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| Brand: Amazon.com
Category: Amazon Devices
Buy New: $359.00
Rating:  5502 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 3 to 4 weeks
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| Customer Reviews:
 Best thing I ever purchased! November 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The "Kindle" is the best product I have ever purschased in my 56 years! I am an avid reader and the Kindle makes my life so much easier. No more driving to Sam's to get books. No more book clubs to hassle with. Just push a few buttons and "VOILA" you have any book you want at your disposal in seconds.
Patrick Hartman
Winter Haven, Fl.
Amazed...and Hooked on my Kindle November 17, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have never used an electronic book before and read hours of reviews before I finally decided to buy it. It's a pricey little gadget and I'm careful with my cash but I don't regret a penny.
I love the feel of paper and I was sure I wouldn't be able to get used to it but within minutes I was unaware that I was reading a screen. I even reached up to "turn" the page a few times! No eyestrain either. The screen is very sharp.
But the biggest selling point is that I no longer have to make a 50 mile round trip to the bookstore. I live in a rural area and even out here I get perfect wireless downloading from Amazon. I can get an entire book delivered to my Kindle in less than a minute! Now *that's* a doggone miracle!
It has a few design issues that hopefully will be corrected in an updated version - the page turning buttons are too large (they take up the entire sides of the device). This makes it difficult to hold and it's easy to turn a page by accident. However, you do get used to it. I also don't like that you cannot tell what page you are on (the page "numbers" are nonsensical). The battery seems to last quite a while - I read 3 books before I recharged. It's lighter than a hardbound and I like the protective cover. It's quite easy to order books - though I find that I browse Amazon on my computer first, then order the tile I want on my Kindle. It's much faster that way and saves the battery.
I'd buy it again in a heartbeat and another may end up in my husband's stocking for Christmas. It's a keeper.
If you like to read, you'll love to read on the Kindle November 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My wife is a librarian and had wanted a Kindle ever since she saw one. I looked at the Amazon site and was unimpressed, but bought it for her as her birthday present. After that, I rarely saw her without it. She was always reading it. After several months I took a closer look and asked her how the thing worked. She showed me and ten minutes later I downloaded a book so I could use it. It was incredible. My reading speed increased, I was less distracted, there was never any eyestrain, and I finished a long book [400 pages] in a week. Usually it would take me a month. I thought we could share it. My wife reluctantly agreed, but after two weeks, she informed me it was a "personal reading device" and if I liked it so much I should get my own. After what seems like 87 years of marriage, it was the first **anything** she didn't want to share! I figured that it would pay for itself after 10 books [I used the OPRAHWINFREY discount of $50]. I'm not a gadget freak, and this is no gadget. It is the best electronic device, besides a computer, I have ever used. If you read books you should at least get one in your hands for a few days and check it out. I have yet to fully explore it other than subscribe to the NYT, and I know it has a lot more going for it. My guess is that the vast majority of people who read it for a few hours, will get one asap. It's the best $330 I ever spent. Don't confuse it with an iPhone or computer. It's for print and I won't share mine either. So get your own :)
WARNING!!!! SCREEN BREAKS EASILY November 17, 2008
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have only had my Kindle one week and while trying to "hook" into the tab in the cover, I pressed too hard on the screen and it broke! I called Amazon immediately and I have to buy a new Kindle!^$#*@**#
Ugly but great November 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Kindle is a masterpiece of strange looking! But it is a great little device. It works perfectly, just as advertised. But it could be easier to hold if the page buttons were not so large. All in all, a great little reader.
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