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nurseshelly · 05-05-2016, 07:27 PM

So, my Kindle Oasis has arrived - Yay!
I love it with a few reservations that I think will disappear as I get accustomed to it.
It is almost too thin to hold onto, which is almost impossible to believe.
If they hadn't made one end thicker I wouldn't ever want to use it without the cover.
It's a little slippery to hold without the cover as well.
My only other issue is it is such a pain downloading the books I want to store on the device all at once from the cloud. I have high speed internet. It seems like the wifi on the Kindle is a lot slower than the wifi on my tablet. However once I switched from trying to download from the cloud on my device to downloading from the cloud on my computer to my device, things went a lot better. The kindle actually crashed a few times when I was trying to download from my kindle.

Now that all of the downloading is over with I can just relax and enjoy reading.
I enjoy reading on it a lot.
I love the size and I do like the shape of it a lot. I know a lot of people don't like the shape but it was one of the reasons I wanted the Oasis and not the Voyage.
It fits into my purse really nicely without adding any noticeable weight to it. I will probably bring this a lot more places than my tablet which was a lot heavier - or my past kindles which were a lot larger.
Now that I have my most favorite 1000 books on it I feel complete (LOL!).
It did make me realize I have only a few books I love as much as some from 2008 when I had a boat load of favorites in my cloud. Of course 2008 was when I got my first kindle and loaded it up with all of my favorites of all time that were available in digital format so it's not a fair comparison.
Anyway I love it and can't wait to get more hours on it

P.S. I do see some really light differences in brightness or cones of light where the LEDs are along the sides. I don't notice a difference in color from one side to the other or from top to bottom. It doesn't bother me.
P.P.S. The bubbles in the screen saver that came from Amazon that are impossible to get rid of are way more annoying!

05-05-2016, 07:27 PM	#188
nurseshelly Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 266734 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Arizona Device: galaxy tab, kindle oasis	So, my Kindle Oasis has arrived - Yay! I love it with a few reservations that I think will disappear as I get accustomed to it. It is almost too thin to hold onto, which is almost impossible to believe. If they hadn't made one end thicker I wouldn't ever want to use it without the cover. It's a little slippery to hold without the cover as well. My only other issue is it is such a pain downloading the books I want to store on the device all at once from the cloud. I have high speed internet. It seems like the wifi on the Kindle is a lot slower than the wifi on my tablet. However once I switched from trying to download from the cloud on my device to downloading from the cloud on my computer to my device, things went a lot better. The kindle actually crashed a few times when I was trying to download from my kindle. Now that all of the downloading is over with I can just relax and enjoy reading. I enjoy reading on it a lot. I love the size and I do like the shape of it a lot. I know a lot of people don't like the shape but it was one of the reasons I wanted the Oasis and not the Voyage. It fits into my purse really nicely without adding any noticeable weight to it. I will probably bring this a lot more places than my tablet which was a lot heavier - or my past kindles which were a lot larger. Now that I have my most favorite 1000 books on it I feel complete (LOL!). It did make me realize I have only a few books I love as much as some from 2008 when I had a boat load of favorites in my cloud. Of course 2008 was when I got my first kindle and loaded it up with all of my favorites of all time that were available in digital format so it's not a fair comparison. Anyway I love it and can't wait to get more hours on it P.S. I do see some really light differences in brightness or cones of light where the LEDs are along the sides. I don't notice a difference in color from one side to the other or from top to bottom. It doesn't bother me. P.P.S. The bubbles in the screen saver that came from Amazon that are impossible to get rid of are way more annoying!