Sunday, April 3, 2011

Got Myself A Kindle Today



I'll probably leave a full review on my CM blog in the coming days. Right now I just want to say what a treat this thing is. I couldn't be much happier with it. It takes a good part of the day to figure out the majority of its functions, but it's very rewarding once you do. What sets it apart from other e-readers is that it has a tiny keypad so you can, not only highlight passages, but leave notations about them too. With all the free content at Gutenberg I should never run out of things to read.

8 comments:

  1. All well and good but let's get down to brass tacks here. How does it feel when you're sitting on the toilet reading it?

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  2. You know, the only thing I don't like about it is how it "feels" because they don't give you much space to put your fingers without bumping into some button or another. Sony and Nook are no better though. Kobo gives you a bit more room, but only on the left side. They need to keep the screen the same size but make the bottom on these things about 3" longer to give you more room for your fingers. Guess I'll get used to it.

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  3. They need to make an old guy version with big, honkin' handles hanging off the side of it so our tired, arthritic fingers don't suffer too much fatigue. I'm thinkin' that the youths probably don't have any trouble finding a place for their disgustingly nimble young fingers to rest.

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  4. The problem with life is that it comes at you assbackwards. When you're young enough to hold onto these things properly, you don't have the time or the inclination to read much of anything. Once you're older and done playing ball and chasing girls and find yourslef generally more settled with time to read, you've got clubs for fingers. I sometimes wonder if God's imagination is a tad dyslexic.

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  5. What all can you do with one? I know you can read books and other materials but can you type on them to create a book, play games, etc? I'm not very well informed about them and the different types I see out there.

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  6. No games on the Kindle. The B&N Nook has chess and one or two other games, and their color version even has a backlight, so you don't need an external light. It's expensive though.

    There's a keypad on the Kindle, but it's much too tiny to do any real typing with. It's just for making short notations as you're reading. If you look at the Cale McCaskey blog, there's some pretty extension reviews of the Kindle and the lighted cover there. It shows photos of several e-readers side by side.

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  7. Actually you can play games on the Kindle. Chess, Checkers, Scrabble, Solitaire and a number of other game apps are available. Some games are free, others are .99 and most others (that I've seen) are just a few dollars.

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