Comments on: Kindle DX Announced

By: Candy

Candy — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:07:45 +0000

It’s not an upgrade. It’s a different animal all together is how I see it. My Kindle2 is for reading books, it’s great at that. It’s small enough to slip into my bag or carry around without too much trouble, it’s also light – like 10 oz.

The DX is freaking huge. It is designed more for the magazine reader, newspaper reader, the textbook reader – students. It’s also heavier – 19 oz I believe?

I have absolutely no use for something large or heavy. I’m happy with K2 :)

Heh, I heard about the rotating screen and was glad I don’t have that either. I have the Amazon cover and lay down to read. I “tent” the cover so that I can rest my hand on the top (side) and still read – because it’s laying on it’s side. With the rotating screen, it would rotate my text and really piss me off. The other downside is that the buttons aren’t on both sides of the screen.

By: Karl

Karl — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:49:39 +0000

I’d like to get one myself, but the asking price of the Kindle 2 at $359 seems rather incredulous to me.

What gets my goat even more is that you can buy a digital copy of a book for $10 from Amazon or you can buy a tangible paperback copy for $4 from Amazon.

I was always under the impression that digital distribution should be cheaper; y’know…no materials or labor involved whatsoever….

By: Earl Green

Earl Green — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:17:30 +0000

This is why I’ve really gotten over my urgent need to be right on the bleeding edge – I’m getting a little too old and cranky to be the guy who has to work out the bugs.