My husband gave me the Kindle 1 for Mother’s Day a year ago. I loved it. He gave me the Kindle 2 when it came out so I could have the newer one and he took the Kindle 1. Now we can share books.
I used to take a bag filled with books on every trip. Now I slip the Kindle into my purse and go. We cruise a lot and with the new weight limits on flying, I would rather pay for clothes than books.
The bad thing is that when I watch TV and a good book is recommended I can download it at once and begin reading. That could get costly, but you can get free books on feedbooks.com. They have a lot of classics
I also keep up with freerepublic on the whispernet while traveling. However, you can’t get the whole article that is cited if it sends you off freerepublic.
I love the ability to look up the meaning of a word I don’t know. You just move the “cursor” to the word and the meaning pops up. You can search for a word and it will find every time the word is used in all your books. You can also search Wikipedia and Google.
Do you know....can you read magazines on the Kindle?