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guiyoforward · 10-13-2010, 05:37 PM

After the runaway success of the Kindle 3 version of this post, I'm starting the KDXG one.
I had a DXG - I'm in academia and it seemed the right solution for reading PDFs. I got rid of it for everyday use because of its multiple limitations (for MY use, in any case) and I got a K3 for reading literature - webpages stored via Instapaper and others (not for academic journals and papers, the screen is too small).
So how would I change it? Note: please say whatever you feel like, but I just want to point out that I am starting these series of threads as a realistic feedback for Amazon, with the aim of having features incorporated evolutionary in the next version of the device. I mean comments of the type "improve keyboard" rather than "get a color, translucent touchscreen with auto reading and interpretation of texts"

HARDWARE
-The keyboard is horrible. Truly horrible, a pain to use. The K3's is so much better... It would be a huge mistake to stick to these chiclet oval keys in the next version.
-A WiFi version would make a lot of sense to me.
-Make it lighter. It's so heavy I couldn't use it to read in bed without propping it, I got backache.
-I definitely need a touchscreen for annotations - but the result in the Sony's is horrible. I wouldn't want it here, unless you come out with a better version.

SOFTWARE
-Needless to say, UPDATE THE SOFTWARE to the level of the K3 regarding PDFs. For X's sake, you are positioning this product as a premium version aimed at the academic and related markets, and you can't even change the PDF contrast, which makes anything in color almost unreadable...
-Updating the browser wouldn't hurt either.
-A PC side Collection manager.
-Hyphenation??

10-13-2010, 05:37 PM	#1
guiyoforward Zealot Posts: 101 Karma: 7104 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle DX Graphite	How would you change the Kindle DXG? After the runaway success of the Kindle 3 version of this post, I'm starting the KDXG one. I had a DXG - I'm in academia and it seemed the right solution for reading PDFs. I got rid of it for everyday use because of its multiple limitations (for MY use, in any case) and I got a K3 for reading literature - webpages stored via Instapaper and others (not for academic journals and papers, the screen is too small). So how would I change it? Note: please say whatever you feel like, but I just want to point out that I am starting these series of threads as a realistic feedback for Amazon, with the aim of having features incorporated evolutionary in the next version of the device. I mean comments of the type "improve keyboard" rather than "get a color, translucent touchscreen with auto reading and interpretation of texts" HARDWARE -The keyboard is horrible. Truly horrible, a pain to use. The K3's is so much better... It would be a huge mistake to stick to these chiclet oval keys in the next version. -A WiFi version would make a lot of sense to me. -Make it lighter. It's so heavy I couldn't use it to read in bed without propping it, I got backache. -I definitely need a touchscreen for annotations - but the result in the Sony's is horrible. I wouldn't want it here, unless you come out with a better version. SOFTWARE -Needless to say, UPDATE THE SOFTWARE to the level of the K3 regarding PDFs. For X's sake, you are positioning this product as a premium version aimed at the academic and related markets, and you can't even change the PDF contrast, which makes anything in color almost unreadable... -Updating the browser wouldn't hurt either. -A PC side Collection manager. -Hyphenation??