Amazon Kindle gets a superb recommendation.
After having read through hundreds of these reviews, I find a common thread regarding some of the shortcomings of the Amazon Kindle. It's repeatedly mentioned that it's difficult to hold the Kindle without clicking on the navigation buttons.
Sure. For about 5 minutes. Until you read the manual.
It's mentioned that the cover that comes with the device is flimsy, and that the Amazon Kindle falls out all the time.
Sure. Until you read the manual.
It's pretty clear from reading the instructions: The Amazon Kindle was designed to be read while in the cover. If you do that, you'll find it much easier to have your hands in natural positions that tend to not result in excessive clicking about. Oh, yeah, after you read a bit, you tend to wind up having the thumb that may periodically rest on the "next page button", find a natural resting place on the groove through with the silver selector travels.
But put the Amazon Kindle in it's cover. And if you read the manual, you can see there is a small clip that is designed to slip into the groove in the back of the Kindle to hold it in place. Just push the device solidly into the cover until the clip is in that groove. If the Amazon Kindle is falling out, you haven't set it into the cover properly.
As many others here have indicated, it's not difficult to put the Amazon Kindle into sleep mode prior to closing the cover. Get into the habit.
Really--the angst about a couple of things that are really easy to fix through habit and reading the instructions that go with the Amazon Kindle. It's ironic that so many don't read the instructions about this reading device.
I really appreciate the device and don't have issues around handling it. I read all the small print before ordering. I don't have any problem with the fact that this is not a PDA or PC. I also don't have issue with the possibility of losing the free "right" to surf using the experimental browser if the expense becomes too much for Amazon. It's about obtaining content and reading. And that, folks, is what the Amazon Kindle accomplishes most successfully.
Highly recommended.
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