Thinking of getting a kindle

[Northam Saint]

SWMBO just got me a Kindle for Christmas, it's gone away until then.

 

[monkeytennis]

I just got my kindle last week. I went for the one without the keyboard and i love it!!!

 

[shanky887614]

the differnces between them seem to be miner


the battery life is not as long (battery life is so long anyway so it wont bother you)

new one is lighter than one with keyboard

the new one has less memory but its unlikely you will fill it up anyway

 

[hunnymonster]

the differnces between them seem to be miner

The new/old* one is the pits :icon_razz:


*(delete according to preference)

 

[Hickdive]

Get a waterproof case for it and read in the bath.

 

[monkeytennis]

Do you have a waterproof case you can recommend?

 

[Hickdive]

I've got one called a BeachBuoy for the Kindle and an iDry for my iPhone.

 

[shanky887614]

I've got one called a BeachBuoy for the Kindle and an iDry for my iPhone.

thanks for that, will have to pick one up for mine

you can jailbreak them so you can have your own screensavers on them as well

 

[Dr Rick]

Unfortunately you can't - as far as I can tell - make it use the cover of the book you're reading as its rest state, which I'd what I want it to do.

 

[Pig Cat]

Unfortunately you can't - as far as I can tell - make it use the cover of the book you're reading as its rest state, which I'd what I want it to do.

Yes that would make sense really. One thing that I do miss about reading a 'real' book is seeing the cover each time I pick one up. When I start a new Kindle book it doesn't even begin at the cover page, I have to manually turn back if I want to see what it looks like.

 

[monkeytennis]

I agree it is annoying,. It also seems that amazon has made major firmware changes to the new kindle that is making custom screen savers almost impossible to do. I mean the Kobo has it so why not the kindle?

 

[hunnymonster]

I wish I knew what the fuss was about - I turn my Kindle off and that's the last time I look at it until I turn it on again.

 

[Pig Cat]

I wish I knew what the fuss was about - I turn my Kindle off and that's the last time I look at it until I turn it on again.

Well I for one am getting very upset about the whole thing and am seriously considering adding this to the 'things that get on your wick but you can do absolutely nothing about' thread. So there!

 

[hunnymonster]

So turn it off with a long slide on the power and it goes blank

 

[Boab]

I like to judge the book by it's cover, so I want to look and see if I am enjoying it before I start reading again.

 

[hunnymonster]

I like to judge the book by it's cover, so I want to look and see if I am enjoying it before I start reading again.

Have you been sucking on the alcoholic hand cleansing gel again?