http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/ Engadget Comments for Amazon Kindle DX review http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/
*Flips screen after 45 degrees, what's up with that? I even think the iPhone can be annoying in bed (see what I did there?)]]>Jun 19th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/
It actually took me a while to make the decision on this one, but after reading extensive reviews I decided that $150 off Kindle 2 and a full $250 off the DX are worth the whispernet and the cleaner PDF support. Note-taking couold have been a deal-breaker here, but given its current for I would have to stick with a notebook/pencil method anyway. The only thing I would still love to have on my Sony is access to Kindle content - some books that are available through it are missing from Sony's store. Can't wait for that compatibility expansion!]]>Jun 19th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 20th 2009 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 28th 2009 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/
When news of this first came out, I was mad that I bought the 2, but thanks to this review, I feel much better.]]>Jun 19th 2009 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/
BUT the author is right to say that the keyboard would be a concern for students. I wouldn't want to use the Kindle 2's keyboard for lengthy notes. And if this one is basically the same or worse then that should be taken into consideration if you plan to use one for school. If you just want one for reading then it is a near non-issue IMO.]]>Jun 19th 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/
I don't see how I could ever use the DX for textbooks though. I like to make notes and highlight quickly in my MBA program. We also have one class that's open book for tests and it would be impossible to flip through fast enough on this thing.]]>Jun 19th 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/
Well, I don't have a DX for direct comparison so I really can't vouch for its keyboard, I was just going by my experiences with the Kindle 2. Is the keyboard really that much worse? For example, you say that the key are "gummy" and when typing fast you can't tell if you clicked them or not. The Kindle 2 isn't like that at all. They keyboard isn't great, but I can easily tell if I've fully pressed one. There's a literal mechanical clicking sound when you press the keys. And, yes, the screen refresh is slow, but it is inno way tied to your ability to type. On the Kindle 2 I can type as fast I possibly can (using a two-thumb method) and the screen eventually catches up. If the DX is remotely like the Kindle 2 then I stand by my statement that you exaggerate when you state that you are limited to pecking a single key at a time.

But, again, I agree that if wouldn't to take lengthy notes with the Kindle. If you're anything but a student though then I don't think the keyboard really hinders anything as it will be rarely used... not to say that I wouldn't welcome a better keyboard or even a keyboard-less touch screen model.]]>Jun 20th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 20th 2009 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 20th 2009 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Interesting testimonial though, and nicely to the point: too expensive but e-paper has its charms.
]]>Jun 20th 2009 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/not only are you an ass, you're stupid too. the kindle (and basically every other ebook reader) has hundreds to thousands of free ebooks available. look up: gutenberg project. there are also numerous websites, such as feedbooks which have repackaged gutenberg's ebooks into other formats, such as those needed on the kindle, and other creative commons licensed books. furthermore, if you try to sort by price: low to high, you'll see that there are many books with the amazing price of $0.00. i believe there's also a "starter pack" of free books available on amazon for the kindle.

i don't even own a kindle, but your stupidity compelled me to write this.]]>Jun 20th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/
I bet you're the type of person who would...]]>Jun 21st 2009 5:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 20th 2009 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 21st 2009 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/OK, now where's my million dollars?]]>Jun 20th 2009 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/
- I'm a science nerd and read a lot of technical documents, so the PDF reader is the killer app. I would appreciate being able to zoom in beyond the ~1.5x that I get by switching to landscape, but overall I like it. It beats the pants off of trying to read PDFs on a monitor - much less eye strain, and I can keep my entire PDF library with me. The metadata support (title, author, etc) support is iffy, though, and it's not searchable. I hope they fix this with a software release.

- Reading actual books on it is lovely. I don't have any other e-ink reader experiences (Kindle or Sony) to compare it with, but I really enjoy reading for pleasure - I've burned through a couple of paperback novels already.

- The keyboard stinks - but if you're doing much in the way of text entry, you're doing it wrong. It makes the annotation feature kind of worthless, though.

- I think Farhad Manjoo got it right in his Slate.com review - http://www.slate.com/id/2220793/ - reading newspaper content isn't nearly the same on the DX as it is on a real paper. I would extend that to most of the rest of the content you can get over Whispernet on the webbrowser: in WAP mode, most websites just aren't formatted for a screen this size. Wikipedia is a notable exception - it works well, looks great, and I love having it in my (oversized, cargo-pants) pocket.

- I havn't tried the text-to-speech except for briefly, so no comments there.

Overall, I think it's a really slick piece of hardware (except for that keyboard!). It was expensive, and I've never really been an early adopter, but I've been filled with lust for this device since it was launched. After a week, I'm glad I jumped on it.]]>Jun 19th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/
Third time's the charm.

"their".

http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/english_grammar_style/difference_between_their_there.html]]>Jun 20th 2009 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/I'm pretty sure "They're" is correct. As in a contraction of "they" and "are". "They are good computers" referring to apple computers being good. Good day sir.]]>Jun 20th 2009 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 23rd 2009 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/
Maybe if you took the time to explore all the features of the Kindle DX, you would know you can lock the orientation. ]]>Jun 19th 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/
Maybe we can rid the world of hunger by simply ignoring our need for food.]]>Jun 20th 2009 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/kindle-dx-review/Jun 19th 2009 4:54PM