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ProfCrash · 09-20-2010, 10:12 AM

I have the K1 and the DXG and love them both.

1) The bookstore is amazing. There are a ton of books available and they are well priced.

2) Customer Service is amazong. My Mom lost her DX a while back. I was able to call CS and they bricked her DX after 10 minutes of discussion. My MIL had some problems with her K2, she called CS and they sent a replacement immediatly. If you buy a book you don't want, you have 7 days to return it. The 30 day return policy is a great way to test the K3 and see if you enjoy it.

3) The device itself is easy to use. Read through the manual and fiddle with it for a few minutes and you are good to go.

4) Highlighting and taking notes is insanely east. I also like that you can go to a web site and print out your notes. That makes it a handy tool for folks who are editting a document or who are in school or in a book club.

5) The dictionary is wonderful. It is easy to access and calls up a definition.

6) Collections is quite possibly the best feature on the device. I have over 400 books on my DX. Collections has allowed me to sort and catalog the books in a way that makes sense to me. They are easy to set up and move books around.

7) No touch screen. Outside of the fact that this helps to save the battery life, it means not having to see fingerprints on my screen. Some folks are not bothered by this but the finger prints on my phone drive me nuts, I don't want to see them on my book.

8) The DXG battery life is long, long, long. I have gone for two weeks without having to recharge and probably could have gone longer. The K3 is suppose to last a month. If you travel a lot, especially if you travel internationally and will be on planes for a long period of time, the battery life is a must. I read for 13 hours in airports and on the plane travelling to Australia and didn't have to worry about charging my K1. I arrived at the hotel and home with a charge left.

9) Memory space. 4 GB of memory means lots of books without having the extra weight on a SD memory card slot.

10) Wireless. I would not buy an e-reader without the wireless option. I have bought many a book in the airport and from my bed. Being able to download what I want, when I want, and not need a computer is great.

09-20-2010, 10:12 AM	#16
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I have the K1 and the DXG and love them both. 1) The bookstore is amazing. There are a ton of books available and they are well priced. 2) Customer Service is amazong. My Mom lost her DX a while back. I was able to call CS and they bricked her DX after 10 minutes of discussion. My MIL had some problems with her K2, she called CS and they sent a replacement immediatly. If you buy a book you don't want, you have 7 days to return it. The 30 day return policy is a great way to test the K3 and see if you enjoy it. 3) The device itself is easy to use. Read through the manual and fiddle with it for a few minutes and you are good to go. 4) Highlighting and taking notes is insanely east. I also like that you can go to a web site and print out your notes. That makes it a handy tool for folks who are editting a document or who are in school or in a book club. 5) The dictionary is wonderful. It is easy to access and calls up a definition. 6) Collections is quite possibly the best feature on the device. I have over 400 books on my DX. Collections has allowed me to sort and catalog the books in a way that makes sense to me. They are easy to set up and move books around. 7) No touch screen. Outside of the fact that this helps to save the battery life, it means not having to see fingerprints on my screen. Some folks are not bothered by this but the finger prints on my phone drive me nuts, I don't want to see them on my book. 8) The DXG battery life is long, long, long. I have gone for two weeks without having to recharge and probably could have gone longer. The K3 is suppose to last a month. If you travel a lot, especially if you travel internationally and will be on planes for a long period of time, the battery life is a must. I read for 13 hours in airports and on the plane travelling to Australia and didn't have to worry about charging my K1. I arrived at the hotel and home with a charge left. 9) Memory space. 4 GB of memory means lots of books without having the extra weight on a SD memory card slot. 10) Wireless. I would not buy an e-reader without the wireless option. I have bought many a book in the airport and from my bed. Being able to download what I want, when I want, and not need a computer is great.