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Thanks to all the great and helpful replies I got in my post here:
http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,7694.0.html
I ordered a Kindle2, and it just arrived yesterday. Took me about 2 minutes to figure out that almost everything I was worried I wouldn't like about a e-reader was a non-issue. I definitely am loving it.
I know there is a ton of good information on this board, but I figured I'd throw my .02 in and maybe it will help someone who is considering the Kindle. All just my opinion of course:
Pros:
- The screen is definitely nice and easy on the eyes. I don't like reading off of a computer screen, and this is nothing like that. I think they did a great job of simulating reading off of real paper.
- The device itself is sturdier than I imagined it would be. Being so thin, I imagined it would feel very flimsy, but it is pretty solid.
- The page turns are faster than I expected. I had thought that the screen refresh and/or lag time would be intrusive and interrupt the reading experience, but that was not the case. I found the page turns to be quicker than I expected (approx. the same amount of time it would take me to turn a page in a regular book), and it did not interfere with the reading experience.
- The wireless/Whispernet services seems to work very well. When I first got the device I already had 8 books queued up to download. When it started to download the first book, it was taking ~3 mins. That is plenty fast, but I thought it was supposed to be "under a minute". I was surprised to find out that it had actually downloaded all 8 books in about 3 minutes, and that is impressive.
- I found the features and navigation to be fairly intuitive, and I didn't feel like I had to spend alot of time looking things up in the user guide.
- Of course, being able to take so much reading material with you in such a small device is great
http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,7694.0.html
I ordered a Kindle2, and it just arrived yesterday. Took me about 2 minutes to figure out that almost everything I was worried I wouldn't like about a e-reader was a non-issue. I definitely am loving it.
I know there is a ton of good information on this board, but I figured I'd throw my .02 in and maybe it will help someone who is considering the Kindle. All just my opinion of course:
Pros:
- The screen is definitely nice and easy on the eyes. I don't like reading off of a computer screen, and this is nothing like that. I think they did a great job of simulating reading off of real paper.
- The device itself is sturdier than I imagined it would be. Being so thin, I imagined it would feel very flimsy, but it is pretty solid.
- The page turns are faster than I expected. I had thought that the screen refresh and/or lag time would be intrusive and interrupt the reading experience, but that was not the case. I found the page turns to be quicker than I expected (approx. the same amount of time it would take me to turn a page in a regular book), and it did not interfere with the reading experience.
- The wireless/Whispernet services seems to work very well. When I first got the device I already had 8 books queued up to download. When it started to download the first book, it was taking ~3 mins. That is plenty fast, but I thought it was supposed to be "under a minute". I was surprised to find out that it had actually downloaded all 8 books in about 3 minutes, and that is impressive.
- I found the features and navigation to be fairly intuitive, and I didn't feel like I had to spend alot of time looking things up in the user guide.
- Of course, being able to take so much reading material with you in such a small device is great