Geel_jire Posted December 6, 2009 I was given a Kindl2 as a gift last week. I have been playing with it nonstop since and it is a great device. I've probably read more in the last week then I have in a few months. of course I have been populating it with free books from project Gutenberg, and other creative license classics and a variety of of free technical literature that I need to use as a reference. my favorites are: - The e-ink display which is viewable for almost any angle - battery life is amazing - includes wikipedia and a complete dictionary cons: - slow connection for Internet browsing - not so good text-to-speech has anyone else tried this product out and what do you think ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cara. Posted December 6, 2009 I would get it in a heartbeat if e-ink could display in color. A lot of my reading involves comparing a squiggly blue line to a squiggly green line Can you annotate on the Kindle2? Like highlight, underline or write notes in the "margins"? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baluug Posted December 6, 2009 What's a kindle2? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geel_jire Posted December 6, 2009 Cadaan sxb it is an e-book reader Originally posted by Cara.: I would get it in a heartbeat if e-ink could display in color. A lot of my reading involves comparing a squiggly blue line to a squiggly green line Can you annotate on the Kindle2? Like highlight, underline or write notes in the "margins"? yes you can highlight, bookmark, you can take notes .. it puts a superscript number above the part you took the notes and clicking it takes you to your notes. another -ve is it doesn't handle pdf natively it does convert it to a different format .. I heard it doesn render graphics, graphs, tables in pdf very well .. but i haven't given it a try yet. the weird thing for me is the lack of a back light .. which means you cannot read in the dark which is probably why it has such a long battery life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nin-Yaaban Posted December 6, 2009 I haven't seen the Kindle, but I have seen a similar one at a bookstore in my neighborhood. Personally, i wouldn't waste any money on it. No machine could replace holding a real a book in your hands. Wouldn't mind getting one free, but wouldn't pay any money for it either. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hodman Posted December 8, 2009 Been thinking of getting the Kindle. Glad to see some feedback on it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacpher Posted December 8, 2009 Large screen monitor baa ookiyaale ii xiray ma hadey keeneen wax ka sii yar. Kuwan indhaheygey malaha u soo dhigteen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geel_jire Posted December 8, 2009 Hodman I think you should hold out for the Barnes & Noble "nook" .. I dont know where they get these silly names. it is a competitor of the kindle will be available early next year for the exact same price as the kindle2 and it has a little more features than the kindle - color capable e-ink touchscreen - access to 100,000 works as opposed to kindles current 30,000 - Wifi support this is a huge deal in that you don't have to rely on At&T 3G (whispernet) to download books or browse the internet and it will be much faster. it also shares some attributes with the kindle - 1 week battery life with wireless and 2 weeks without wireless - 2GB storage limit (this is a very big restriction but it appears all e-readers on the market have this limit at the moment) given that the "nook" is the first iteration of B&N's reader they are probably going to have a few usability kinks to iron out ... just like the kindle2 fixed many complaints people had about the kindle1 The "nook" certainly has a more impressive spec sheet than the kindle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
