Amazon Kindel

[Steve G.]

There is a reason the Amazon is the market leader. From all I could read, it
has the clearest screen, a long battery life, and is faster with less
glitches than the competition. I also think there are more books available
for it then for other format. Of course, I have only tried the Kindle, so I
can't say how other fare in comparison.

You can convert any PDF document using Calibre or another free (I think)
program for windows, which provide .mobi documents. But this works better
for fiction, as it does not do tables and detailed images justice (unlike
text). You can also read PDF on it, but the screen size makes it a less than
pleasant experience.

As long as you stick to text, the Kindle is your best friend. Battery lasts
for weeks, size is small, it reads well in moderate to strong light, and it
does not cost that much. The only thing for some of the other readers is
that they can be hacked, since they run Android.

My 2 cents.

Z.

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:46 PM, guy keren <choo at actcom.co.il> wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 20:30 +0200, Amichai Rotman wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> >
> > Any of you got the Amazon Kindel?
>
> >
> > I was thinking of buying one (the WiFi $140 model) and was wondering
> > if it's a good idea.
> >
> > The eVrit reader seems to be total waste of money - 900 NIS for 50% of
> > the features and power...
> >
> >
> > I'd appreciate your input.
>
> i considered this a few month back - and then i checked for availability
> of books in genres i like to read - and was surprised by the very small
> availability of such books (i checked based on authors that i like
> reading and a few specific books i want to read).
>
> i then checked barnes and nobles' book reader - and it has a much wider
> choice of books in these genres.
>
> so if i were to buy one - i'd go for the b&n reader. if only they had a
> version with a bigger screen (i'm afraid a 6" display is a bit small -
> if anyone has this reader and could show me how it really looks - that
> will be great) - i would already have bought it.
>
> --guy
>
>
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