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The Kindle Fire made a better reader than the Kindle Keyboard in my classroom usage. But saying this now, I would think the Paperwhite would have worked excellent if it had been out then.
The biggest problem of using the KK in the classroom was that you either have teachers who wouldn't turn on the lights, would put them midway, or put them all the way. In those instances, the screen goes from not being visible, to semi-visible, to a bunch of glare.
When you keep those factors in mind, the size of the DX wouldn't have been any better.
I also believe that if we had news apps that refreshed every morning/afternoon/night, instead of just paid subscriptions to magazines and very poorly formatted Kindle blogs, that people would be more enthusiastic about them today.
Most have given into the smartphone because it does things the Kindles don't, they have a better browsing experience, and they can check emails, and all the other PDA stuff that I can't believe no one bothered making applications to do such things.
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