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Tyler_D · 02-21-2010, 07:37 AM

sxtal,

I have owned a kindle DX for about 8 months now and can give you my opinion of my US version DX.

Good: The screen size is nice. I haven't actually seen a kindle 1 or 2, but I've heard people say that you can fit an entire kindle 2 device within the borders of the DX screen. If your eyes are good I'd say that most scientific pdf documents are readable in portrait mode and the font enlarges in landscape. I have read for hours on my DX and have no more headache or eye fatigue than I would reading a book. It's easy for me to get into a book and the kindle isn't a distraction at all.

Bad: The pdf functionality is really quite limited right now. All you can do is read pdf files, add bookmarks, and do a basic search. No highlighting, adding notes, text to speech, or anything like that.

I love my DX and use it for reading and studying all the time. If they could improve the pdf functionality it would be about perfect.

02-21-2010, 07:37 AM	#24
Tyler_D Member Posts: 16 Karma: 106 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Kindle DX	sxtal, I have owned a kindle DX for about 8 months now and can give you my opinion of my US version DX. Good: The screen size is nice. I haven't actually seen a kindle 1 or 2, but I've heard people say that you can fit an entire kindle 2 device within the borders of the DX screen. If your eyes are good I'd say that most scientific pdf documents are readable in portrait mode and the font enlarges in landscape. I have read for hours on my DX and have no more headache or eye fatigue than I would reading a book. It's easy for me to get into a book and the kindle isn't a distraction at all. Bad: The pdf functionality is really quite limited right now. All you can do is read pdf files, add bookmarks, and do a basic search. No highlighting, adding notes, text to speech, or anything like that. I love my DX and use it for reading and studying all the time. If they could improve the pdf functionality it would be about perfect.