Backpocket storage

[Kumabjorn]

Are you happy to see me? Or is that a Kindle in your front pocket?

On a more serious note, I did not receive a sleeve with my Kindle 2i, so I bought a jacket from M-Edge and inside that it is too big for almost any pocket.
I live in an area (woods in southern Sweden) that has precious little crime so I don't really need to worry about thiefs or pickpockets. I would probably only carry it in my pocket when walking to the bus, but I can certainly see the point that if I forget I have it - and it is light enough that it is a distinct possibility - then I most certainly would get upset if I did break it. So it will stay out of my back pocket for the foreseeable future.

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

Are you happy to see me? Or is that a Kindle in your front pocket?

Good one!

Back in the old days before smartphones and ebook readers were all the rage, techie types had PDAs. PDAs were about the size of an iPhone and were uber expensive for their day. Much more expensive than an average reader today if you adjust the price to current monetary value. Almost weekly I would read of someone crying over their broken PDA because they kept it their back pocket, where it would easily fit. Front pants pockets are not as bad, but front shirt pockets are if you don't have a flap or button to keep the device from falling out when you bend over to tie your shoes or something. I have dropped a lot of stuff out of my front shirt pocket when bending to far forward, but luckily haven't broken anything yet.

I would also be careful with coat pockets. If you take the coat off and toss it in a chair, you or someone else might accidently toss something heavy on top of it.

[kindlekitten]

on that note I lost track of the number of (work issued) pagers that fell in the toilet

[catsittingstill]

Originally Posted by jswinden

Good one!

Back in the old days before smartphones and ebook readers were all the rage, techie types had PDAs. PDAs were about the size of an iPhone and were uber expensive for their day. Much more expensive than an average reader today if you adjust the price to current monetary value. Almost weekly I would read of someone crying over their broken PDA because they kept it their back pocket, where it would easily fit. Front pants pockets are not as bad, but front shirt pockets are if you don't have a flap or button to keep the device from falling out when you bend over to tie your shoes or something. I have dropped a lot of stuff out of my front shirt pocket when bending to far forward, but luckily haven't broken anything yet.

I would also be careful with coat pockets. If you take the coat off and toss it in a chair, you or someone else might accidently toss something heavy on top of it.

Guys get all the good pockets. Solution: buy guy shorts that are too big and take in the waist in a couple of pleats in back.

I really like the side cargo pockets. Sure, they aren't svelte, but they will hold pdas (or my iPod, which is now my PDA) or phones without either jamming them into your leg, or putting so much pressure on them that they break when you sit.

I do think the K2 is just a bit too big to fit in most of them, though, and when it does, I would think your hand would hit it when you walk. I wonder what the K3 would be like in that regard.

[TomF]

I have never in my life owned a pair of pants or shorts with any pocket big enough to carry a Kindle!

[JSWolf]

A 505 is smaller then a Kindle, but my shorts don't have pockets big enough to carry it.

[matt314159]

only time I carry anything like a cell phone or reader in my pocket is if I'm wearing cargo pants, then I might use a side pocket, but not the normal pockets, I'd be too worried about it.

[JSWolf]

I put my phone in my front pocket all the time if there is enough room. But as for an eink reader, never ever would I pocket one even if I had the room. Too easy to get broken.

[rcuadro]

Originally Posted by TomF

I have never in my life owned a pair of pants or shorts with any pocket big enough to carry a Kindle!

I use to wear coveralls at work and those things had big pockets

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rcuadro

I use to wear coveralls at work and those things had big pockets

Get a reader too big for those pockets so you can't ever be tempted to put your device in those pockets and risk damage.