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First Thoughts About My New Kindle

By John Paige

 

Recently I was surprised to receive the gift of a Kindle, Amazon's eBook reader. Until now I had been doing my eBook reading with the PC and iPod versions of the Amazon and Barnes & Noble readers.
I have also used the mobipocket reader in some tests in building digital books. In no particular order here are some of my initial impressions.

Even with the good looking leather cover it is lightweight,easy to carry or to stow in a purse, backpack, computer bag, or briefcase.

The electronic paper display is a different reading experience. It is certainly easier to read outdoors. The images are gray rather than the full color images I am used to on the computer. Screen shots in some of the technical manuals are a little harder to read.

Being able to download books anywhere is a nice feature. Before the Kindle, I depended on finding a wireless network to get new books.

The Kindle is of course limited to books sold by Amazon. On the PC, I was accustomed to moving back and forth between books from several vendors.

The Kindle is certainly more compact than carrying around a laptop as a reader. The battery life is longer than the PC.

Another adjustment for this old guy was not having a touch screen. Pressing PREV PAGE and NEXT PAGE was a new experience.

The Kindle allows for the adjustment of font sizes, everything from fine print to old geezer mode.

The little 5-way stick is used for navigation. It reminds me of the mouse on one of my earliest laptops. Not a big deal, but not my favorite way of moving around the page.

The Kindle comes with a cable for recharging from a USB port. There is also an AC/USB adapter.

The power button at the top doubles as a sleep/wake control. As with all things online, there seems to be a division of opinion on whether less power is used by turning off the device or leaving it in sleep mode.

Books I had created with mobipocket creator and some pdf files were easily transferred from the pc when the Kindle was connected with the USB cable.

The convenience of being able to carry a small library in one slim device is nice. The above mentioned ability to add non Amazon purchased books is a plus.

Use of locations rather than page numbers emphasizes the importance of a good table of contents.

Having a Kindle, makes it much easier to play around with formatting when designing books for Amazon's Digital Text Platform.

I look forward to the ultimate test. Will I be able to read at the beach?

John Paige is a writer, researcher, and student of how technology can be used to enhance the quality of life.

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