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Originally Posted by applesauce
I do not get the need to turn a kindle into a book.
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I for one just like the feel of opening and closing the case like a book. Also, it's very handy in public transport when I need to put the Kindle away for half a minute when I need to show my card to the conductor. With the book-type case, I can just close the it and put the Kindle away somewhere to get the card out. With a sleeve, I would need to get the sleeve out first, put the Kindle in it, put the Kindle away, and then reverse the entire process to get it out again.
Also, often I must change from one train to another, and they are right next to each other, each on one side of the platform. I like to just shut the case and carry the Kindle while changing trains. I could of course carry the "naked" Kindle too, but....
I just like book-type cases, if (fairly) well made
I like it that when I stop reading, I can just close it like a book and put it onto the table instead of laying down "The Kindle". Hard to explain. Same reason why I like hardcover books. The cover has the added advantage that it can be folded back, unlike the hardcover books.
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Originally Posted by DreamWriter
When I purchased my Kindle Keyboard in late 2010, I also got the lighted cover. I used that all the time for about six months. It's great protection for the device, but I didn't like the extra weight and bulk, so I decided to buy this rubberized silicone skin from a seller on eBay. I love it! The skin makes the Kindle easy to hold and adds almost no weight.
At home I now read with the silicone skin and only use the Amazon lighted cover when traveling. |
I use a similar sort of skin / shell on my Nexus 4 smartphone. Normally I wouldn't use a skin or sleeve on my smartphone because it gets in the way to open it or get the phone out when it rings. I've never severely scratched a phone's body, and I've never scratched the (Gorilla glass) screen. However, with its glass back, thinness, and extremely slick feel, I am worried that the phone may take damage just from putting it down to hard a few times, or that I may drop it. Therefore I'm now using it with a TPU case similar to this one, but tailor made for the Nexus 4 of course.