04-07-12, 02:48 PM
Hi Mark,
I bought my Kindle a couple of years ago and use it almost daily (or eveningly, lol). Back then, it was the only model and it cost £111. Now there are a few models and mine has become known as the "Kindle Keyboard" which is the only one to have a full QWERTY keyboard (which is very handy).
It's an amazing bit of kit and the text is so clear that when I first got it, I spent AGES trying to peel off the fake text cover on the screen. D'oh! It wasn't fake - it was the actual text! I couldn't believe how clear it was - it's BETTER than the text in a printed book!!! The other big plus, is the fact that you can read it absolutely perfectly in bright sunshine (say when you're on holiday or chilling in the garden). It has no backlighting, so you do need a light source to read it in bed.
Mine is the Wi-Fi only model but I think you have to buy the Wi-Fi/3G version these days. It has a SUPERB battery which just seems to last forever and it can store god knows how many thousand books. You can also transfer documents from your PC to the Kindle in PDF format too. They work fine.
Finally, it will store and replay music while you read. My wife has an iPad with Kindle Reader on it, and that's fine too, but utterly useless in bright light.
Hope that helps.
Tom
I bought my Kindle a couple of years ago and use it almost daily (or eveningly, lol). Back then, it was the only model and it cost £111. Now there are a few models and mine has become known as the "Kindle Keyboard" which is the only one to have a full QWERTY keyboard (which is very handy).
It's an amazing bit of kit and the text is so clear that when I first got it, I spent AGES trying to peel off the fake text cover on the screen. D'oh! It wasn't fake - it was the actual text! I couldn't believe how clear it was - it's BETTER than the text in a printed book!!! The other big plus, is the fact that you can read it absolutely perfectly in bright sunshine (say when you're on holiday or chilling in the garden). It has no backlighting, so you do need a light source to read it in bed.
Mine is the Wi-Fi only model but I think you have to buy the Wi-Fi/3G version these days. It has a SUPERB battery which just seems to last forever and it can store god knows how many thousand books. You can also transfer documents from your PC to the Kindle in PDF format too. They work fine.
Finally, it will store and replay music while you read. My wife has an iPad with Kindle Reader on it, and that's fine too, but utterly useless in bright light.
Hope that helps.
Tom
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