Sony/Amazon got this one 95% right. There are a few gripes, but the display is phenomenal and the battery lasts for days and days, not just a few hours.
Only gripes: Hard to hold it without pushing a button somewhere; Clicking hotlinks on converted documents sometimes doesn't work very well at all; Reference books don't work well on it, but plain ol' reading is superb
Overall, excellent device!
Totally agree. And with Kindle being able to order books over wireless rocks - free, instant shipping - love it!
Thought I would mention that for Kindle (and probably other e-book users) that the free Mobipocket Creator (Publisher Edition) is great for converting various formats into Mobi which the Kindle seems to handle better than other formats, especially PDF.
The Mobipocket Creator is available here.
Can one mark text & make notes in the margins?
Hubby has a kindle, I have a Sony 505. Love them. Take everywhere. My battery is better but AMazons book list is better. Mine is smaller, more elegant, thinner but the kindle has the advantage in readability with a better screen or at least it looks better to me.
There are so many free books out there. Burgomeister has an incredible list, you get 100 free classics on Sony but gutenberg is free. And there are bootleg books out there,,not out of copyright but free.
It is the best tech thing I have had. Hubby likes the access to internet and email on Kindle,,I don’t miss it.
It took me one chapter to get used to it and you can increase the font as your eyes tire.