Comments on: Kindle review

By: Steven Thomas

Steven Thomas — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:23:33 +0000

I am Chris Rippel’s colleague who owns the Kindle! I really like the review, and have just a couple of comments. I recently gave my Kindle II to a friend and purchased a new wifi Kindle. I like th new size, but do in some ways miss the number keys. Also, the new 5 way controller takes a bit of getting used to. It woks just fine, but I was used to feeling for the central “bump” and it just isn’t there any more. I have always used a leather cover on both my Kindle’s and really think it is more comfortable to hold them that way. I know they are heavier, but I think for me, it is the texture and the ‘feel’ that makes the difference. The new ‘pearl’ screen is definitely brighter. The download speeds are at least as good, and since I have wifi at home and at work, the lack of 3g service has not been a problem.

All in all, I think that I will also be keeping my Kindle, but would not mind having an iPad to test my resolve!

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:15:58 +0000

Great review, one of the best Iv’e read, its a shame we are still waiting for the Nook here in the UK, barnes & noble keep pushing back the release, although to be honest I doubt amazon are too worried, Kindle is doing very well here.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:16:12 +0000

Why is everyone comparing the ipad to the Kindle? They are two separate products, one of which is a specialist product manufactured solely for portable reading.

If you want an all-singing, all dancing product then ipad fits the bill. It can’t compete with the Kindle though for extended reading periods, as you rightly point out.

We need to remember why Kindle was produced. It is meant to resemble reading a paper book as closely as possbile – which is does very well indeed!

By: ipad vs kindle

ipad vs kindle — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:08:52 +0000

Thanks for the review, a lot of nice user experience info.

By: Skotl

Skotl — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:27:44 +0000

Good review – thanks. The Kindle 3, however, has changed the game as discussed at http://www.scottleckie.com/2010/09/kindle-3-a-game-changer/

Regards
Scott

By: Chris Rippel

Chris Rippel — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:19:31 +0000

I own a Nook. A colleague of mine has a Kindle.

I think Brandon’s review above is fair for writing in March 2010.

I agree the Kindle hardware appears sturdier than the Nook. The Kindle originally sold for $360. Amazon.com dropped the price to $260 to compete with the Nook. So purchasers of Kindles are getting $360 hardware for $260. So the Kindle seems like a better hardware deal than the Nook.

One thing not mentioned by the reviewer is that Kindle’s speakers are twice as big as those of the Nook and sound much louder. My Nook requires hooking up a headset or external speakers to hear clearly. The Nook sounds fine with these additions, but the Kindle sounds fine without them.

However, on April 24, 2010, Barnes and Noble updated Nook’s software. Page turning on the Nook is now, according to another source, one-tenth of a second slower than the Kindle. This seems correct to me.

Another site says Barnes and Noble offers more than twice as many books as Amazon. The fact that Nook reads epub formats seems to make more free e-books available than Kindle’s Mobipocket. In addition, the Nook’s software upgrade now has a Web browser works well which allows reading online html e-books.

Finally, the Nook also has two games.

I am happy I bought a Nook.

Chris Rippel
Great Bend, Kansas

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