Amazon Kindle 2

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    lena7358

    Fri Oct 09 2009

    Although the Kindle 2 has plenty of room to improve, the simple conclusion I've come to after using it for about 8 months is that it is a positively brilliant device. It enables me to read books, with a veritable library at my disposal, in places where I was stuck with blogs or not reading at all before. It works at the gym, on the train, over lunch, waiting for a bus, in the bright sunlight at the beach, and is _made_ for airline travel. This is all thanks to its one-button page-turn, scalable text size, convenient size and light-weight. The kindle is perfect for anyone who ever loved to read, and I'm downright addicted to it. 

I was a ravenous reader as a child, and the Kindle makes me feel like I'm 10 again, devouring a huge stack of library books that I can scarcely carry myself. The beauty of the Kindle, of course, is that I no longer actually have to GO to the library. There are mobi e-books you can get from many public libraries, (but it's a total hack). Amazon offers full ... Read more

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    automatt

    Wed Mar 04 2009

    I've had my Kindle 2 for about a week and have read a large magazine and a 1,300 page book on it. I really like reading things on the eInk display -- it is crisp and clear, and I've noticed a lot less eyestrain than reading on my laptop or iphone's glowing screens. You really have to see it in real life to appreciate the difference because in photos it just looks like an old Palm Pilot screen or something. One thing that makes the device stand out is how thin and light it is. It seems like the perfect size for reading. When you buy a book, you get it in seconds, and there is no need to connect the device to a computer. You can since it has a mini-usb port but I haven't bothered yet. I also haven't needed to charge the battery since I got the device and it still has over 95% power. That's a very different experience from a laptop or smart phone. A problem that you may experience seems to be with the availability of books. Amazon has the largest e-book library and makes over 27... Read more