Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G, 9.7" Display, Graphite, 3G Works Globally – Latest Generation | 
| Brand: Amazon
Category: Amazon Devices
Buy New: $379.00
as of 9/10/2010 11:40 CDT details
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  2129 reviews
Sales Rank: 5
Color: Graphite
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 7.2 x 0.4
Model: D00801
UPC: 892685001928
EAN: 0892685001928
ASIN: B002GYWHSQ
Release Date: July 7, 2010
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Product Description
Say Hello to the Newest Kindle DX All New, High Contrast E-Ink Screen: Our graphite Kindle DX uses our all new, improved electronic ink display, with 50% better contrast for the clearest text and sharpest images Beautiful Large Display: The 9.7" diagonal E-ink screen is ideal for a broad range of reading material, including graphic-rich books, PDFs, newspapers, magazines, and blogs Read in Sunlight with No Glare: Unlike backlit computer or LCD screens, Kindle DX's display looks and reads like real paper, with no glare. Read as easily in bright sunlight as in your living room Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines Books In Under 60 Seconds: Get books delivered wirelessly in less than 60 seconds; no PC required Free 3G Wireless: 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle DX; no monthly fees, no annual contracts. Enjoy 3G wireless coverage at home or abroad in over 100 countries. Long Battery Life: Read for up to 1 week on a single charge with wireless on. Turn wireless off and read for up to two weeks. Carry Your Library: Holds up to 3,500 books, periodicals, and documents Built-In PDF Reader: Carry and read all of your personal and professional documents on the go. Now with Zoom capability to easily view small print and detailed tables or graphics Auto-Rotating Screen: Display auto-rotates from portrait to landscape as you turn the device so you can view full-width maps, graphs, tables, and Web pages Large Selection: Over 600,000 books and the largest selection of the most popular books people want to read plus U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and blogs. Over 1.8 million free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are available to read on Kindle. For non-U.S. customers, content availability and pricing will vary. Low Book Prices and Free Book Samples: New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases from $9.99. Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy
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 Useful, easy to use, but a bit limited from the point of software and hardware September 10, 2010
Mazinguer Z (Spain)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Kindle DX is easy to use, fast enough, and overall, I'm happy with it.
To me, it's very useful to have a large screen (but a bit larger would help) and the possibility of viewing PDFs. In landscape mode, the size of the screen is almost DIN A4, so viewing PDFs is easy. Bowever, the PDF reader is a bit limited: there is no free zoom rate (only 150%, 200%, and 300%), and in landscape mode, the PDF reader includes some annoying margins. It would be useful to remove margins altogether and make fonts as large as possible.
With respect to hardware, I'm missing wifi and a SD card reader. Being forced to use a computer in order to load PDF files is annoying.
 Review September 10, 2010
VK
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Kindle DX is a good piece of technology. If you are on a computer all day long and I have to read after work the Kindle would be the solution to the eyes problem. The Kindle is strongly oriented to the amercian user. If you want to read in cyrillic or other alphabeth you will have to have the text in pdf format. There are no monolingual dictionaries except for English. Monolingual dictionaries for the big languages are a necessary product that would sell well and are available in mobopocket format. Helas, the DRM would impead you from using these dictionaries on the Kindle. The most important thing about the Kindle DX is the big screen and the fact that you can read normal PDF files with no DRM in them. All the other things are secondary to me.
First Impressions and Disappointments September 10, 2010
E. Powell (North America)
My goal was to primarily use it carry around a lot of technical PDF documents for reference and reading followed by books. I have or had no need to use it for browsing or listening to music. Apple has a lock on this corner of my entertainment.
The DX seemed like the smartest decision, so I gave it a try. I uploaded about 30 short and long PDF documents and went at it. They transferred without a hitch. But unfortunately, the transfer didn't keep the fidelity of the documents. In order for me not to strain my eyes I had to cumbersomely use the zoom feature to read it using my near middle-aged eyes. I knew this going in but wanted to see for myself. So from my basic research, I think if you want to make your PDF documents more Kindle friendly you'll have to use your @kindle.com email address and Amazon will convert it. Don't quote me on this.
I then downloaded a book that I was looking forward to reading. The downloaded worked as advertised over the Whispernet. For reading Amazon Kindle Books, this device is superb. I'm still blown away by how realistic the screen is! Its truly analogous to a page from a book.
The non touch screen is an annoyance I've read that Amazon is working on solving in future iterations.
Overall, if you're a reader and you want to read books, its a plus. If you have documents that you need to reference then this is also a viable alternative to the heavy binders and costly printing.
Nearly perfect September 9, 2010
John Prince (Ukiah, California United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Newest version has excellent to read print and contrast, best for articles with pictures, maps, newspaper descriptions make more sense in the larger format, easy on the eyes, better than an Ipad for reading, not as heavy, Ipad's bright screen sooner or later will bring you to a halt and the DX won't. I would give it five stars but think the software could be better for newspapers,provide more of newspaper view in miniature, allow you to get to articles in a more outline form. But this is a relatively small criticism. Also the hardware is better set up and provides more for a real estate feel to it than the new 3rd generation kindle which has miniaturized the controls so much as to create difficulty at times using the cursor without striking the back button.
Worldtraveller September 9, 2010
A.C.de Zwart
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am a merchant navy Chief Engineer and I read a lot to spent the time during my months at sea. I live in Thailand where English books are very limited available.
I used to buy a stack of books on airports where I passed to join a vessel anywhere in the world and where English books are sold (like Johannesburg) to have reading matter on board. Once I had 17 books with me and after 3 months I was through them. Upon leaving the ship, most of the times I had to leave the books there as they put too much weight to my luggage.
Now with my Kindle DX I have more than 300 books with me, no more quick browsing in an airport bookstore, I just can select what I want comfortable in my home as Thailand is fully covered by the whispernet.
Moreover, I have subscribed myself to several magazines and they are automatically uploaded to my Kindle when I reach several ports. I can read them about the time of release and do not have to wait until I come home and find a 4 month stack of magazines waiting for me.
I needed some information from the internet and to my surprise it was possible to get to the internet from the ship with my Kindle DX in Apapa, Nigeria and get the information I needed.
Regarding my job, I can put manufacturer's manuals on my Kindle in PDF format in my office and show them to my engineers when they are on the job in the engineroom to give proper instructions or clarify things for them from the drawings.
Other features like the easy access to the dictionary is great, access to the internet is slow but I appreciated it very much when normal computers were not available or in hotels without internet availability.
Unfortunately, the Text to Speech feature is lost to me as a non native English speaker.
I had never expected it would become such a big part of my life. I enjoy it every day, not only on board of ships as was my intention but also at home.
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