[Leica] Kindle Praise

[robert.rose at mac.com (Robert Rose)]

I am never without my Kindle.  Well, almost never.

I got the first Kindle about 4 months after it was released.  I bought  
the Kindle 2 on the day it was released, and loan the first Kindle to  
friends so that they can read books I want to share with them.  I have  
already ordered the Kindle DX.  I even have the Kindle App on my  
iPhone, so that I can read a book if I forget the Kindle, and it syncs  
to the right page when I pick up the Kindle.  I guess that makes me a  
Kindle nerd, or maybe a Kindle junkie.

I suppose that this is the ultimate adult ADD machine.  You can carry  
a whole library with you, and jump from book to book as the mood  
hits.  ;-)  Hundreds of books on the machine, and unlimited in  
archive, recallable in seconds.

It reads like a book, and is easy on the eyes.  You can bookmark  
pages, and underline text.  You can cut passages, and paste them into  
documents.  You can make notes.  You can change font size.  You can  
search your library for words or phrases.  I take it when I travel,  
and I never have to worry about carrying a small paperback instead of  
that big tome I really wanted.

I can read books while I exercise, without the book closing up on me,  
single handed.  I can turn on the voice reader to help me read while I  
am really working hard on the exercise bike.

You can send yourself documents to read.  You can search Gutenberg,  
and get any classic for free, and then send it to the Kindle.  The  
reason I want the DX version is that it will replace the laptop for my  
work.  My secretary can send me a document to read and I will be able  
to see the whole page at one time.  With the iPhone for email, and the  
Kindle DX, I won't need the laptop when I travel.

I also teach part-time, and I find it necessary to have a luggage cart  
to carry around the textbooks.  Once textbooks are formatted in pdf  
for the DX, an entire education can be carried on board.

So, it is the greatest thing since, well, my M8!  <g>

Bob Rose