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Originally Posted by GalinAZ
I got a Kindle as a gift. Why should I keep this thing? Here's the list of issues I have with it:
1) I can't add library e-books to it.
2) It doesn't have page numbers for the books like everything else published in the last 5 centuries
3) It has a teeny tiny keyboard instead of a touch screen like half a million phones manage to have
4) I can't read PDF documents (not the way they look on a PC anyway)
5) It's not a reading device it's a Amazon e-book selling device
6) I've got a PC (4, in fact) and a BB. I don't NEED another wireless device.
7) Searching for a "free" e-book on Amazon is frustrating. I don't want to read romance or "undiscovered" authors or born-again.
I figure I can sell this thing on Craigslist and for $200 get enough used paperbacks to last me until they come out with something truly useful.
Please convince me otherwise.
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You know what? Why bother? It's clear you cannot grasp the central concept behind ebooks - so please, do the world a favor - sell it at a loss.
Millions of people use Kindles every single day to read ebooks. Ebooks they purchase without having to tie themselves to a PC, covering just about every single book category on Amazon. And yes, they even manage to buy the books on the Amazon website using their PC and have the Kindle download them via Whispernet.
I used the PC for years. Then I added the miniscule screen on my Axim x51v to my reading-platform repertoire - and managed to increase my headaches. Yet within 15 minutes of receiving my first e-ink reader I was reading comfortably for hours on end - thanks of course to massive battery life that one cannot get with a cheap PDA - and with the ability to start reading in the bedroom, wander to the living room, sweep outside to the back porch and not ONCE have to unroll massive amounts of cable to keep a PC happy.
Please, give up the Kindle now. And lose the attitude.
Derek