| Amazon Kindle User Review... | | | | and it was waiting on me when I got home. I am |
| By Victor C. Anderson | | | | even more impressed with the Amazon Kindle 2! |
| | | | | The button placement and re-positioned click |
| Awesome for Deployment | | | | areas are well-considered (I can't tell you how |
| I owned a Amazon Kindle 1, and now a Amazon | | | | many times I would show someone my Amazon |
| Kindle 2. I bought the Amazon Kindle 1 specifically | | | | Kindle 1 and they would accidentally flip pages with |
| because I was about to deploy to Afghanistan. I | | | | the right-hand page bar). The new format is much |
| bought the Amazon Kindle 1 on March 08 and | | | | nicer, and it almost encourages you to pick it up. |
| spent the next couple of months until deployment | | | | The Amazon Kindle 2 display seems more |
| buying books and getting familiar with the device. | | | | readable than the Amazon Kindle 1. The keypad is |
| Compared to my previous deployment to Iraq | | | | still fairly easy to use, and the 5-position button is |
| Kindle-less and hauling a ton of books with me, | | | | a nice improvement. The power button 4-second |
| the Kindle was the solution I was looking for. The | | | | delay takes some getting used to, but not enough |
| unit performed superbly. No resets and no | | | | to drop my review. Pages do turn noticeably |
| battery issues for the entire six month | | | | faster. The entire device feels more substantial |
| deployment. It always worked and my books | | | | somehow. |
| always available. Some of my co-workers were | | | | Overall, Amazon hit this one out of the park. |
| so impressed, they bought Amazon Kindle 1's of | | | | Transferring my Amazon Kindle 1 to my wife |
| their own. Of course the Whispernet was not | | | | was quick and painless, and none of my books on |
| avaialble in Afghanistan, but otherwise, it was the | | | | the K1 went away when we transferred it. She |
| best deployment toy ever. | | | | will be upgrading to a Amazon Kindle 2 soon as |
| Shortly before I left Afghanistan, the Amazon | | | | well. |
| Kindle 2 was introduced. Being a Amazon Kindle 1 | | | | Check For Best Price Now!.. |
| owner, I ordered the Amazon Kindle 2 right away, | | | | |