yay got a kindle 2 refurb

[jj2me]

Originally Posted by paperwastage

playing around with the browser right now... full bars with the Sprint network... preliminary speed tests says 0.5mbps connection(this is not really a true test seeing that its 1: dependent on the other server's speed, 2: think that everything on the kindle is proxied through some server, 3: might be limited by the refresh/browser rate on the kindle

also, while browsing on the web for a long time, it says web browser out of memory, requires a restart
... if you try to go onto usps.com on the browser (after a clean restart), it'll complain about RAM... probably because of the image downloading and other stuff... need to disable images, or go to their mobile sites...

Just got my U.S. Kindle 2 refurb ($140) yesterday, and am very pleased with the browser performance, given my reduced expectations from what most others have said about it. A quite serviceable vacation or travel browser. For me and my needs, the browser is just about worth the price. I've used a 33 MHz PDA on dialup, and that is slow and clunky.

To get the decent performance, I try to stick with

• Basic mode
• Images disabled
• Mobile sites when available

But in spite of this, I'm thinking of returning it in favor of the Kindle 3, for it's higher contrast screen. It's just a strong personal dislike of the darkness of the current-gen Vizplex screens, I'm often bothered by it. A concern with such an exchange is that the AT&T network serving the Kindle 3 might provide poorer browser performance than this Sprint Kindle 2. If I knew in advance that this is true, I'd keep this Kindle 2.

[robb01]

Congrats!

[BVLarson]

Those are some scary pictures you've got there, PW. I would think you could get that replaced with no argument.