On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:37 PM, David Burstin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Did you go with the DX like Ken suggests? I note that it's around > > twice the price! But I think I'd mostly be reading PDFs on it. > > I was going to get the DX, but decided not to in the end. I was convinced by > other Kindle owners that I know that the smaller model is very comfortable > to use and perfectly adequate for reading books and viewing documents with > diagrams. Having used an iPad, I actually find them too big to use > comfortably for long periods - the DX is the same size as an iPad. I figure > if I need the bigger screen on occasion I can always use a laptop/desktop. > > The DX also doesn't come with wifi - although until I use it I won't know > how relevant that is. Given all this and the price, the DX just didn't seem > like a value proposition for me.
Cool. Appreciate the thoughts on that. Yes agreed, I haven't personally held an iPad, but I've seen them, and something smaller would be better. If I get one, I'm planning to keep the wifi/3g off most of the time. > Dave -- silky http://dnoondt.wordpress.com/ "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy of being this signature."
