The New Amazon Kindle Doesn’t Suck

Too expensive and WAY to heavily crippled for security for my tastes. Let me know when Hong Kong makes a rip off version without the DRM.

Does it read PDF's?

seems to me that the kindle isn't all that great. i mean, you don't get any of the satisfaction of turning the pages in a book, and the eyestrain from reading would be freakin annoying. why not buy the actual book instead? seems like it might make a good reading light though.

@ Warhammer651 Reading light? I don't think the screen is backlit.

Anyway this is cool but Way to expensive. It better read PDFs if not than there is not much point.

Its actully quite cool and convient plus i am a bookworm and dieing for one of these

While it is rather expensive, the Kindle is more than worth it. The beginning of last year, I struggled to carry my backpack with my school books and the two or three reading books I had. Now, I no longer have to worry about the weight of reading books. As I can only speak about the Kindle 1, do not mistake my words, but I can testify to the features I am sure are only expanded on in the 2. There is no eyestrain. It is exactly the same as reading a book. Truly, there is less eyestrain than reading a book because you can increase the size of the font to fit what you prefer.
As to "why not buy the actual book", well, you pick: price, ease, accessibility. I have gotten many books for free, or nearly so. I have the collections of the majority of the greatest authors (Kipling, Austen, Shakespeare, Doyle, Twain, etc.) with about 10 to 40 books, each collection for less than a dollar. Beat that. Bestselling books are also usually about $10 cheaper, at least. The ease is also fantastic. You pick up the Kindle, turn the power and wireless on, wait a few seconds for it to start up (the new one is supposed to be much faster), navigate (mostly easily) to the Kindle store, search, buy, and download my new book. All in all, just a few minutes until I am reading. Not to mention, you can store a ton (probably literally) of books if you pay $20 for an SD card (which I have). Additionally, after a bit of time sitting on your Kindle (you can prioritize the list in which they are processed), you can search your new books for any wood, make notes, and bookmark pages. No, you don't get the feel of where chapter 13 was, but, hey, just search for it. You more than learn to adapt. Accessibility is great. With about a 1/4 million books, there is rarely something I can't find. Instead of running to the store every time I hear about a good book, I just grab a sample and if I like it, I buy it. The sample feature is excellent and has saved me from making stupid purchases on books I would never actually read many times.
If you have the money, I would buy the new one. It can only be better than what I have stated above. I promise that the average person who likes to read will easily make back near a hundred dollars in the first year (that being said, I am more likely to be incline to purchase books now that it not a hassle) from purchasing "real" books. It has been more than worth it so far with my Kindle 1.

Doesn't suck I beg to differ it's over price not color only has 16 grays which is lame even by 1980s standards and is restricted by DRM.
Sorry amazon I would not pay a cent for media that restricted let alone close to and sometimes higher then printed prices.

I'm with KaylaKaze on this tell me when Hongkong makes a non crippled version that can read PDFs ,has at least 64 shades of gray or better yet color,a mozilla based browser, and full 802.11g wifi.

As a post-DX customer, I guess I certainly have the advantage of experience and knowing how the story goes on... Here's my take on this subject, from a previous Kindle 2 and present Kindle dx owner:

- First of all, e-book readers aren't for everyone, and that's perfectly fine. In fact, around 40% of buyers is 50-years-old-plus. If you're a generation-y ultra-tech bargain-lover kind-a-guy, then this is probably not for you. Again, there are indeed many others who have not exactly fallen in love with this device, and rightfully so, I was just trying to make a point.

-Even when each one of us may love or hate the Kindle for a number of reasons, here's what I think about Kindle 2nd generation:

. I travel A LOT. It would be impossible for me to carry more than 5 or 6 books with me at all times. Besides, some are reports I need to read for my work, and I don't know which ones they might be until I'm on the road. Kindle 2 is even more convenient than Kindle dx when it comes to portability.

. We all know now native PDF support came with Kindle DX, as did the rotation landscape function, which lets you zoom in and therefore facilitates reading. I agree this was a shortcoming of previous versions.

. K2 has the capacity to store about 1,500 books. More than enough for me.

. Even though readability was largely improved by Kindle DX, anyone who's ever read from a Kindle screen can tell you this: e-link technology is really good. Not the same as reading from a computer screen AT ALL. Unless your eyes are extremely sensitive, you're reading with almost no light or you want to finish up "War and Peace" in one night, the Kindle screen is more than ok.

. Design is much better than the one of the original Kindle.

. Key disposition is much better as well.

. Wireless technology puts the Kindle beyond the Sony reader, no matter what.

Now, could I live without a Kindle ? Certainly.

Could anybody else, without breaking in tears ? Oh, yes.

That said, it certainly makes sense to ME to have one, particularly the Kindle DX.

John Rye
www.prlog.org/10413952-amazon-kindle-2-for-sale-prices-keep-going-down.html