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Posts Tagged ‘Books’

• Whispernet has spotty coverage in Southern Maryland. Why hasn’t SPRINT found new tower space YET to improve coverage? This has always been a VerizonWireless county but come on folks. In Calvert County we have huge dead spots for SPRINT service where Verizon Wireless picks up the slack. It has been that way for years. SPRINT does its best to cover the highways but leaves the neighborhoods along the bay wanting. I hope the Kindle is impetus for SPRINT to FIX coverage. I might even be tempted finally to switch allegiance.
• The experimental browser is still experimental. It’s not Firefox or IE7. It is years behind anything you have ever used. It is text based. It is very primitive. It is pig-dead slow and the displayed results of a URL will test your ability to read gobbledygook.
• As a book reader the DX is wonderful. I ENJOY reading books with it.
• As you may have already read I also bought the Kindle to read PDF files. I’m satisfied for the most part. As long as I have m,y reading glasses PDF works for me.
• MP3 works. You cannot use the Kindle like an iPod apparently. I still have some experimenting to do but I don ‘t think the unit will play a playlist of music files. The functionality appears to be for audio books and podcasts. Bummer! All of your indexed audio files are mixed in with your books. Dumb idea Amazon. I sure would like to group PDF files, books, and audio in different directories. I cannot even imagine having to wade through page after page of book titles, MP3 titles, and PDF file titles to find what I want. The organizational philosophy of the device needs to be reexamined. It too is primitive.
• Menus are simple and easy to find. Bookmarking is cool.
• I like the size of the DX. Anything smaller and I would not enjoy reading as much as I do.
• Battery life is nothing short of amazing.
• Turning the unit off requires you to wait four or five seconds. I’m used to it now but sheesh!
• I have had the unit freeze in one more or another for no apparent reason. Holding the off button over for longer than for seconds seems to help.
• Really pleased with no contract or commitment. Had Amazon made a a cellular specific offering millions would have eventually opted out. 
• Typing using the chicklet keyboard is difficult and non-standard.

I keep evaluating and writing as I learn more. Mostly I am very pleased and am not bothered by the price I paid for Kindle DX.

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