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| Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device | 
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| Brand: Amazon
Category: Amazon Devices
Buy New: $359.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  (3408 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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| Features:
| • | Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper. | | • | Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing. | | • | Wireless connectivity enables you to find, buy, and read instantly—whether you’re in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed. | | • | Shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindle. | | • | Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3403 more reviews...
 too much $$ July 4, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
"This is the future of book reading. It will be everywhere."
Not unless the price drops. I think it is a great idea and would like to have one but I'm not paying that much.
Re-Kindle your love of reading July 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Kindle solves several problems: 1) purchasing paper books, eating up untold numbers of trees & vats of ink and 2) storing or passing on the books when I've read them. Traveling with ample reading material is no longer a problem either. In short I love my new Kindle.
I love my Kindle!! :) July 4, 2008
Kindle has given me the freedom to read again. With my Kindle, I am able to carry a large amount (and wide variety) of books with me, something not easy to do with traditional books. I purchased 11 books from Amazon in my first 8 days of ownership!! That may not be many by some people's standards, but it is plenty for me. I've read 4 of them already! And I've downloaded several free texts from various sites, such as [...].
The Kindle excels at its primary mission: to be a book reader. I can read for hours on end without eye fatigue. It is very easy to hold when using the included slip cover. I simply hold it like a regular book, holding onto the left side of the slip cover like I would the left portion of a regular book. The ability to purchase a book anywhere there is cell coverage is absolutely wonderful. Again, it gives you the freedom to read! Sure, 130,000 titles really isn't that extensive when compared to the amount of books "in print", but more titles are added all of the time. I can only believe that the amount of available titles will increase, it is a win-win for authors and publishers. Instant availability and LOW production costs. And it is 'green'! Less trees cut down, less fuel consumed to make the paper, less fuel consumed to transport the paper and subsequently the finished books, and less landfill space used when inevitably the books get discarded in the trash (as horrible a thought as that may be!).
Simply put, I love my Kindle.
New electronic reader user July 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love my new kindle! It reads just like a book, and the convenience of having my daily newspaper and blogs delivered instantly is amazing. I would definitely recommend this product to anyone who spends a lot of time reading, or feels guilty about all the wasted unrecycled paper that is produced.
 Great concept. Poor execution!! July 3, 2008
2 out of 18 found this review helpful
First of all, let me say that I love this little thing. It's easy to shop for what you want to read and to carry and a great concept. However, mine is going back for 2 reasons.
The design is poorly executed. Unless the Whisper is supported by another platform there is almost no way to hold the reader without unwanted toggling back and forth amongst pages. If you try to hold it with your hand, you WILL toggle the pages.
2) There is no backlighting. I don't care what the concept was to produce the pages the same shade as whatever they are supposed to be. You need good lighting to read with it and this reader has none. In my mind, the lighting concept was as deficient as the support concept. That is to say, there isn't any. True, you could use a small reading light. But priced where this unit is, nope, figure out how to light it without the lamp on top of it. If the unit was $100 or so, I'd probably keep it. I do enjoy it. But priced where it is, IT IS NOT A VALUE PURCHASE!! Needs redesigning. It's going back!
Hope this helps.
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