I've had my Kindle Keyboard for awhile and also tried the Nook Simple Touch. It went back to the retailer within two days. It took forever for the battery to get its full first charge, the USB connection into the unit was "iffy" and I wasn't sure the cord connector would last, and when I began reading, I'd swipe the screen to turn pages and I'd begin getting a ghost image of other pages (which became more visible as I continued on). That was it. Back in the box and back to the store.
My only complaint about the Kindle is their goofy idea of showing the percentage of the book read instead of what page your on. Sure, you can hit the [Menu] key to find out, but why should I have to do that?
My simple little e-Ink Kindle "Keyboard" WiFi will also let me browse the Internet, check my email, maintain a calendar and contacts list, play games, play music, and store photos (yes, in B/W). It's essentially a tablet without the color. And I've read the screen is easier to see in different light conditions than the Kindle Fire, also less taxing on the eyes.
Because you can read that book on multiple devices, with various screen sizes.
I have Kindle for my laptop and smartphone. I can read on one, stop, and pick up reading on the other seamlessly.
One page on my laptop is much more than one page on my smartphone, so the percentage is more relevant in these cases.
I agree with you. The Kindle (with keyboard) is a very versatile tool. It is actually pretty fast at rendering web pages, as long as it is not too complicated. I do the same things you do on it (browse, calendar, notes, games, music, and of course, read!), but I have not figured out how to do email... How do you check email with it?
I briefly activated the wireless, only to see if it would sync the time, and it did.
The initial charging didn't take that long, but since you said it took yours a while, I was perturbed that my "initial" charge didn't look like it would last 6 days, let alone the advertised [up to] 60 days.
The second charge is lasting much longer.
That ghosting is a real pain. I think it comes from changing pages too fast, as in touching a button/screen inadvertently, and trying to return to the original page immediately. Sometimes, the only way to fix it is to off/on it. Changing apps might make the ghosting worse.
What you have describes my laptop.
Why do I need a dedicated device, when one device does it all?
Would a 72 year old be able to use the Kindle easily...He was an electronics guy at Boeing, so he’s got some logic skills (I think)
The trouble is, all the electronic reading devices like Kindle and Nook require electricity and (at least initially) a WiFi connection. I see this as a problem.
On the other hand, if we have a SHTF event, dragging my thousands of hardcover books around with me is going to be a big problem, too.
Just not comfortable with the idea that the received wisdom of 2500 years of Western Civilization might slip away from us. There are untold riches of cultural experience, our whole intellectual foundation, that are found only in printed books.