by Sara A
There's tons of comments here, both nice & bad, so let me focus on what it is like to open this up & use it:
I was blessed to be a beta tester for the Kindle over the past several weeks. It is a treat to make use of.
one. You open the box, & throw away the manual (who reads manuals?)
three. While charging it up for the first time, you turn it on, it boots up in a few seconds, & you find the Kindle store. You find something you require to read, & you press "buy."
two. You immediately flip back to the home screen, & there is your book. You start reading.
three. The next morning, you wake up, & keep in mind you have a new Kindle by the bedside. Without getting out of bed, you grab the Kindle, wake it up, & download the New York Times in a few seconds.
That is it. No wires, no cables, no mobile phone contracts. This is a super-simple tool to make use of. Compared with the first time I fired up a digital camera, an iPod or a mobile phone, it was a breeze (& I still haven't read the manual...).
I assess mobile devices on whether they let me do something important in a new & better way than I could before (not on whether the tool lets me throw away every other tool I own). The Kindle succeeds for me on this front because it lets me lighten my load, yet to carryover more with me, & to keep obtaining new content as I go. It is uniquely nice at what it does, & worth adding to the devices I own & use both at home & on the road.
For travelling, it is a no-brainer: you can always have something to read; you can download newspapers each morning from your hotel room; & you seldom must keep in mind which books you are currently engaged in...they are all right there, on your Kindle. And, you get to download free samples of books, so you can sample lots of new (& elderly) books without paying. The convenience of having the ability to move around basically with a whole shelf of books, magazines & papers in your backpack or carry-on bag -- & to seamlessly sample & buy more -- is fantastic.
It is a great tool for serious readers, & lots of fun.
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