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Amazon Kindle DX Review

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The Kindle DX is available at Amazon for $489. Here's a Kindle DX review to help you decide if you should get one...

The Kindle DX is a great choice if you're -

*In college - its perfect for textbooks and has in-built PDF support.
*At school - again great for textbooks and light and you can carry loads of books.
*Looking for a newspapers and periodicals reader.
*If you Enjoy reading books!
*Interested in a large screen book reader -If you prefer a compact screen, consider Kindle 2.

The DX does look good (it's just 0.3" thin which is a nice contrast to the 9.7" screen) -

Kindle DX with 9.7" screen and PDF Support

Kindle DX Review - Top 5 Features
The 5 best features of the DX, in my opinion, are -

**Large, Readable eInk Screen - The 9.7in Kindle DX Screen is great for reading textbooks and newspapers. The eInk screen is easy on the eyes. Kindle DX's Screen has 2.5 times the surface area of 6in eReaders (Kindle 2, Sony Reader).

**PDF Support - The first Kindle with official Adobe PDF support. Transfer your PDF documents via WhisperNet, synchronize between your Kindle DX and your iPhone/iTouch. Amazon has licensed Adobe technology and reflows PDFs - However, panning, zooming and scrolling are not supported.

**Free Wireless Internet - Theres' a browser and free Internet Access so you can use it for reference.

**Cheap Textbooks Delivered Wirelessly in 60 seconds - There'll be good prices (Amazon Kindle Editions of books usually are $9.99 instead of $24.99). Amazon is claiming 60% of textbooks will be covered initially.

**Convenience - Carry as many texbooks as you like. Buy books and textbooks instantly, anytime. Changeable font sizes, changeable words per line, and more.

Kindle DX Review - What DX Looks Like
Amazon's DX product page has a great video. I highly recommend checking that video out. Here's an image showing PDF support (which does look great) -

Kindle DX Review - Pros

**PDF Support - Official Adobe PDF support so your PDF documents look great. You can get PDFs onto your DX wirelessly (15 cents per MB for wireless, or free from your computer).

**Cheaper Textbooks. 60% of textbooks will be available as 3 of the large publishers are signed up.

**Kindle for iPhone and WhisperSync - You can read a document or textbook across your Kindle DX, iPhone and iTouch. Your annotations, bookmarks and the page you're on are synchronized wirelessly.

**Large Screen - The 9.7in screen is a great size for textbooks, newspapers, and even books. It roughly translates to a little smaller than A4 size.

**eInk Screen - This is a very readable screen that causes next to zero eye strain. Much, much closer to reading a book than a computer screen.

**Auto-rotate - looks to be a good, solid feature.

**Read To Me - Provided publishers don't turn it off for their books, books can be read out to you by the Kindle DX while you drive, cook, etc.

**Change Font Sizes and change the number of words per line.

**Long Battery Life - Kindle DX lasts 4 days with wireless on, and 2 weeks with wireless off.

**Large Storage - The 3.3GB of available storage (out of 4 GB overall) gives you a lot of space. Amazon says 3,500 books.

**Free Wireless Internet - WhisperNet is available wherever Sprint wireless coverage exists.

**In-Built Dictionary and Wikipedia access.

**Light and Thin - The Kindle DX is just 0.38in thick. Its also light at 18.9 ounces.

**Cloud Storage - Any books you buy are stored in the Amazon cloud and you can download them anytime.

**Good Screen Resolution - 1200 by 824 with 16 shades of grey.

**Normal books are much cheaper in their Kindle Edition. Books usually retail for $9.99.

**More than 275,000 books.

**60% coverage of textbooks as 3 of the big textbook publishers are on-board. Addison Wiley, Pearson, Prentice Hall, Longman and many more.

Kindle DX Review - Cons

**Price - The price is definitely high and mostly a function of the fact that eInk technology is still evolving. If $489 is too high for you consider the Kindle 2 which is $359

**No Color - eInk will not have color technology till 2011.

**No TouchScreen

**Lack of a full keyboard

**Only available in white

Kindle DX Recommendation

The Kindle DX is a very good choice if you spend a lot of time reading textbooks, newspapers or books. The price of $489 is very reasonable for a 9.7in screen (for comparison the iRex Illiad with a comparable screen retails for $859). With lower textbook and book prices you'll make it back (figuratively, not literally) in 1.5 to 2 years.

My recommendation for you if you're in school or college is to definitely get a Kindle DX if you can afford it - its a must have. Its focused on reading and is an excellent device for reading books and textbooks.

If you're looking for a newspaper reader, or for business documents I'd say Kindle DX is a also a pretty good choice. You really have nothing to lose.

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NYTimes, Boston Globe and Wahington Post are going to trial a program in the summer where if you live in an area where home delivery is not possible you can get a lower priced Kindle DX in return for signing up for a long term subscription - so do factor that in.

There are also 6 universities, including Princeton, that are going to run trials with Kindle DX in the Fall semster. Princeton students get free DXes - they announce at end of May what 3 courses qualify.

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