Reviewers Liked
- Free book samples, Next Page button on both sides, Changing number of words per line
- Easy wireless downloading. Build quality and experience
- Sleek, works out of the box
- Beautiful Design (Appleinspired perhaps?), Free “Whispernet” Mobile Internet, Fast content delivery, Large Title Library (Amazon.com!), EInk scre
- Great screen. Instant access to hundreds of thousands of books. Sexy small and light. Holds 1,500 books. No monthly fee
- Best keyboard on any e-book reader to date; 2GB of internal storage; slimmer, sturdier, and smarter hardware design than the original Kindle
- Enhanced design, New crisper and clearer display, Textto speech functionality
- Great screen for reading; tiny size; hundreds of thousands of books instantly available
- Easy to use, Great display, no glare outside, Whispernet / Online store, Sync with other Kindle enabled devices (iPhone)
- Easy access to new content, Converts many different document types, Comes with free 3G access, Wide selection of books, Supports audiobooks
- Lets you buy and download ebooks wirelessly, Improved screen text, and a slimmer profile
- Slimmer design with improved display, Excellent battery life, Expanded storage, Convenient built-in dictionary, Fast wireless downloads
- Slimmer and sleeker looking than the original Kindle; large library of tens of thousands of e-books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs via Amazons familiar online store; built-in free wireless "Whispernet" data network--no PC needed; built-in keyboard
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Idering this is only the second generation and is half the price of the first Kindle, that’s not too bad. But listen up, Amazon, I have high expectations for the Kindle 3!
- Garish looks. Big for its screen size. Locked into Amazon
- No expandable memory
- No Image/PDF Zoom (very bad when reading textbooks), No SD Card Slot (the Kindle 1 had this! Without this, the storage capacity is sorely limited), No Userreplaceable battery (when the battery dies—too bad (ol
- Expensive. No direct PDF support. Needs a protective case
- Expensive; lacks native PDF support; no SD-card slot
- No backlight, Still somewhat expensive
- Too expensive; screen is black and white; proprietary book format
- Expensive, Wireless feature can drain battery quickly
- A bit hard to use at times, Not as stylish as the Sony reader, Limited support for free books, *
- Joystick nav and buttons are stiff and awkward, Need to use menu to disable wireless
- Expensive, Some popular books not available, Battery not user-replaceable
- No expansion slot for adding more memory or accessing files; files such as PDFs and Word documents arent natively supported, and need to be converted at 10 cents a pop by Amazon; no protective carrying case included; battery is sealed into the device
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