I got my Kindle yesterday!
- Thread starter BuckinRut
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libertytyranny
Dream Stealer
Im jealous...I want one of those things so bad!
I love love love my Kindle and can't imagine how I stood life without it for so long 
BuckinRut
New Member
An electronic book, it holds up to 1500 book, magazines or newspapers and it's as thin as a pencil and it is just awesome!
Amazon.com: Kindle: Amazon's 6" Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation): Kindle Store
libertytyranny
Dream Stealer
do you only get to read a section at a time..or is it a fulll page..I am a fast reader and I was worried about having to read in segments...
sanchezf
Little ol' Me
Wow thats freaking awesome, I have never heard of one before.
My mom is a huge reader, would this be a good Christmas present?
Depends on how large you have the type set. The smaller typeface will be just about a full page. My old eyes need it set to where it's about a half page. You click a button to move on to the next page (segment, whatever) and it only takes a nanosecond to change. I tend to flip back through the book to re-read something, and it hasn't been a problem.
Yes.
libertytyranny
Dream Stealer
Awesome. I must have one.
BuckinRut
New Member
I really think it is strictly for reading. You can save some of your favorite passages. Other than that I really don't think so.
mAlice
professional daydreamer
That's too bad. It would be great for storing research material.
BuckinRut
New Member
It has wikipedia built in and a dictionary. Not sure if they have what you are researching but they have over 300,000 titles in their store. Try going through the store and check it out. Might as while try, can't hurt, might help.
You can store docs on the Kindle for a small conversion fee. You upload the doc - Word, pdf, whatever - to Amazon, they convert it and send it to your Kindle. Not sure how well it works or how small the fee is because I haven't used that feature.
Go to Amazon.com and click on their Kindle store. That will list all the features and what you can do with it.
wmburdette
9/11 - Never Forget!
Two years ago I lost partial sight in one eye and the surgery was not completely successful so I had been very limited in what I could read even with various magnification devices. When a friend first showed me the Kindle I found that I could increase the font size to where it was comfortable to read as well as having a very crisp presentation. The DX model was just being released and at first I thought the price was too high but I bought it anyway. I have been thoroughly pleased that I can now read again and I believe it is worth every penny I paid for it. For an older person with sight problems, it is a real treat.
Lucky you! I would love to have one too! Maybe for Christmas I will get one.
I came back to this thread to post something important....
BUT, this information in your post is really good to know.
Anyway... the Kindle was just reduced $40.00