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07-05-2009, 01:51 AM | #17 | |
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07-05-2009, 01:54 PM | #18 |
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Thanks for all the feedback. I just packed up the DX to be returned. Too bad. Really liked that huge screen and Amazon's excellent dictionary support. The deciding factor ultimately was the weight and inability to surf the web. It couldn't access even a few webpages without stalling or crashing.
I still have a Jetbook which is a very nice light, portable device. It's LCD display is as good and in some ways better than eink. Only downside is the lame English-English dictionary that is included. |
07-05-2009, 03:06 PM | #19 |
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I've had my DX for nearly three weeks now and while there are many things to like about it, I do have some disappointments, notably the way it handles PDFs. I got it because of the larger screen size and so-called "native" PDF handling. Changing the orientation helps somewhat, but the inability to control font size etc. leaves them too hard for me to read (I am blind in one eye).
I can also compensate for the DX weight by shifting to the horizontal orientation which makes it a tad easier to balance. The keyboard size makes it very difficult for me to use and I peck at the keys with fingernails not fingers because they are so small. If I decide to keep the DX since I do like the larger screen very much, I will probably get a Decagirl skin in a dark tone which should make the e-paper seem lighter to the eye. I do wish there was also a way to navigate quickly to the end of a document and I haven't found a way to do that expeditiously yet. There must be a shortcut for it somewhere. Finally, the text to speech function is a real plus for me and I will not be buying any Random House publications because they have specifically disabled TTS. Oh yes, Folders. Definitely needed for the larger storage capacity in the DX. Nuff said for now. |
07-10-2009, 02:37 AM | #20 |
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I returned my DX to Amazon. I had looked forward to this reader with its pdf support as well as its larger screen, but it felt bulky, heavy, hard, and cold (in a steely way) to my hand. The final deal breaker for me was the lack of a left side button. I'm probably the exception to the rule, but I LOVE my Kindle 1. The K-1 feels like satin paper. I am reminded of a high quality book with I run my thumb over the front of it. I like the SD card slot. I like the rubber back. I even like (well, mostly) the included leather cover. None of the new Kindles seem to offer the feel or quite the same sort of reading experience of the first Kindle. I wish Amazon would go back to it's funky K-1 roots. Not everything needs to look like a technological wonder. The feeling that I get when I slide my thumb over the K-1's smooth exterior is akin to the emotional response so many seem to have when reading a tree book.
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07-10-2009, 11:08 AM | #21 | |
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