Comments on: Kindle 3.0: Building a Better Kindle

By: P. Rad

P. Rad — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:32:20 +0000

Yes. I still don’t get the SD part. Amazon baffles me.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:00:34 +0000

Kindle 2 has some improvements over Kindle1 but there were also some glaring ERRORS #1. Removing the SD card slot, #2. Making battery replacement a factory service. 3. No cover.

My biggest concerns that were not addressed in the K1 to K2 upgrade were: #1. NO FOLDERS #2 POOR CONTRAST & TOO FEW FONTS result in poor readability in all but ideal lighting conditions. #3. Security for the credit card associated with One-Click Purchase is non-existent. If a Kindle is lost or stolen, the credit card can be used to make unlimited purchases until Amazon is notified and the Kindle is deregistered. #4. The Web Connection/Email Function is akward, frustrating and hardly worth time required to learn to use. #5. Kindle advertising shows it being dropped from approx 5 feet with no apparent damage. However, the display is actually quite fragile and may crack if the Kindle is softly/mildly bumped at the just the right angle, in just the right place (example, as you are walking through a door bump the one of the corners closest to the display on the door frame). Any damage to a display voids the warranty. At best this seems to misleading advertising, at worst it may be false advertising.

Did I mention what a BIG step BACKWARDS it was to remove the SD card slot from the Kindle 2?

I’d like it if I a Kindle in black or dark gray.

I bought my Kindle 2 in Oct 2009, I only turn on the wireless to download blogs and go to the Kindle Store. However, I have to charge the battery on Kindle 2 every day. I reported it Kindle Customer Service,they took a report but never responded.

It was a BIG step BACKWARDS it was to remove the SD card slot from the Kindle 2.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:40:01 +0000

Kindle 2 has some improvements over Kindle1but there were also some glaring ERRORS #1. Removing the SD card slot, #2. Making battery replacement a factory service. 3. No cover.

My biggest concerns that were not addressed in the K1 to K2 upgrade were: #1. NO FOLDERS #2 POOR CONTRAST & TOO FEW FONTS result in poor readability in all but ideal lighting conditions. #3. Security for the credit card associated with One-Click Purchase is non-existent. If a Kindle is lost or stolen, the credit card can be used to make unlimited purchases until Amazon is notified and the Kindle is deregistered. #4. The Web Connection/Email Function is akward, frustrating and hardly worth time required to learn to use it. #5. Advertising shows the Kindle being dropped from approx 5 feet with no apparent damage, but the display is actually very fragile and may crack if even slightly bumped at the wrong angle. Any damaged display voids the warranty. At best this seems to misleading advertising, at worst it may be false advertising.

Did I mention what a BIG step BACKWARDS it was to remove the SD card slot from the Kindle 2?

I’d like it if I get a Kindle in black or dark gray.

Let’s not forget what a BIG step BACKWARDS it was to remove the SD card slot from the Kindle 2.

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By: John

John — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:11:42 +0000

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By: Gwen Boone

Gwen Boone — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:58:03 +0000

A second a previous commenter’s “folders” is an absolutely fantastic idea! I would also love to see wireless access that doesn’t need to be 3G (as I live outside the WhisperNet service area) so I could use the internet, download book samples, and view blogs – all of which do not work without WhisperNet and are unavailable via the computer link.

By: John Hagewood

John Hagewood — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:19:34 +0000

Folders! Sony has had it forever. Kindle2 can store 1000 books….in one big ugly list you can only sort 2 ways. Title or author. Folders!!!

By: Mojo Yugen

Mojo Yugen — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:55:59 +0000

What I really want is integration with Evernote. I use Evernote to hold a lot of articles in various formats as well as entire PDF books. I’d love the ability to do something like tag a note with <> and have it automatically sync up with an ebook reader.
Any ebook that incorporates something like that will have me throwing fistfuls of cash at them.