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When I was looking to upgrade my sony prs500 a couple years ago I got the Kindle 1. I hated it is was too big, heavy and I could not hold it without turning the pages. I know that when you are used to one type of form factor it can take awhile to get used to something different. So I did try for almost 3 weeks to exclusively use the Kindle but I still hated it and sent it back.

Now when the kindle 3 came out I was very hesitant to get one considering how much I didn't like the previous one I tried. I love the kindle 3 and would think even if I had liked the kindle 1 it would be very hard or impossible to go back to it. Unless the kindle 1 was very cheap (and even then I personally do not think it would be worth it) it probably isn't the best buy. Like Harry said the battery life is probably not very good. I know my 2 year old 505 battery life was notably starting to slow down.