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Monday, 22 July 2013


I must admit I am now converted and am the proud owner of the Kindle Paperwhite, 6" High Resolution Display with Built-in Light, Wi-Fi
The benefits are :
- It is lighter and easier to carry around than a book.
- You can obvious carry hundreds of books with you.
- You can start to thin out your huge bookcases(we have more books than bookshelves)
- The battery hardly ever seems to need charging.
- The best factor is the screen is easy on the eyes, really easy. You can read books on a tablet, but the Kindle is much nicer.
- You can easily sync it with Amazon's huge ebook library.
I guess there are a few negatives:
- The backlight used is a bit uneven. It is sort of blotchy, this does not really affect readability but it does look slightly odd.
- I don't find the store that easy to use. I tend to end up buying books on my mobile phone and then reading them on the kindle. I think it is because the Kindle's built in store does not have recommendations. But also the summary does not show prices.
- Finally it is annoying that eBooks are not cheaper than paperbooks. This is not unique to Amazon, and it is partly because the UK Government charge VAT on eBooks but not physical books.
I have no idea how long the Kindles will be around. They remind me a bit of the iPod, when it first came out I carried it around with me. But improvements in the technology of phones have rendered them almost obsolete. I am sure the same fate awaits Kindles, but at the moment they have an edge over tablets - most due to readability. They are also more robust.
Thanks to www.kneadwhine.co.uk for buying one for me.
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