If you read for business or pleasure, a Kindle should be on your purchase list for this year. While undoubtedly there will be improvements, my goodness they already have three generations of the Kindle, the product is so good and so beneficial there is no reason to wait. If you wait, you will miss out on the hours of enjoyment you would have gotten during your use of the device.
How do you decide WHICH Kindle to purchase. Actually, it is pretty easy. If you are purchasing for a business use and you want to be able to use the Kindle to read PDF’s (for example you are an attorney who wants to read a PDF deposition), then the best choice is the DX. If you are purchasing for reading pleasure and you want a device that is close to the size of a paperback, then the Kindle 2 may be your best bet.
What are the major differences? Size. The DX has more real estate for reading, but it is also larger and heavier. The DX has more capacity - up to 3500 books or so they say. Downsides? The DX has the controls only on the right-hand side. For lefties, like me, that’s a drag. The Kindle 2 is easy to hold and control due to its size, which is just about perfect. Not sure about the larger DX.
I have the DX on order because I use my Kindle for deposition reading. I will report back on the loss of the left side controls.
Overall, this is a great device. You can read anywhere. You can take thousands of pages in your purse. You can have the works of great modern newspaper writers delivered to you daily. And you can actually work the task of reading them into your day, because they can always be with you in your bag or purse.
So if you are the kind of person who will grab 15 minutes to read whenever given the opportunity, this device is well worth the price!
This Blog article was initially posted on the Lightner Property Group web site on August 7, 2009. It is reposted here with the permission of Lightner Property Group.