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Shadowplay · 12-29-2012, 01:25 PM

Hello all, I'm mainly curious to see if others are having a similar experience here.

My main reading device is a Kindle 3. In conjunction with that I've used the Kindle apps on both Android (little slow, but that mainly was due to hardware) and Windows Phone 8 (works great).

I recently ended up with a Windows 8 tablet through my work: Samsung ATIV Smart PC 500T - runs the full version of Windows 8, not the RT (ARM) version. I've been trying the Windows 8 Kindle app on there and have found it is *really* slow at formatting pages, e.g. page turns, changing from portrait to landscape, changing font size, etc. Because the screen is larger than most tablets at 11.6" I actually like reading in landscape where with the Kindle app I get 2 columns of text so it's like having a paperback held open. Not sure if this adds to the sluggish performance.

Anyone else have any experience with this? I know a lot of the Metro Apps (or whatever Microsoft is calling them now) tend to be a bit sluggish, but this is ridiculously bad. At the worst takes as much as 4 or 5 seconds for a page turn! It averages maybe 2 full seconds for a page turn. Otherwise it's a surprisingly pleasant way to read, better than I had expected. I've just learned to try and time the page turn as I'm reading the last couple lines on the page so it'll turn right as I finish the page.

Thanks for any input you have.

12-29-2012, 01:25 PM	#1
Shadowplay Groupie Posts: 185 Karma: 1096228 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Colorado Device: Kindle Oasis	Kindle App for Windows 8 - incredibly slow Hello all, I'm mainly curious to see if others are having a similar experience here. My main reading device is a Kindle 3. In conjunction with that I've used the Kindle apps on both Android (little slow, but that mainly was due to hardware) and Windows Phone 8 (works great). I recently ended up with a Windows 8 tablet through my work: Samsung ATIV Smart PC 500T - runs the full version of Windows 8, not the RT (ARM) version. I've been trying the Windows 8 Kindle app on there and have found it is really slow at formatting pages, e.g. page turns, changing from portrait to landscape, changing font size, etc. Because the screen is larger than most tablets at 11.6" I actually like reading in landscape where with the Kindle app I get 2 columns of text so it's like having a paperback held open. Not sure if this adds to the sluggish performance. Anyone else have any experience with this? I know a lot of the Metro Apps (or whatever Microsoft is calling them now) tend to be a bit sluggish, but this is ridiculously bad. At the worst takes as much as 4 or 5 seconds for a page turn! It averages maybe 2 full seconds for a page turn. Otherwise it's a surprisingly pleasant way to read, better than I had expected. I've just learned to try and time the page turn as I'm reading the last couple lines on the page so it'll turn right as I finish the page. Thanks for any input you have.