Kindler Fire for reading ?? - Page 2

Blossom · 01-05-2012, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JuniperPearl

I've been using my Fire for everything lately, since it's new and shiny and all, but honestly... I prefer my K2 for reading. In the dark (and most of my reading is done at night, in bed, with poor lighting) the lowest of the Fire's brightness settings is still too bright for my eyes. I find that my K2 with a clip-on light is much easier on my eyes in a dark room.

The Fire can be used for reading - and I use it for reading all the time - but I vastly prefer eInk over the Fire's LCD.

Get the ScreenDim app and you can read at night! I agree it's much too bright without the app but with the app you can read on it just fine.

salsaguy · 01-06-2012, 12:56 AM

Juniper..there is now an app to help you lower the Fires brightness way way down

http://www.amazon.com/Omega-Centauri...5829379&sr=1-1

hoosiermama · 01-06-2012, 10:41 AM

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I read at night using the Kindle Fire, in the day I use the kindle 3.

I find myself using my Touch to read at lunch (at work), but the Fire for reading at night at home. I know I'll use the Touch for reading outside in the spring/summer/fall. For reading in a dark room, I use ScreenDim to make it most comfortable for me. I've actually been surprised at how much reading I've been doing on the Fire. It's been a nice surprise for me.

JustDennis · 01-10-2012, 10:46 AM

I was also surprised by how much I read on the Fire. Reading at night is much better and I have been doing all my daytime reading on the fire as well. The only exception is when I want to read outside in the sunlight and I switch back to my DX.

GhostKobold · 01-10-2012, 12:17 PM

PDF's and Comics are better on the fire.
For everything else I prefer eink.

carld · 01-16-2012, 05:52 PM

I'm not finding my fire as good as my K3 for reading regular text, except at night. The screen is still a bit too twitching and I accidentally bring up the location, and top and bottom bars far too many times. It's certainly good enough, but I wish it was a little smoother.

Dragonfly310 · 01-16-2012, 09:14 PM

I guess I'm one of the weird ones that prefer the backlight over e-ink. No, I can't read from the kfire outside, but I rarely read outside anyway.

Andy_T · 01-17-2012, 07:57 AM

I use my Kindle Fire mainly for reading (and a little bit of web browsing) and love it. Before, I had a Kindle 3 Keyboard, but I broke its display after about a month of using it.

Both are great for reading, the eInk device possibly a little better so. But given its fragility and the fact that I am already spending way too much money on electronic devices, I sold the replacement Kindle 3 Keyboard I got from Amazon to somebody else and am now using only the Fire.

Best regards,
Andy

PS: I just checked, I've read about 15 books with about 10,000 pages on my Kindle Fire since I got it last year, so it is definitively usable for reading books ;-)

cvkemp · 01-17-2012, 03:08 PM

I just got my Kindle Fire and I love it. But I also have the Kindle 3 and I love it too. I am using my Kindle fire a lot for reading an also the web and I use my Kindle 3 for reading mostly when I am out on my porch rocking or in my car waiting on my wife at times.

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01-06-2012, 12:56 AM	#17
salsaguy Addict Posts: 381 Karma: 30500 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle Fire (1st Gen), Kindle Touch, KFHD 8.9 No Ads	Juniper..there is now an app to help you lower the Fires brightness way way down http://www.amazon.com/Omega-Centauri...5829379&sr=1-1

01-10-2012, 10:46 AM	#19
JustDennis Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle DXi, Kindle Fire	I was also surprised by how much I read on the Fire. Reading at night is much better and I have been doing all my daytime reading on the fire as well. The only exception is when I want to read outside in the sunlight and I switch back to my DX.

01-10-2012, 12:17 PM	#20
GhostKobold Member Posts: 10 Karma: 7240 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle 4g, Kindle Fire, Nook ST	PDF's and Comics are better on the fire. For everything else I prefer eink.

01-16-2012, 05:52 PM	#21
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I'm not finding my fire as good as my K3 for reading regular text, except at night. The screen is still a bit too twitching and I accidentally bring up the location, and top and bottom bars far too many times. It's certainly good enough, but I wish it was a little smoother.

01-16-2012, 09:14 PM	#22
Dragonfly310 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: none	I guess I'm one of the weird ones that prefer the backlight over e-ink. No, I can't read from the kfire outside, but I rarely read outside anyway.

01-17-2012, 07:57 AM	#23
Andy_T Evangelist Posts: 431 Karma: 5121676 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Hannover, Germany Device: iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, Kindle KB, NT, Fire, PW II	I use my Kindle Fire mainly for reading (and a little bit of web browsing) and love it. Before, I had a Kindle 3 Keyboard, but I broke its display after about a month of using it. Both are great for reading, the eInk device possibly a little better so. But given its fragility and the fact that I am already spending way too much money on electronic devices, I sold the replacement Kindle 3 Keyboard I got from Amazon to somebody else and am now using only the Fire. Best regards, Andy PS: I just checked, I've read about 15 books with about 10,000 pages on my Kindle Fire since I got it last year, so it is definitively usable for reading books ;-)

01-17-2012, 03:08 PM	#24
cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,430 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 6 SE, Fire HD8	I just got my Kindle Fire and I love it. But I also have the Kindle 3 and I love it too. I am using my Kindle fire a lot for reading an also the web and I use my Kindle 3 for reading mostly when I am out on my porch rocking or in my car waiting on my wife at times.

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