For those living in Europe or any other country that doesn’t use the weak dollar as their currency, it’s nice to know Allpmp is selling Kindle and Sony eBook readers in dollar prices. This means you can get a Sony PRS-600 Touch for $299.90/€198.74 instead of the usual €299 retail price. They also sell the Amazon Kindle 2 Global Wireless Edition for $289.90/€192.14 and the Amazon Kindle DX Global Wireless Edition for $529.90/€351.16. The Kindles might be lower priced at Amazon.com, but Amazon forces you to pay import fees and higher shipping rates when checking out, so you can still save some serious bucks if the package won’t get checked by the customs. Sweet.
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I bought a refurbished Kindle 2 few days back. I have no words to describe this product. First of all you must know I am a voracious reader and read more than 4 books a month. The problem I always faced was what to do with those books after I am done. Don’t get me wrong I would like to have them all in my collection but I have a job which takes me places and I can not carry all my books with me which is actually a lot. With Kindle I found a solution to the problem. Now I have a digital library instead of having a physical one.
Secondly, I take public transport from my home to office and it takes me more than an hour and a half one side. I would like to read on the way but my eyes get strained if I read on a bus. Along came Kindle…. now when I am on a bus I start text to speech and listen all the way to the office. This increased my reading time and I have started finishing a lot more books than before. This feature uses a lot of battery and the battery lasts for maximum 2-3 days but it is worth it.
Thirdly, I love the way it looks. Its sleek design and the way I can hold in one hand(any one) and keep reading.
Also there are a few books which are available on Kindle only by Amazon and believe me it is a great collection and don’t forget the free kindle books Amazon give as a promotion every few days. Its awesome.
Now the problems… Kindle is good for reading but not for browsing through the book. I like to quickly browse through a book before a start reading it but it is not possible here. Also when using the table of contents etc the 5 way stick is not very comfortable a way to go. Browsing web becomes problematic for the same reason.
If anybody likes to read books like I do, Kindle is worth every penny. The Nice to have and Great to have features of this device far far outweigh the problem with the 5 way stick. A must have device for every reader.