Product Description Sleek & Trim Kindle DX is as thin as most magazines. Just over a third of an inch in profile, you'll find Kindle DX fits perfectly in your hands. International Coverage: Enjoy 3G wireless coverage at home or abroad in over 100 countries. Beautiful Large Display Kindle DX's large display is ideal for a broad range of reading material, including graphic-rich books, PDFs, newspapers, magazines, and blogs. Kindle DX's display is two and a half times the size of the Kindle display. Whether you're reading the latest bestseller or a financial report, text and images are amazingly sharp on the 9.7" screen. Auto-Rotating Screen By simply turning the device, you can immediately see full-width landscape views of maps, graphs, tables and Web pages. Built-In PDF Reader Unload the loose documents from your briefcase or backpack, and put them all on Kindle DX. From neighborhood newsletters to financial statements to case studies and product manuals--you can take them all with you on Kindle DX. Native PDF support allows you to carry and read all of your personal and professional documents on the go. With Amazon's Whispernet service, you can send your documents directly to your Kindle DX and read them anytime, anywhere. 5-Way Controller Kindle DX has an easy-to-use 5-way controller, enabling precise on-screen navigation for selecting text to highlight or looking up words. Simple to Use, No Computer Required Kindle DX is completely wireless and ready to use right out of the box--no setup, no cables, no computer required. Long Battery Life - Read for Days Without Recharging With Kindle DX's long battery life, you can read on a single charge for up to 4 days with wireless on. Turn wireless off and read for up to 2 weeks. Battery life will vary based on wireless usage, such as shopping the Kindle Store and downloading content. In low coverage areas or in 1xRTT only coverage, wireless usage will consume battery power more quickly.
Returned....unfortunatelyMarch 12, 2010 B. Brandt(Dodgeville, Mi United States) Unfortunately I had to return this. It was intended as a present for my neo-luddite father who does not use a computer. Because there was no reception at his house (and he could not download from the computer he refuses to use) he could not use this. I think that we would have loved it if there had been Sprint cell reception. I have to say though that I debated for a long time before I purchased this because I didn't want to get stuck with it if he didn't like it or couldn't use it for some reason and there was some hassle with the return. I contacted Amazon before I bought it and they sent me details about their return policy which looked pretty straight forward. When I finally did return it I was very leery of the outcome, but everything went completely smoothly, AND the return label that I shipped it with only decreased my refund by $2.98. I was extremely happy with the experience...even though the item was not kept.
Larger size is much better for meMarch 12, 2010 T. OGrady-Walsh(Washington D.C.) This size is far better for quick readers.
- With the smaller Kindle at normal font, you're turning pages every few seconds.
- With the DX, I turn pages similar to a paper book.
- I do miss the page-turn buttons on the left hand side though.
- Bonus: school-age boys are far more interested in reading on the Kindle because "it's cool." And with the Kindle, I always have a book available for them to read redardless of where we are
- I also find I read the newspapers more throughly than I do in hard copy, again because I can pick it up and come back to it many times during the day
- The E-ink will keep me with the Kindle vs the back-lit competitors--FAR earlier on the eyes!
Well WORTH every cent!
wouldn't buy another oneMarch 12, 2010 EDWARD ROBINSON(Boca Raton, Fl, US) I wouldn't buy another one. First, I have all kinds of problems with the machine. I do not believe it performs properly. I also miss something that I never realize exists about reading a real book .
I also found the tabs that hold the kindle in the cover broke off easily
Some limitations which should be removedMarch 12, 2010 Giancarlo Ghirardi(Trieste, Trieste Italy) I want to point out that the fact that the possibility of enlarging the text even for pdf's that I have charged on my Kindle by sending them to you and paying for adapting them to Kindle seems to me not fully correct. You have stated that clearly so I am not raising a question of politeness. But for somebody like me (a scientists) who mainly wants to put many scientific papers in the Kindle to have them at his disposal when he is around the world delivering conferences and so on, to read on the Kindle a page, just to mention a specific case, of The Physical Review (even if you turn the Kindle around) is not an easy task.
I realy enjoy my Kindle DXMarch 12, 2010 Michael Farmer(Prescott, AZ) The Kindle DX is perfect for its intended purpose. I have Macular Degeneration and the font choices make reading so much easier than most books. I bought a couple of Bibles but find it too cumbersome to navaigate to different verses to use in church. I wish that my cell phone and digital camera was as easy to view as the Kindle screen. It has everything I want except color. As an artist, it would be nice to be able to download photos of my artwork and use the Kindle as a portfolio. I also find browsing for books cumbersome on the KIndle - it is much easier to surf the amazon.com website to find books. Overall, I am very pleased with this reader.
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