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Kindle Devices

Kindle Touch 

Kindle Touch, Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display - includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers

• Slightly lighter than the K3. It is 8% lighter (7.5 ounces) and has an 11% smaller body (6.8" x 4.7" x 0.40").
• Real Page Numbers-The KT displays the actual page number regardless of what zoom setting you have it on.
• Book Lending-Amazon allows book lending to other for up to 14 days. Note: Book has to be eligible for this feature
• Display-Display is monochrome, giving very crisp black and white images.
• If your main purpose is to read, I recommend the Kindle Touch over the Kindle Fire.
• WI-Fi
• If you don't have wireless you can transfer books through the USB.
• Be sure to check out the Kindle with Special Offers-the offers are fairly useful and can pay for themselves.
• Battery life-2 months.
• Note: if you add a lighted cover, your battery life may be a less than the 2 months because the cover draws power from the device.
• Storage-4 GB. Can hold roughly 3000 books.
• Touch Feature- The touch interface is very intuitive, allowing you to turn pages, search, and look for books. The embedded dictionary is a nice feature. With the embedded dictionary, all you need to do to check a word definition is to touch the word and hold it for a few seconds (this lets the Touch know you do not want to turn a page) and you will get you definition.
  
  Turning pages is intuitive. If you want to turn a page you will need only to tap the right-hand side of the screen. To move the page back, you need only to tap the left-hand side of the screen. If you are use to some of the older units, you may find a little retraining is necessary.
• Keyboard- The keyboard is well designed and the buttons are spaced adequately.
• Note: the new Kindle does not come with a power adapter

Kindle Fire, Full Color 7" Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi

• Not really a true reader, it is more of a customized Android tablet with a backlit touchscreen.
• Power Button location is a nuisance. Beecause of it's location, you have to be careful not to bump it, or you'll find yourself turning the thing off.
• Netflix and Pandora are not preinstalled. However, you can download them from the Amazon's Appstore because they are classified as free downloads.
• There are no Google apps available at the the Appstore currently.
• If you want to install apps from other sources, it is possible but difficult. Some skill is required.
• You can password protect your Fire, however, if someone does get entry into the unit it does not stop them from making purchases. Such as a child. Thus, improvement of parental controls should be addressed.
• No Micro-USB transfer cable included with it. I have to venture to say that Amazon, that Amazon wants to discourage the transferring of your own files to the device.

If you're looking to use it for just reading books, you may be disappointed, I would suggest using the Kindle Touch instead. Why? The Kindle Fire is difficult to read in bright sunlight, does not support real page numbers, thus, you have to use the location feature.

However, if you want to stream music, video and books (and not bothered by no real page number support or reading difficultly in bright light), the Kindle Fire may be the unit you are looking for.

And remember, since this is just the first version of the unit that Amazon has made available. I would expect that there will be many fixes to be included in the next version.

In addition, if you are planning to get most of your content from Amazon and you have a Prime membership or plan on getting a Prime membership, this device is good for the money you have to pay.

Kindle Books, Accessories, Reading Apps

Kindle eBooks

Check out Amazon full line of Kindle eBooks. Easily shop by country or region, or by category. From fiction to non-fiction, from Adult to Children, or from Best Sellers to "How Tos", Amazon has it all. Here is a sampling of what is available.

• Cooking
• Humor
• Business and Finance
• Children Kindle Ebooks
• Best Sellers
• Computers and Internet
• And many, many more categories for you to review

Kindle Magazines

Check out your favorite Magazine. Monthly subscriptions are reasonable, with free trial and automatic wireless delivery.

• Reader's Digest
• The New Yorker
• Time
• The Economist-US Edition
• Shape
• 2600 Magazine: The Hacker Quarterly
• And more...

Kindle Newspapers

Check out Amazon's Kindle Newspapers. Subscription prices vary according to the magazine bought.

Here is a sampling of what newspapers are available for download.

• The New York Times
• The Wall Street Journal
• USA Today
• The Washington Post
• Kindle for Newspapers, Magazines and Blogs
• The Onion
• Investor's Business Daily
• Chicago Tribune
• ...and much more

Kindle Blog Subscriptions

Interested in viewing your favorite blog? 

• The Free Fiction Blog
• Kindle for Newspapers, Magazines and Blogs
• Vanity Fair's VF Daily Blog
• The Kindle Blog Report
• The Foodista Blog
• Huffington Post
• Seth's Blog
• And more...

Kindle Accessories

Check out Amazon's Kindle Accessories. They include:

• Covers
• Earphones
• Extended Warranties
• PowerAdapters
• Reading Lights
• Screen Protectors
• Skins
• Sleeves