WSJ: The Latest Kindle: Bigger, Not Better, Than Its Sibling
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WSJ reviews the Kindle DX in this article, concluding that the Kindle 2 remains the reviewer's go-to option for standard books, but that the larger screen and expanded storage capacity are nice touches, and that it would be a great replacement for college textbooks given their cost and weight.
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Unfortunately, I've been testing the Kindle DX and I didn't like it nearly as much as the Kindle 2, which I own and enjoy using daily. While it performs its promised tasks adequately, I found that its size and weight made it awkward and tiring to hold for long periods of reading. It's still fairly thin and light, but it's 85% larger and heavier than the standard Kindle.
In addition, Amazon has degraded the user interface. To prevent the device from being even larger, the company had to remove the left-side page-turning buttons, confining all the controls to a vertical strip on the right. The keyboard at the bottom is also more vertically cramped.
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Although I wasn't able to test college textbooks, I suspect they may be the killer app for this product. Many already are so expensive and heavy they could make the weight and price of the Kindle DX seem trivial in comparison.
But for standard books, I'd stick with the smaller, more comfortable Kindle 2.
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