One Month with the Amazon Kindle 2

I've had my Kindle 2 for about a month now, and I've read 3 full books while sampling about 50 others. While it's an expensive device at $359 + $29 for the cover, I've started carrying it along with me everywhere and I can't get enough of it.

Likes

• The e-ink screen is crisp and perfect for reading. It's like nothing most people have seen. When I show it to others, I've yet to find anyone who disagrees.
• Maintaining a steady, natural reading position is really an underrated feature. You can read anywhere and not feel weird about holding up something heavy.
• It brings back a regular reading habit. I love reading in general and I have to say I waste a lot of time surfing the Internet looking for stuff to read. The problem is that reading on a screen is tiring and I do it all day at work. It's great to be able to switch reading devices. I'd like to do all my reading this way. I definitely pay attention a lot more.
• Finding out of print books on Kindle. I had a few on my wish list that went out of print, but I found them on Kindle store.
• Somehow, I feel more balanced when I read. Weird but something I've noticed over the past 4 weeks.
• Kindle for iPhone! Having the ability to read a book, leave off on a certain page and pick up that page on my iPhone later is a tremendous luxury that will be very hard to give up if I ever switch readers. I always manage to in a few pages here and there while waiting in lines for food or checkouts.

Dislikes

• The click feel of the Next Page button on the right. It feels different than the Previous Page and Next Page buttons on the left side. It seemed like this on my co-worker's Kindle as well.
• No Wish List access on the Kindle? It sucks having to cross reference my Amazon wish list with the kindle store. I have to use a combination of downloading samples and the "Save for Later" feature in the Kindle store to keep track of books I want. It would also be nice to set an e-mail notification if a certain book or publisher starts releasing content on the Kindle store.
• No MS Press books. I was really hoping to carry a lot of the technical books that I read along with me.
• No Anthony Bourdain books. More content please!
• Confusion about the syncing. At what point does it sync? Sometimes when I turn off the wireless, the next time I open my book it's on a different page. I should research this some more.

 

I never thought I would jump onto the e-book reader wagon, but if Amazon and other companies can continue to improve on devices like the Kindle and continue to get content I'm anxious to see what comes down the pipeline.

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So I told Lizzy about how awesome your Kindle is. Now she really wants one! That's 360 bucks! Gee thanks...