E-Readers
If you are looking for a review in Kindle 3 , you might have checked out other review websites that just merely copy directly from Amazone’s Kindle pages. If you just want information about Kindle’s specifications, you can go to Amazone’s website right now ..
But if you want to know what makes this generation of Amazon’s Kindle a great product for book lovers who want to read and do research, then read on.
If you want to know whether the kindle 3 is not such a fabulous product for you, I’ll discuss it too.i’ll share with you what you need to know so that you can decide if the kindle 3 is the best ebook reader for you.
After doing comprehensive research about the 3 most popular ebookreader,the Amazon kindle, the Sony reader touch and the Barn and Noble Nook, it occurred to me that many of us like some characteristics of a bound book, however, some of these actually cause some difficulties for some readers.
For example, people with poor eyesight, or arthritic hand, or any type of physical problem that makes it hard for them to handle a a real bound book over a long period of time, have admitted reading less and less as they get older.
If helping more people read more is the only reason the Amazon kindle 3 is a great product then that would be enough and that is exactly what is happening! People who stop reading or cut down on their reading because of poor eyesight or other physical issues are reading again and reading more and more. Thanks to this little e-Reader device!
The Amazon kindle 3 is the lightest of the major electronic readers with the weight of 8.5 ounces, which is as thin as a pecil (0.33 inches), and is about the size of a small notebook. These small dimensions make it easy for anyone who use it over a long period of time. In addition, the improve contrast for about 50% (compared to the kindle 2) reduces potential for eye strain and make it very comfortable for reading.
As a book lover, you will no longer have to decide which book to carry with you when you are away from home. With this electronic device, you can store about 3500 favorite ebooks and read them at anytime and anywhere you want. You just need to carry the library device with you! Try doing that with your bound books ?!!
And if you are a student or researcher who do a lot of research, reading and writing, the Amazon kindle 3 also has a lot of features that will make your life a whole lot easier, which will be discussed below.
Here are my 14 favorite features about the kindle 3:
1) It is super easy to use, self-supported and always ready to serve you. No need any software or computer.
2) Easy to hold in one hand, as light as a paperback, and never hot (such as those in many other electronic devices). It is also convenient to use the page-turning buttons located on both sides of the kindle.
3) Unbeatable price for what you get. $139 for the kindle 3 with WiFI and $189 for the kindle 3 with wifi and free 3G access. Thanks for the intense competition between Amazon kindle and the Barn and Noble Nook.
4) Built-in WiFiyou can download ebook directly and wirelessly to your kindle 3 if you have internet & a wireless rounter set-up at home or a WiFihotspotlocation.
5) Optical built-in 3G.with an additional $50,you can add this component which allows you to use the kindle 3 3G wireless network for free. You don’t need any internet or wireless routerin your home or in anywhere else. This technology is based on the same wireless signal that handphones use.
6) Big personal library: The Amazon Kindle 3 can store up to about 3500 ebooks for your pleasure. You can download an ebook from the Kindle store in less than 1 minute!! You can choose your books from an immense universe of booksin their store. Their ebook library has about 750000 books, or you can also download for free from a collection of about 1.8 million of out-of-copyright books. All of these out-of-copyright great books were published before 1923 that are now in the public domain and free for everyone, including downloading to your kindle 3!
7) Free sampling: you can download and read the first chapter of an ebook then decide whether you want to buy. Most ebooks that you want to purchase cost less than $10 which make the vast majority of selection a bargain compared with their hard copy version.
8) Free built-in New Oxford American Dictionary: You will have convenience in looking up for a word while you are reading, increasing your vocabulary and anderstanding exactly what the author is saying.
9) Free built-in access to Wikipedia – an immense online encyclopedia: this is great supplement for your reading with added information and facts about the subject and authors.
10) Search function to help you look for aa word or phraseand locate all matches within your ebook, your own kindle library and the amazon kindle store and even the world wide web. The convenience for anyone doing research reading and writing can’t be more than that. If you are a student or a researcher, think of the large amount of time you can save in your work.
11) Annotetate and bookmark: Kindle’s QWERTY keyboard allows you to take notes on the text, edit save and export themdigitally. You can also bookmark page, highlight and clip passages and you can share with people on the facebook and twitter.
12) High contrast display: the E Ink pear display allow the sharp and clear text&images which make reading as easy as it was with the young eyes.
13) No glare screen make the reading just as easy as reading off the real paper and also comfortable in both indoors and outdoors. I think even real bound books can have poor contrast because of yellowing and deteriorating of the paper. That is not a problem with a good e-reader such as kindle 3.
