I still have mine and it still works. I use it once in a while and when I do, I am reminded of how it was the best ergonomic shape for my hands for reading.
The large buttons are such a pleasure to use with my bad wrists.
None of my other kindles, including the paperwhite give me such a pain free reading experience. I think its because I never had to move my thumb of finger to change the pages. Just a slight down press.
With the PW I have to rotate my joints and over time I do feel fatigue.
And the shiny bar is magical.
