Amazon Kindle Touch
Is the Kindle any good?
Amazon has a great range of the latest in e-book technology. The Kindle has consistently topped the charts of many review sites, and has shown itself to be a leader in the ebook technology field. It's become the worlds best eReader, and for good reason. This lightweight and portable device made its debut in November of 2007 and has now been updated several times. This comes as no surprise considering how popular it has become and all the perks the Kindle has to offer its owner. The Kindle Touch offers the following advantages:
~ Advanced E Ink display, which really does read like paper with no glare. Reads easily in bright sunlight.
~ A single charge lasts up to two months (based on wireless off and a half-hour of daily reading time)
~ Over one million books, including New York Times Best Sellers, plus audiobooks, periodicals and blogs.
~ Fast download you can start reading your book in 60 seconds from payment
~ Choice of free books, over 2 million free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are available
~ Borrow books choose from thousands of books to borrow for free (Amazon Prime membership needed )
~ Audio books (not the basic Kindle) over 60,000 Audible.com audiobooks with wireless delivery via Wi-Fi
~ Read-to-Me (not the basic Kindle) with Text-to-Speech, Kindle can read English-language content out loud to you
~ Twitter and Facebook integration built-in .
These are great features that we really love. But is the unit any good when you're using it? All of the Kindle models are well built, and have a good history of reliability. They're not complicated to use, whichever model you opt for, and in our experience most people adapted to using them straight away, even if they'd never used an eReader before.
The screen has plenty of contrast and the text is sharp. All of the Kindles use the same e-ink display (except the Kindle Fire), and as a result have one of the most readable displays of any eBook reader. Its visible in both dim and bright conditions, athough it does not have a back light - so you will need to use a separate light in dark conditions. Some covers come with integrated lights (see an example here on the Amazon site
Overall the Kindle is a great eReader, whichever model you choose. Amazon has invested a lot of time and money into developing the Kindle, and it shows.
Are there any Downsides?
Well, the basic KIndle does not have an audio player. This means you can't listen to music while you read (well, you can use your stereo suppose...) and you can't have audiobooks.
