The Kindle Wireless Reading Device
D00701 Ebook Reader Review
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on weather this product is right for you. In return for my time and
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Amazon company has recently released a new product called
Kindle
Wireless Reading Device D00701 it lets you read thousands of books or ebooks,
blogs, newspapers and more right on the wireless device. It also offers top U.S. and
international newspapers. Let's not forget Kindle has more than 7,000
blogs for every interest too.
With Kindle, you are able to download
and enjoy more than 60,000 audio titles from Audible.com, including
bestselling audio books, radio programs, audio newspapers and
magazines. All wireless to read anywhere. Consider the best ereader
on the market.
Kindle reading device is complete reading device. You can read
ebooks, books magazines, newspapers of all sorts.
Here some specs at a glance:
Kindle
(U.S. & International Wireless)
Display
6"
diagonal E Ink®
Size
8" x 5.3" x 0.36"
Storage
1,500 books
Books in Under 60 Seconds
3G Wireless
Wireless Coverage
U.S. & International
Text-to-Speech
Whispersync
Rotating Display
Price
$259.00
If you love to read this may be your best friend you have. It is truly
is cutting edge for reading almost anywhere. Colleges are catching on
to this new device also many college students carry them where ever
they go. You can download your personal documents, spreadsheets,
notepad files right to your Kindle reader.
Order magazines, books, read blogs of all kinds it has so much
power for individual to find information they are looking for.
Watch the video below to see some of the great features the kindle
2 has...
Here is a testimonial right from Amazon.com
from a
happy customer...
Kindle 2 : First Impressions from a Kindle 1 owner, February
25, 2009
On the one hand I love my Kindle 1... I use it everyday, I subscribe
to my favorite newspaper, I mark up my books with annotations,
highlights and bookmarks.
On the other hand my Kindle 1 annoys me... unintended page changes,
the awkward way I sometimes have to hold it to keep from hitting
buttons, the sometimes slow page refresh, and the screen freezes that
now has me traveling with a paper clip lest I need to do a reset while
commuting on the train.
I've had the Kindle 2 in my hands for almost a day and have carried it
on one commute. What follows is my "first impressions"
review of the Kindle 2 from the perspective of an owner of the
original K1. What's different, what's better and what's worse?
5 big things I immediately noticed as different:
First, when taking the K2 out of the box I immediately noted
that the back cover is not easily removable (if at all) and won't slip
off in my hands - as was frequent with the K1. The keyboard is also
much much smaller and less obtrusive.
The second thing I noticed is power management. No longer do I
have to press and hold two buttons to put the device to sleep. The
switches for On/Off and Wireless On/Off are gone. There's a single
small switch at the top of the K2 that handles Sleep.
The third thing I noticed - where's the silver strip? In fact,
the entire navigation structure has been completely revised - I'm
still getting used to it but it's a huge step forward. The silver
strip has been replaced by a 4-way rocker that can also be pressed for
"OK" commands, creating bookmarks, and doing highlighting.
The fourth thing I noticed - while page changing doesn't seem
to me to be particularly faster - almost every other interaction on
the screen is vastly accelerated... scrolling the cursor, looking up
words, highlighting text, and typing text.
The fifth thing I noticed - a new power cable. This unit uses
USB cables that are not compatible with K1. It's a bit of a bummer
since I was hoping my wife and I could share power cables (she's
taking over my K1).
What's better:
Navigation is a huge improvement. Moving the cursor to a word and
having the definition of the word immediately pop up on the bottom of
the screen is terrific. Using the rocker to move between articles in a
newspaper makes scanning the paper much faster and enjoyable. Calling
up the Menu strip is much faster and interactive. Clearly, Amazon was
hard at work to make navigation quicker and easier. The hard work is
apparent.
Buttons: The K1 was a constant struggle with inadvertent page changes.
The design was flawed from the beginning. The single best improvement
in the K2 took a few minutes of concentrated reading to realize... the
button hinges are on the outside - at the edge - of the K2.
You need to press on the interior of the button to get it to click.
This change alone has saved me from several inadvertent page changes.
Combine that with the smaller button sizes and one major source of
frustration has been instantly eliminated!
Size: The K2 is thinner than the iPhone. It feels denser and maybe a
tad heavier - although I did buy the premium cover which snaps into
the K2 and adds to the weight (btw, I love the premium cover and think
it's worth the investment).
Network Speed: The K2 can use G3 cellphone connections and when it's
activated it makes a considerable difference in interactivity to the
Kindle Store and when downloading Archived content.
Power Management: The little power button at the top of the Kindle is
really a power slide. That is, slide it to toggle Sleep mode on and
off. Slide and hold to do a full power down. And the K1's wireless
on-off switch has been replaced by a menu choice in software. Works
for me. Also, compared to the K1 waking from sleep is super-fast.
What's worse...
There isn't much I liked better in the K1 than the K2. One thing:
calling up clippings and notes. In the K2 these items only list the
first sentence or two of my highlights. In the K1 it displays the
entire highlight - which makes reading through them much easier and
more like reading Cliff Notes. The new interface in K2 is annoying and
makes the feature much less useful. I'll be writing to Amazon to see
if we can get that changed.
Closing thoughts...
The K2 is a big refinement over the K1. It feels as easy to read as
the K1 but doesn't seem any crisper to my eyes (I usually read at
point sizes 3 & 4). In this regard, as a book, the K1 and K2 are
comparable. I wouldn't run up my credit card to buy the K2 from a
belief that it's fundamentally easier to read.
However, in my short time with the K2 it's a more enjoyable device
to use. The change in the hinging and size of the buttons is major
plus and would make it hard to go back to the K1. Amazon broke a few
paradigms that K1 users are accustomed to and I found myself going to
the K2 User Guide to figure out some content management issues that
have been changed in this release.
Why 4 stars and not 5? The Kindle will never get 5 stars from me until
Amazon implements the notion of a lending library where I can lend
another Kindle user a book; which would have the book would disappear
from my Kindle and appear on theirs. After x number of days the book
would automatically be returned to me and taken off the other person's
Kindle.
Amazon says they want the device to disappear and content to stand
out. I say: Until I can lend a friend a book the Kindle will never
quite live up to that standard and will be, in my book, stuck at 4
stars.
Kindle 2 Customer Reviews At a Glance
7,277 Reviews
5
star:
(4,397)
4
star:
(1,282)
3
star:
(420)
2
star:
(262)
1
star:
(916
In summary, the Kindle Wireless Reading Device D00701 one of the most innovative products
Amazon has released among this line of products in a long time. This is a great addition to anybody
wanting read all over the world with it new International
Wireless, Latest Generation.
It doesn't matter where you're at what your wanting to read
there is good chance you can find it on the kindle reading device.
Best Kindle Wireless Reading Device D00701
Disclosure: I do these reviews to help you
make an educated guess on weather this product is right for you. In
return for my time and research I get an advertisement commission.
This is what helps me stay in business to give this service to you. I
wanted to be honest with so you would know this.
"Disclosure: Compensated Affiliate"
