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Ebook Reader Reviews

Kindle 2 Owners Can You Answer My Questions?

My birthday is in a couple of months, and my sister said she would buy me an ebook reader.
I was really interested in the Kindle 2, until I read these reviews.

Kindle 2's battery stopped working completely after a year.
How long has yours worked?

Amazon steals books if the author does not wish to sell them anymore.
Can my books really just be taken from me?

The screen does not work properly.
How well does yours work?

Slow and unimpressive.
What is your opinion?

My daughter dropped it a foot and the screen busted.
How fragile are they?

The screen gets dark in the sunlight, I can't read!
Really?

And the most important question,
Would you recommend this to a first time ebook owner?

I'll do my best to answer your questions, but remember not every review on Amazon is totally truthful for the Kindle or anything else. And this includes the good reviews and the bad.

Kindle 2's battery stopped working completely after a year.
How long has yours worked?
Both my husband and I have had ours for 9 months with no problems whatsoever. If thi is a big concern of yours, you can get a two year warranty for $60 that also covers one accidental breakage.

Amazon steals books if the author does not wish to sell them anymore.
Can my books really just be taken from me?
Okay. There's a few things at play here. No, Amazon will not steal your books if the author simply decides not to sell them (which hasn't happened). The instance where Amazon reclaimed a book (1984 in irony for all of us!) was because it was a pirated copy. Amazon gave a full refund + $20 + a free LEGAL copy of the book to everyone it took the book from. It still promoted an outcry so they said in the future they'll not remove the book from your device, but they WILL remove it from your archives. Which means if you have the book downloaded to your kindle and you're reading it they won't touch it, but you won't be able to download it again. Make sense? Amazon really is doing their best to protect both the authors and the kindle users.

The screen does not work properly.
How well does yours work?
My first screen had a minor problem. It faded in the sun when I went outside. I called Amazon and they overnighted a new kindle to me. This screen has had no problems whatsoever. My husband's kindle never had any problems at all.

Slow and unimpressive.
What is your opinion?
From what I've heard, the nook is considerably slower. About 3x slower at page turning and much slower to open books. I don't know Sony's stacks up. I've had no problem with speed on my kindle, it seems to work just fine.

My daughter dropped it a foot and the screen busted.
How fragile are they?
They ARE fragile. Again, the $60 warranty protects against one accidental breakage and if you're accident prone I'd recommend it. Then again, I also wouldn't recommend dropping any electronic device. You do need to be careful with it. Even in a case for example I wouldn't throw it in a bookbag, though mine does just fine in my purse.

The screen gets dark in the sunlight, I can't read!
Really?
If it does this, its not supposed to and I'm sure if you call customer support they'll help you out. One of the things I love about the kindle is that I CAN read in the sun with no problems.

And the most important question,
Would you recommend this to a first time ebook owner?
It was my first ebook and almost a year later I'm still madly in love with it So yes, I would. Its very easy and intuitive to use and Amazon's customer service is beyond excellent if you do have any problems.

Sony PRS505 Ebook Reader Product Review

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There has been a lot of buzz lately about the brand new e-book reader launched by Amazon. The most popular e-book reader around has been the one launched by Sony.

The price difference

One of the main differences that really stands out between the Sony E-book Reader and Kindle is the vast price disparity. There’s a whopping 100 dollar difference with the Sony reader being priced at 300 USD and Kindle having a price of 400 USD. While the Sony reader promises a host of freebie features like free viewing of PDF files, no internet connection needed, free access to blogs as well as RSS feeds and even a memory card included in the welcome kit, this reader from Sony sure has plenty of upsides to it. However, Kindle isn’t far behind what with the capacity to contain more than 200 titles and an SD card slot that is included with it. However, you do need to pay 1 dollar for every blog and RSS feed respectively which is quite a bit expensive.

The format

While the Sony Reader allows you to view PDF files free of cost, the Kindle charges a 10 cent fee for every PDF file that you would sync into the device. Also Kindle tends to read HTML, plain text formats and images from the SD card but doesn’t do too well with DOC, RTF and PDF formats. But then again even the Sony Reader cannot read DOC formats directly.

E-ink technology

As far as the 6 inch LCD screen display goes in the Kindle, the display uses the revolutionary e-ink technology using ‘Vizplex’ film on the surface. However, both the Sony Reader and the Kindle have used the same technology. The plus side to this technology is that 40% of received light gets deflected and uses reflected instead of transmitted light which makes both devices easy on the eyes.

Printability

There is no need to print any document because Kindle offers portability in taking along all personal documents at anytime in any place, thereby eliminating the need for printing. The 10 cent fee is applicable for wireless transfer of word documents. However, if users do not wish to shell out this fee, free transfers can be leveraged. For this, the file or attachment needs to be sent to ‘name’@free.kindle.com where name stands for the ID used for your Kindle email address. So if the Kindle email ID is smith@kindle.com then attachments need to be sent to smith@free.kindle.com and then the file gets converted and emailed to the associated Amazon account.

Battery life

The Amazon Kindle is by far a better choice when it comes to battery life. You can go for four days at a stretch without any need to charge the Kindle. Besides, this is its good network coverage in almost any area which makes for good portability. Turning pages is as easy at the click of a button which means that even if you are reading the e-book in bed, operating the Kindle is much easier than the Sony Reader.

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