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Brand: Amazon
Category: Amazon Devices
Buy New: $359.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  3824 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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 Kindle Disappointment July 26, 2008
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
I returned my Kindle for 2 main reasons:
(1) The screen was much too dim in any light.
(2) The books must have been selected by a non-reader with a 2-digit IQ. Not one book by Philip Roth, one of our greatest writers. Also missing: Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker-Mann yearly prizes. I would think you would consider serious readers of fine fiction, not just best sellers on the NYT list.
 Kindle for newspaper rading July 26, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This product has been a great success for me. I read several newspapers every day (LA Times, Wall Street, New York Times, Financial Times) and need to keep up with business news for my work. However, I also travel a great deal and have a difficult time keeping up with my subscriptions consistently. Except for the FT, I transferred all of my paper subscriptions to the Kindle about one month ago. It's wonderful waking up in the morning and having those newspaper subscriptions available for reading no matter what city I find myself in.
 Kindle - Lack of Coverage and Subscription Support July 26, 2008
4 out of 15 found this review helpful
If you are considering buying a Kindle you should be aware that Whispernet is not supported in all area. Whispernet is a Sprint service. If you do not have Sprint coverage in your area the Kindle's features prove to be limited and very inconvenient to use. Specifically, you need to download all content to your Kindle via a USB connection and subscriptions are not available.
If you live in the states listed above you need to be aware that you will only be able to download books via USB to your Kindle. Amazon does not make this clear in their promotional materials. I wasted a lot of time discovering this through troubleshooting.
Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device
No Unicode support, background color is distracting... July 26, 2008
3 out of 19 found this review helpful
This item is going to be returned.
1) It does not handle Unicode. Unicode, as you know, has been around for over 20 years and is a major element is serious publishing. Unicode, as far as the Kindle is concerned, is translated into gibberish (high ASCII). I would expect this inability from a 1990's $100 device, not a 2000's $350+ device. This alone is a deal-killer.
2) The background is light grey. Books I read have a white background. So, no, it is NOT like reading a book. It is NOT "electronic paper".
3) The keyboard at the bottom takes up space. I knew about this in advance, and thought I could live with it.
I'm not going to pay this type of money for something that is just going to end up on a closet shelf. For $100 more, I could get a Dell laptop. Good try, Amazon. I just hope Apple comes up with a REAL e-book reader, with a virtual touchscreen keyboard (like the iPhone).
Bottom line, this is an expensive ASCII reader, not a true eBook reader.
I really, really looked forward to receiving the Kindle. But I was sorely disappointed.
What's missing on my Amazon Kindal July 26, 2008
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
My Amazon Kindle is missing a handle. I would like to have a handle on the botton edge, something like a hand held mirror, making it easy to hold without accidently turning pages.(this happens often with my artharitic hands.) This handle would also have a feature that could become a small stand for the Kindle to rest on a tabletop,creating a hands-free position. This handle/stand,could be made of something like a heavy stainless steel wire, or perhaps aluminum. As for a protective cover, it should have a zipper for protection. The present cover (or case) doesn't hold the Kindle securely, and it frequently slips out of the cover. The on/Off button should be on the front of the Kindle.
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