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Kindle: Amazon's Wireless Reading Device

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Brand: Amazon.com
Category: Amazon Devices

Buy New: $359.00

Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

5027 reviews
Sales Rank: 1

Color: Bisque
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.7

UPC: 892685001003
EAN: 0892685001003
ASIN: B000FI73MA

Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Features:

•	Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
•	Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
•	Wireless connectivity enables you to find, buy, and read instantly—whether you’re in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed.
•	Shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindle.
•	Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.

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Customer Reviews: Read 4990 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

A Life Changing Device October 15, 2008
David Edmiston
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Plenty has already been said here about the Kindle. I'll just add that this device has changed my life (and also mention a couple of criticisms).

There are a small number of devices that I can say have changed my life:

* Cell phones have changed the way I communicate.
* GPS has changed the way I get around.
* TiVo has changed the way I watch TV.

And now the Kindle has changed the way I read. I read WHAT I want, WHEN I want, and WHERE I want. All I have to do is remember to keep the Kindle charged (just a few times a week) and remember to bring it with me everywhere I go.

I've become a more informed reader, because I can quickly look up every single word I don't know. I no longer assume I know what some of these words mean and I no longer cop out because I'm too lazy to go grab the dictionary in the other room. Very cool.

I've always been an avid reader, but now I'm reading even more than ever.

This device has truly improved my life.

My only complaints (I'll leave out most of the ones that have already been covered in other reviews):

* It was expensive. $350 was a big investment--even bigger since I bought one for my wife and one for myself.

* The book pricing is inconsistent. That's not Amazon's fault, because the publishers set the prices. Hopefully the publishers will become educated soon enough and lower their Kindle book pricing to match readers' expectations. I would say that 99.9% of Kindle buyers expect the e-books to be cheaper than paper books.

* Tough to organize books on the Kindle device. I know this topic has been beat to death, but Amazon really needs to implement this software change and roll out an update to current customers. The ability to organize document files into folders would be a HUGE improvement.

Do these few flaws stop me from giving it five stars? Nope. It's still a five star device.

5 out of 5 stars

Seeing is Believing October 15, 2008
KHofer (Shakopee, MN United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I have been looking at this for my son. He loves electronic gadgets but doesn't get in enough reading. His 13th birthday was coming up so we bought him one. He has to read books for his LA grade each quarter and it is always cramming them in at the last minute. This quarter he was done at the mid-term. We are impressed!

4 out of 5 stars

cover/battery October 15, 2008
K. Nalysnyk (Chicago, Illinois)
On the whole, I have been very happy with the Kindle product. There have been a few fustrations. 1. The battery cover is not very secure. It has loosen twice in three weeks. 2. The more that is downloaded, the slower the unit becomes. and 3. The unit is not very secure in the cover provided. The tabs used to hold the unit in place are not very good

5 out of 5 stars

The Kindle October 15, 2008
Analee Trautmann (San Antonio, Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The Kindle is amazing and so easy to use, downloading books is a whiz. I recommend it highly.

1 out of 5 stars

Too expensive October 15, 2008
Susan (Plainfield, IL)
4 out of 20 found this review helpful

TOO EXPENSIVE! We pay almost $400 for the device & then $10 for each book? Talk about price gouging! & we purchase the books only from Amazon?

W/ the price you are charging, I think I'll wait for one on Ebay, Version 2, lower device/book prices OR competition that are much more affordable. I want & need one so badly (severe arthritis), but this is too much to ask anyone to purchase it for me. Let me know when they fall below $100 & offer many more books @ much lower prices.

Great idea, too high a cost. Please work on lowering the prices so more people can & will read using this device.

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