Comments on: Kindle DX Announced- Who Is It For Again?

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:48:34 +0000

I’m buying a DX for my Mom who is 84 and suffering from macular degeneration. I’m splitting the price with my Dad and brother. Mom loves to read and can only read her books now with a magnifying glass and a strong light. The large format, variable text size, easy-on-the-eyes e-ink and landscape capability means she can now enjoy her favorite novels and not feel like she’s ‘going blind’. It will give back her independance and pride.
In light of all this, it’s more than worth it!

By: John

John — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:15:52 +0000

Why should they offer you a discount on the DX? You chose to buy it knowing what you were getting.

By: KDF

KDF — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:11:39 +0000

Has anyone actually had their hands on a DX yet? PDF and Mobipocket support is really important for me..

By: dc

dc — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:13:30 +0000

More and more I see Kindle, I ask, why there is not touch interface??? It is so lacking in today’s tech scene I just wonder why it was not designed with it.

By: Sam Hill

Sam Hill — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:59:29 +0000

I will buy it.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:48:32 +0000

Thanks for your post. It is useful for me.

By: SAM

SAM — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:01:03 +0000

Only black and white, large & unfoldable, no
memory card slot?

Aren’t the colur suggestions, multiple file formats, and
more flexibility just re-inventing the tablet pc?

By: Fernando

Fernando — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:48:07 +0000

You make a very good point. To each her/his own. I have not read a newspaper in “paper” form in more than 10 years, and would much rather ready ANY book on my screen (I have been doing it in slate tablet PCs since the old TC1000) than on paper, if I have the option. I even have scanned some old textbooks I use now and again to prepare class lectures (I teach) just so I don’t have to read them on paper.

So for me, this Kindle is a welcomed development, although I do hope that the comment above above the upcoming “iPad” is true. I would really jump on that one.

By: Stephen Feger

Stephen Feger — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:51:36 +0000

That’s a good point and it shows a continuing problem. If the real effort were to get books into digital format and grow the market, then where are the readers for other formats? Why just the Kindle and the iPhone/iPod Touch. Why not Windows, why not Mac, why not Windows Mobile and RIM and Android? I understand these things take time and I was very impressed with the initial effort on the iPod Touch. But it’s a big glaring hole.

The light weight, excellent screen and long battery life of the Kindle are truly impressive and they do make for an enjoyable reading experience. But if has to expand.

Hopefully we’ll see some more software readers in the near future.

By: AL

AL — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:09:23 +0000

James-

The K keyboard is not bad at all. No touch typing, of course, but it is fine for making notations which I do all the time. In my humble opinion, having used both, it is worlds better than an on-screen virtual keyboard.