Amazon Kindle is a product of success, still quite unknown, but you can find this useful gadget for sale on the Internet. Although it is an exceptional product, sales were not as. And there are plenty of reasons; we could include even the price, around $ 189 plus shipping charges because Amazon Kindle is sold exclusively online. Lack of interest in this kind of products can be another reason for poor sales. We mention that you are not compelled to buy books for cost, but you can transfer them from your PC as text files and PDF-s, as long they don’t have DRM protection (Digital Rights Management).
With reference to its storage, the Kindle can store thousands of books in electronic format. Here’s how the investment becomes a positive stroke. We should see other advantages of this cultural champion. First of all, the screen is restful for the eye, because it hasn’t a light source behind and doesn’t reflect the light than in a very small proportion, and for this reason the image is similar with that one printed on the paper. At first sight, many people couldn’t believe that Amazon Kindle is a screen, but more a framed picture.
Amazon Kindle
The technology behind the display is called e-ink, and another advantage than the one described above is the energy consumption that tends to zero. Consumption occurs only when the millions of micro capsules that constitute the panel, positively or negatively charged, change their task. In practice, we refer to transitions that occur when you change page or write text on screen – the consumption is zero as long as the image is static. The Amazon Kindle model came to tests, was released in this summer and is the third iteration of the e-book reader produced by Amazon.
Amazon Kindle new version
Unlike its predecessors, Kindle 3 makes the following improvements: a screen contrast improved with 50%, elimination of almost all reflections, more legible characters, easier and more compact body, while keeping the screen size of 6 inches, autonomy increased to one month, storage increased by 100% – almost 3,500 books can now be stored, 3G and Wi-Fi connection to connect to the Internet (limited browsing by specifications and software implementation).
The newest Amazon Kindle advantages
As you can see in the pictures above, Kindle is an aesthetic device, slim and equipped with full-QWERTY keyboard, accompanied by a directional control pad. The left and right of the display are four buttons positioned for browsing, in the lower part are the volume keys, 3.5 mm jack, micro USB port and standby switch. On the back are two speakers. Although it can play MP3, Amazon Kindle is not specialized in this segment, offering the most simplified options. Accessing audio module is in the “Experimental” menu. Player is running in the background piece by piece, and the only options you have available are “Next” (ALT + F) and Stop (ALT + Space). However, this feature can be appreciated for such a gadget designed for reading books, newspapers and magazines. Another plus not only for implementation, but also for outstanding audio quality.
Replaying books in electronic format is the main function of Amazon Kindle. To purchase books, newspapers and magazines is necessary to connect to the Internet and access the browser designed for that purpose. Connecting does not imply any contract, but it’s good to know that any option you choose (3G or Wi-Fi), acquisitions that you will make you pay an additional variable fee. Talking about newspapers and magazines, based on the user account, you can choose to subscribe to various periods of time. Reading options include attending on the content, the page you want or jump to the top. It is possible to add “bookmarks”, notes or highlighting. If you want to look after a certain term, you only have to start typing it and the „Search” box will appear automatically. After confirmation, a list of passages that contain the searched term will display.
Outstanding audio quality
For the text of a page, you can choose the size and type font, spacing and number of words displayed on a line. Kindle has no accelerometer, but the menu gives you permission to change the screen orientation from portrait to panorama, and vice verse.
Also, regarding the reading chapter, we mention text-to-speech function, very useful if you have insomnia because the intonation is quite monotonous. Home page contains an ordered list according to your preferences by author, title, date of purchase or organized in collections.
The best reason to invest in it is that you have instant access, no effort, at all your favorite books but also at those that you’re going to read them in the future.
True portable library
True, no gadget compares to a real book, but Amazon Kindle, at least in terms of the displayed image is very close to classical reading. Pleasure to take a real book in hand, flip it and fell the smell of the pages may not be offered by such a product. But passing over the perception part, Kindle has many obvious qualities, but also a minor minus. Talking about Kindle’s pluses, here are some of the most important: true portable library, e-ink display restful to the eye – no lights, no presents reflections, you can change the size of fonts and screen orientation, Amazon Store access from anywhere via 3G or Wi-Fi, able to play music while reading, remarkable aesthetics and exceptional autonomy, thanks to e-ink technology. Curious about the Kindle’s minus? Well, the pages’ transition is through an animation effect (fast fading) somewhat annoying.
We do not think that this minor disadvantage will stop you to try reading in a different manner, more modern, or to combine several passions at the same time as reading books, listening to your favorite music and being up to date in what regards mass media. Besides the many advantages offered by Amazon Kindle, this disadvantage is insignificant, and in time you’ll get used to it. With such ingenious product is almost inevitable to not want to read as much as possible and to put yourself up to date in what regards literature, and not only.
