Reviews on "kindle" ebook/pdf reader, anyone?

[Albeniz]

Folks,

 

Tired of bringing heavy books, notes, newspapers and music scores around. Thinking of storing these files in an electronic form and then read them comfortably wherever I go.

 

It could free up some space in my bookshelf and has fewer chances for dust to collect on the hardcopy books (I have an ultra-sensitive nose).

 

Ipad would be good but is too expensive at this the moment. A close alternative might be

[Soho]

eh bro... its the amazon kindle right? my fren using.... its black n white and i think u can put pdf, mirco soft words inside... no games not internet no nth i think ... not bad v light and small...

[Chewbacca]

  On 10/13/2010 at 5:52 AM, Soho said:

eh bro... its the amazon kindle right? my fren using.... its black n white and i think u can put pdf, mirco soft words inside... no games not internet no nth i think ... not bad v light and small...

 

?

 

Kindle has wifi, I think?

 

I've not used it, but from what I've heard, serious readers prefer kindle....

 

[Dankoo]

cos its using e-ink...its as near to real ink and you need external light source to read just like a real book...just note that you can only read PDF (no reflow) and books from Amazon store. Its nice and light. I switched to iPad last min after ordering Kindle as I prefer to have multiple functionalities. You also cannot digital books from our National lib...

[Albeniz]

Just wondering.

If I convert a

[Sosaria]

E-books displayed on Kindle are almost like real paper. Doesn't strain your eyes, unlike other electronic displays. The e-ink display stays on even when the Kindle is switched off. But just like real paper, you need a light source to read.

 

For sure it has wi-fi and a browser for you to download more e-books, but everything's in black and white only.

[Ahseng]

How does one convert books and other kinds of paper printed material into digital format? tear out and scan page by page? then put into whatever reader of your choice ?

 

 

[Icedbs]

  On 10/13/2010 at 6:22 AM, Albeniz said:

Just wondering.

If I convert a

[Albeniz]

  On 10/13/2010 at 6:24 AM, Ahseng said:

How does one convert books and other kinds of paper printed material into digital format? tear out and scan page by page? then put into whatever reader of your choice ?

 

For me, I will use a digital camera to take photo of the pages and then

[Jman888]

kindle is comfortable on eyes and lighter with the size of a normal book

[Albeniz]

  On 10/13/2010 at 6:26 AM, Icedbs said:

First of all, the kindle application, whether it is install in the PC, Ipad, iphone or the kindle device itself is meant to display kindle books that you buy from amazon.

 

I am not even sure how do you open up a pdf file inside kindle application not to say a jpg.

 

But of course, maybe the kindle device itself is different. My experience is only the kindle application on ipad where I use ipad to read kindle books.

http://www.labnol.org/gadgets/amazon-kindl...documents/8455/

From the above link, it seems that the newer version of kindle DX has the capability to read pdf files on top of kindle-based format.

Reading of image-based pdf files seems to be possible except that no manipulation could be done.

Edited October 13, 2010 by Albeniz

[Gizmore]

I have the second gen Kindle.

 

The reason for me to buy Kindle is because I have run out of space for my novels and bringing a book is really a chore due to size and weight. The Kindle is small and light. Most importantly, I operate (flip the pages) it using one hand via the side buttons.

 

If you are a serious reader, you will love the Kindle.

 

That said, Kindly is not really suitable for material that contain colors since the Kindly is incapable of color display. Therefore the experience will be very poor. Also, for PDF, I think the Kindly does not support realignment. That means, if you zoom in, you will have to scroll from left to right to read the entire paragraph.

 

A single full charge can last me a good 2-3 mths depending on my reading time. And yes, the Kindly has wifi. It has a built in experimental browser. But I can tell you to forget about using the web browser since most webpages now have fancy scripting and flash content which the browser cannot handle.

 

[Count-Bracula]

  On 10/13/2010 at 5:38 AM, Albeniz said:

Folks,

 

Tired of bringing heavy books, notes, newspapers and music scores around. Thinking of storing these files in an electronic form and then read them comfortably wherever I go.

 

It could free up some space in my bookshelf and has fewer chances for dust to collect on the hardcopy books (I have an ultra-sensitive nose).

 

Ipad would be good but is too expensive at this the moment. A close alternative might be

[Count-Bracula]

Got Kindle Fire also, you may want to take a look.

[Rosschang]

  On 7/13/2012 at 7:07 AM, Count-Bracula said:

Got Kindle Fire also, you may want to take a look.

 

Kindle Fire is not e-ink. iz LED... e-ink hore like me dun like it... LOL LOL...

[Damienic]

  On 7/13/2012 at 7:07 AM, Count-Bracula said:

Got Kindle Fire also, you may want to take a look.

 

can we find most titles available (both fiction and non-fiction) on kindle e-books?

[Donut]

  On 7/13/2012 at 7:07 AM, Count-Bracula said:

Got Kindle Fire also, you may want to take a look.

 

i ever thought of getting this. so if i buy from this local seller, all downloads are free?

 

sorry, but i still cannot understand how does the e-books works. i get conflicting messages

[Dark]

  On 10/13/2010 at 6:26 AM, Icedbs said:

First of all, the kindle application, whether it is install in the PC, Ipad, iphone or the kindle device itself is meant to display kindle books that you buy from amazon.

 

I am not even sure how do you open up a pdf file inside kindle application not to say a jpg.

 

But of course, maybe the kindle device itself is different. My experience is only the kindle application on ipad where I use ipad to read kindle books.

 

The kindle app on android is able to open pdf files but no reflow so not exactly good as a pdf reader.