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grace_om

Questions for Kindle Peeps

Feb 12, 2011 17:06

I know several of you out there have them and are very pleased. I am starting to have some serious issues with eyestrain as well as RSI, from too much time spent squinting at a screen. This is not good: it's my work as well as my hobby :-/ So I'm looking for ways to do the tasks I need with less damage to my body ( Read more... )

tech, info request

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kimbari February 13 2011, 03:29:42 UTC

Rich got me a Kindle for Christmas, over my objections (he only wants to buy me presents HE wants me to have... it's kinda frustrating, but moving right along...) because I had the Kindle application on my hand-me-down Blackberry and it suited me just fine. I sat on the thing for two weeks because it confused me, but after messing with it a while I finally discovered all its secrets and got more or less proficient ( ... )

grace_om February 13 2011, 20:09:08 UTC

Thanks, Kim, that is very helpful! I've been resisting the Kindle-fever too, because I read ebooks on my palm pilot (yes, I have one that still works!). And I like having just one small device that I can carry in my purse which serves so many functions. But now I'm seriously worried about eyestrain :-(

That's discouraging about the pdfs. The big format Kindle is sooo expensive, and wouldn't be as portable for my personal reading pleasure either. Darned if I want to spend $400 essentially just for work >>:The good newes is the ease of uploading -- I was hoping for that! They don't like us loading any software onto our work laptops, but I've gotten away with drivers so I can use my personal peripherals when I'm working at home ( ... )

endlessdeep February 13 2011, 03:56:57 UTC

I can only answer your first question.

Which model do you have, and why did you choose that one over the others?

I chose the Kindle because it's not back lit. It looks just like the paper from a book. You can adjust the size of the text.

I don't know about .pdf files. But I did see this.

I had no idea the Kindle could read to me.

grace_om February 13 2011, 20:18:11 UTC

Thanks! It does seem like it would be easier on the eyes than other ereaders or a computer screen (which is what I need!). The read-to-me thing may not be on all models, so you might or might not have it.

Thanks for the link -- according to the info on amazon, you can get a lot of that functionality with the newer kindles, but of course that's part of their advertising so the reality might not be so rosy.