Amazon Kindle 2 Reviews

As a family of avid readers I bought the family our first Kindle as soon as the Kindle II was released. We have each read a few books on it and really enjoy it. Initially it was because of the novelty however we have all come to depend on it and look forward to when it is each of our turns to read our next book.

The Kindle II works and functions as advertised. The wireless component makes it easy to find new reading material and the archiving function means once downloaded the reader will always have access to that particular book.

My only complaint (if I have one) is that the cost of the Kindle books is not that much less than the printed version. I thought there would be a greater price difference.

The battery life does last substantually longer if the wireless function is turned off an only turned on when needed. However, this is not a big deal and very easy to turn on and off.

Overall we love it!

Kindle 2- what can I say? It’s got some goods, like the free wifi and being able to drop a book into the system without even thinking. But the bads are there as well. Like- why can’t I just view PDF’s without converting them? Why can’t I buy from some other store other than Amazon? That said, I’m really happy with the purchase. And am looking forward to grabbing the DX later on. I just wish I had more options for book buying. Although, Amazon seems to be the cheapest and has all the ebooks I want.

I’m enjoying my Kindle 2 quite a lot I’m not a huge fan of the note interface (the keyboard is too small for my fingers), but other than that it rocks. It fits right into my backpack and I can take it anywhere, and I can grab books any time I damn well please. My only complaint is that in order to read a PDF, I have to pay ten cents for conversion. Also- paying to read blogs? That’s crazy talk.

But for reading books on the go, this is awesome. I can take fifty books on my next plane trip and not have to lug a heavy book bag. Nice.

Okay, let me say I had a Kindle 1 first, and I liked it enough to buy a Kindle 2. And let me say, this is a huge improvement. First- the navigation. The Kindle 1 had clunky chunky buttons that felt weird and kept turning pages and stuff when I had it in my pocket. This new design gets rid of all that and it’s and intuitive. Nice touch.

The refresh rate is soooo much faster. I turn a page, it flips. That’s it. It’s insanely fast! I’m really glad I upgraded, and can’t wait for the Kindle 3. The DX looks cool, but I don’t need the extra screen space so I’ll wait for the generation after that.

I’ve been looking into buying an ereader, and I got this one for christmass from my mom because she saw it on Oprah. It’s very nice- much easier than reading on a computer screen. And I really like being able to buy a book whenever I feel like it and then get it right away. That’s really cool! The interface is kinda hard- I wish it had a mouse or something. Maybe the Kindle 3 will have one?

I’m a huge gadget hound, and when the ereaders all came out I had to have one. I’ve gone through quite a few, had a Sony PRS 505 and an Iliad…but none of them really gave me that super WOW factor. This one does it, and does it really well. Sure it looks kinda bleah when you compare it to your iPhone and iPod, but it works like a charm. It’s sharper than the first generation of e-readers I had and moves faster, too. I don’t like the button interface, it feels too clicky for me. But the slim size is perfect and light weight, and it feels like it can hold up to a lot.

And the wireless book buying is the king! I just wish it wouldn’t try and charge me for reading blogs, when my PRS-505 had a built in Feed Reader for RSS Feeds. Oh well, can’t have everything.

I received it as a gift but I missed the actual experience of holding onto a real book. It functions as advertised but I have a real aversion to any product that tries to lock you in to a specific company or product line. It should have been more generic.

It is grossly overpriced and I wound up returning it for a full refund.