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l1n1234 · 05-05-2008, 01:13 PM

Wanted to thank everyone for their input as it helped me immensely. Also to follow up on my decision.

I ended up getting the Kindle with the hope that Amazon will make other dictionaries available and if needed could always make my own mobipocket dictionary as Wallcraft said.

Here is my experience with the Kindle so far for anyone trying to make similar choices.

1. Ergonomics is perfectly fine. This was my biggest worry because on all the videos from Amazon and on Youtube the Kindle looked so unwieldy, bulky, and with misplaced next page button. In real life the thing is thin, light, fits well in the hand and the next page button is very useable and not an issue at all. Even my 7 year old daughter has no problem using the Kindle.

2. The default dictionary, The New Oxford American Dictionary is very capable. Lookup works very well and is snappy.

3. The Kindle is very feature rich with search, keyboard, select wheel, 6 fonts, show time, picture viewer, Igorsk keyboard shortcuts, etc. Ironically while the Kindle was designed for simple use I could see it appealing much more to a power use that could manipulate all of its feature. For instance, I find myself getting around the lack of PDF support by converting to jpg, cutting the page in thirds, rotating to landscape orientation, and using the picture viewer function in fullscreen 800x600 resolution and it is quite high quality.

4. Finally when you add on the wireless capabilities I find it just puts the device over the top. But even if you never turn on the wireless I find the Kindle a very functional ereader.

Thanks again everyone.

Lo

05-05-2008, 01:13 PM	#25
l1n1234 Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 109 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: kindle	Wanted to thank everyone for their input as it helped me immensely. Also to follow up on my decision. I ended up getting the Kindle with the hope that Amazon will make other dictionaries available and if needed could always make my own mobipocket dictionary as Wallcraft said. Here is my experience with the Kindle so far for anyone trying to make similar choices. 1. Ergonomics is perfectly fine. This was my biggest worry because on all the videos from Amazon and on Youtube the Kindle looked so unwieldy, bulky, and with misplaced next page button. In real life the thing is thin, light, fits well in the hand and the next page button is very useable and not an issue at all. Even my 7 year old daughter has no problem using the Kindle. 2. The default dictionary, The New Oxford American Dictionary is very capable. Lookup works very well and is snappy. 3. The Kindle is very feature rich with search, keyboard, select wheel, 6 fonts, show time, picture viewer, Igorsk keyboard shortcuts, etc. Ironically while the Kindle was designed for simple use I could see it appealing much more to a power use that could manipulate all of its feature. For instance, I find myself getting around the lack of PDF support by converting to jpg, cutting the page in thirds, rotating to landscape orientation, and using the picture viewer function in fullscreen 800x600 resolution and it is quite high quality. 4. Finally when you add on the wireless capabilities I find it just puts the device over the top. But even if you never turn on the wireless I find the Kindle a very functional ereader. Thanks again everyone. Lo