Comments on: The Kindle Is Still The Way To Go

By: Hamish @ Kindle Reader

Hamish @ Kindle Reader — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:06:24 +0000

I have the Kindle 2.0 and I’m very happy with it. Biggest is not necessarily best. I travel a lot and find the K2′s portability ideal. I think the DX would be too big.

By: peter@blastec

peter@blastec — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:12:48 +0000

Nice Post, very intelligent.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:42:07 +0000

One of the posts I hope to get out this week will answer this from the perspective of how much text you actually get per screen on normal reading levels. The short answer, though, is to remember that reading on a e-ink screen is a lot different than reading on an LCD display. If you’re reading on the go, this set up might work well for you, but if you were reading longer than 30 minutes, you’d probably get frustrated with reading on that small of a screen.

By: Jill Wright

Jill Wright — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:23:29 +0000

If, indeed, the experience of reading on the K2 screen is not much different than reading the book on the iPhone, then would you think buying an iTouch (which I have been thinking of doing) would be a good option, since they have a Kindle app for iTouch

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:26:09 +0000

The DX isn’t substantially heavier than the K2 – and I particularly like the weightiness of it. It feels more like a book to me.

I’m also really excited about the nook being on the market as it produces legitimate competition that’s already made Amazon respond. It also buttresses the worry that Amazon would have too much power and could dictate terms to publishers, much like Wal-Mart does with vendors.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:24:09 +0000

I did – and I’ll cover this soon. Essentially, it came down to availability of books, ease of purchasing, and DRM issues.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:22:59 +0000

Thanks, Duff – and you’re probably right. There would be a lot of money made if they’d give the Kindle away for free and charge $3 extra per book. Think about it.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:15:12 +0000

Me, too. And there’s the clincher: reading on a Kindle is very different than reading on the computer. It’s much closer to reading a book.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:13:39 +0000

Yes and no, and I’ll cover this soon. Essentially, the books you buy from Amazon have Digital Rights Management on them, so you can’t read them on other e-readers.

You can, however, read them on Kindle for PC and Kindle for Mac (in development).

This is one of the restrictions that get most people, myself included. For what it’s worth, the publishers are making this restriction as much, if not more, than Amazon or B&N are.

By: Jon | Adventures of the Fearless

Jon | Adventures of the Fearless — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:11:51 +0000

I agree emotion machine. I prefer good ol paper books instead of screens. But then again I work on a computer all day .-= Jon | Adventures of the Fearless´s last blog ..How to Deal with Loss and Grief =-.