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Device Kindle Reviewinstead of 5 is the PDF support. I bought this
By: M. Booneabout 80% because I wanted to read books and
 20% because I wanted to see if the PDF support
Great e-reader!would be good enough to chuck my stacks and
The Device Kindle is a great purchase for anyonestacks of scientific articles and just put them all
who loves reading and will read a lot. I juston the Kindle. Alas, it is not. The Device Kindle
received it last week and already I am readingbasically reproduces a PDF that is readable on a
more for pleasure than I have in the past few21" computer screen to it's 6" display by
years (and I ordered it because I made asquashing it down. You can't make the text larger
commitment to read more for my own pleasure,like you can on regular books, and you can't
since graduate school has a tendency to takezoom. The only thing you can do is rotate, which
over everything you love about leisure time).makes some PDFs readable but then you're in the
The reading takes an adjustment period,awkward position of having to press the next and
especially if you love not only reading but theprevious page buttons vertically instead of
physical experience of being engrossed in a book.horizontally. It's just not even worth it.
The Device Kindle is thinner than a magazine, soOh, and if you're comparing the Device Kindle to
it's awkward to hold - not in the physical sensethe nook...there aren't any fundamental
(actually it's far less awkward to hold than adifferences between the two of them. The nook
book) but in the sense that if you're used tois thicker and slightly smaller on the face; most of
reading books this will feel less than genuine tothe bells and whistles that distinguish it from the
you. Over time, though, it begins to feelDevice Kindle won't be important to book readers
super-convenient. I ride the subway a lot and I(their biggest selling point was that I could listen to
rarely take out a book because on a short ride,music while reading the book...why would I want
finding my page and keeping the book steady isto do that?) The largest difference was the touch
more hassle than I want. With the Device Kindle, Iscreen at the bottom, but once you're doing the
just whip it out and turn it on, it turns to the pageprimary thing that e-readers do (allow you to
I just finished read, and I can read for 15-20read books) it becomes a non-issue, as it's only
minutes and then just put it to sleep again. Easy!for navigation.
It took me a little time to learn to get lost in theIt's actually slightly more awkward to navigate
Device Kindle like I get lost in books, but after ausing the touch screen because you have to look
few days when I adjusted to it it just happened. Ibetween both screens, whereas with the Device
was immersed in the story and not in theKindle you just use the directional rocker in the
newness of holding the Device Kindle. The e-inkplanned direction. Easy cake. I would say check to
screen really is more like the page of a book thanbe sure that you don't have a large library of
a computer screen - there's no backlight, ad theePUB books that you want to read, and the nook
words look like they are printed on top of thehas much better PDF support so if you want to
screen instead of behind it the way a computerread PDFs really badly, either get the nook or go
looks. It's a very comfortable reading experience,for the Device Kindle DX. Also browse the
although of course you will need lots of light toholdings of Barnes & Noble and before you
read just like you would with a book. I don't havebuy. I found that there were far more books I
a little booklight because I have my own roomwanted to read that were offered by Amazon
and I just use my bedside lamp. Pages turnfor the Device Kindle than by B&N for the
quickly, which was important for me because Inook.
am a fast reader.Anyway, this is a great buy!
The reason I gave the Device Kindle 4 stars