love it, but I may sell it and get them a K2, too. They said that they're fine with the K1 (and are fascinated with the scroll wheel), so I may not. I'll let them play with the K2 after I get more time with it, then decide.
I didn't plan to upgrade to the K2, but wanted an extra reader for my childlren. Regardless, I'm glad I waited until now to get it - it seems that Amazon has worked out all the issues (knock on wood) and I got a good one.
Also, I'm surprised at the font. I expected to install the font hack that everyone's been talking about, but I don't need to. The fonts are almost the same darkness on the K1 and the K2 at the sizes I normally use (3 & 4). It was hard for me to detect a difference at all.
It's also faster at page-turns, accessing WhisperNet, searching, browsing the store, etc, and there's more lines per page (for the same book), so it seems like the screen is larger (but I know it isn't). I knew it would be faster, but it's faster than I expected.
I like the 5-way navigation more than I thought I would, too, and really like the immediacy of the dictionary (I knew I would!). And I didn't realize how much I like pushing one button (instead of two) to put it to sleep, and it doesn't take multiple steps for a few other things. Little things, but nice.
I passed my K1 down to my children, and they love it, but I may sell it and get them a K2, too. They said that they're fine with the K1 (and are fascinated with the scroll wheel), so I may not. I'll let them play with the K2 after I get more time with it, then decide.
I didn't plan to upgrade to the K2, but wanted an extra reader for my childlren. Regardless, I'm glad I waited until now to get it - it seems that Amazon has worked out all the issues (knock on wood) and I got a good one.