14) Longest battery life for any e-reader on the current market, especially the kindle 3 can serve you up to 1 month without recharging if its wireless feature is turned off. If the wireless is on, it can go up to about 3 weeks of use.
6 more interesting features of kindles: Whispersync, text-to-speed, webkit
1) Kindle’s whispersync features allows you to read books in your kindle 3 to a number of other advice such as mac, pc, ipad, iphone, android and blackberry. This feature also allows you to continue to read from where you left off reading from another device.
2) Kindle’s text-to-speed function allows you to hear a voice that actually read off from the content of ebook in English. Not perfect yet, but it may be useful for some at times. It is great if this function is improved in the future.
3) PDF reader: allows you to read your personal document that you don’t want to read them in your personal computer.
4) Built-in twitter and facebookintergration: you can share excerpts of a book with any you want on the social networks.
5) Free archiving: all purchase you make from the kindle store is recorded and in case you need to re-download them again, you just download for free.
6) Webkitbrowser:allows you to surf internet and play MP3 musics while you are reading books.However, remember that this is not an MP3 player or a computer, so use it wisely to keep your battery in good condition
5 possible obstacles for buying kindle 3
1) I don’t travel enough to justify spending an additional $50 for the 3G feature. If you want the ideal of downloading books at anytime and anywhere you want, it might be suitable for you. I suggest you check out the 3G coverage area regions first. You can check it here.
2) It is amazing about the battery life of kindle 3. It can serve you up to one month without recharging. But some people may want to replace the battery when it expires. In the standard approach, you need to send the battery to Amazon and they will replace it for you. However, you don’t need to go that way as it is not always convenient. There are companies you can find on the internet that sell kindle 3’s battery and they will give you the video on how to change the battery yourself. Nevertheless, the kindle 3’s battery is confirmed to give you at least 3 years of use. By that time you may already upgraded to the greatest e-reader device on the market. And remember that the price of these electronic devices keep going down.
3) Kindle has its own propriety ebook format, not like many other libraries which use ePub open format. People who don’t use an e-reader rather than a kindle often say that this is a deficiency of the kindle because you cannot download ebooks from public libraries. However, remember that Amazon is a large and reputable company that has made the shopping easy and convenient for millions of people. Its file format provides more books than they can read in a thousand lifetimes, that is 1.8 million out-of-copyright books that you can download for free, as well as 750000 copyrightedebooks that you can buy from the Amazon kindle’s store. If you still feel it inconvenient with the format, there is a free software called Calibre that can convert out-of-copyright books to other format, but the copyrighted kindle books cannot be converted this way! Nevertheless, the positive features far outweigh the negative ones, that is the reason for Amazon already has many happy kindle’s owners.
4) Webkit browser and MP3 player: you can copy and paste MP3 files (and also other document files) from your computer using a USB cord. The webkit browser allows you to surf internet, but don’t expect the same performance with the one in your PC. These are nice features and will be improved over the time. Once again, remember this is an e-reader, not a laptop.
5) The last deficiency of the kindle 3 one would perceive is that its internal memory is only 4Gb and cannot be extended. However, this memory is more than enough for people who use kindle mostly for reading books and documents rather than storing a lot of music files. You can also delete books and musics and restore them if necessary to free up the space.
Best e-reader to buy – conclusion
As you can see from the previous information, the Amazon kindle 3 has some limitations, but these are not fatal shortcomings. Each flaw (obstacle) can be easily overcome or dismissed.compared with its compatitors (see the kindle and Nook review). I believe the kindle 3 ($139 for WiFi only, and even $189 for free 3G feature) is a good bargain. The sleek, light weigh, ease of reading due to particular contrast, generous libarary capacity and excellent battery performance have made the kindle 3 the overall the best ebook reader for book lover. Ofcourse, there are certain additional features in kindle 3 that are less developed than its competitors, but no book lover can regret for purchasing the kindle 3. We really like what a happy customer said about his new Amazon kindle 3, what the whole advent of ebook reader can mean for reviving the joy of reading, understanding literacy throughout the world.
To summarize, I couldn’t be happier with my purchase for the $139 kindle 3. I have been using it to read a number of books and articles. It is obvious to me that I have read more in these weeks than in the past. Thanks for the Amazon kindle 3. You can see what other real people wrote here.
Update: Amazon kindle 3 has been added 3G wireless connectivity for the same price of $139!. You can go directly into Amazon to read all the customer feedbacks about this new product- The new kindle 3 3G!.