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Hi All:
For your amusement, here is some feedback I recently sent to Amazon:
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Just returned from 2 weeks in the sun.
I used the Kindle 3G Wi-Fi every day, and was surprised by the outcome. While this Kindle is a very good book reader, I was pleased and amused that the browser and MP3 player were as useful as they were.
Although slow and limited, the browser was just functional enough to let me check and respond to e-mail any time or place in range of the hotel’s Wi-Fi (nearly everywhere). I used Google’s Gmail, but had to use their “basic HTML” version to avoid continual browser crashes. Reading web sites was possible, but obviously limited by small screen size and the lack of ability to open multiple windows at the same time. Like the dancing bear, the wonder is not that the bear dances well, but that it dances at all.
The MP3 player worked adequately, but is extremely limited in functionality. See “bear” comment above.
Thanks to the Amazon team for their experimental software – keep up the development.
I found the Kindle to be robust – no scratches and dents, despite having dropped it from chest height onto a tile floor. And I love the small, convenient charger.
What a treat not having to lug a pile of books with me – usually I read about 4-5 a week. Just my slick little Kindle.
For your amusement, here is some feedback I recently sent to Amazon:
=========================================
Just returned from 2 weeks in the sun.
I used the Kindle 3G Wi-Fi every day, and was surprised by the outcome. While this Kindle is a very good book reader, I was pleased and amused that the browser and MP3 player were as useful as they were.
Although slow and limited, the browser was just functional enough to let me check and respond to e-mail any time or place in range of the hotel’s Wi-Fi (nearly everywhere). I used Google’s Gmail, but had to use their “basic HTML” version to avoid continual browser crashes. Reading web sites was possible, but obviously limited by small screen size and the lack of ability to open multiple windows at the same time. Like the dancing bear, the wonder is not that the bear dances well, but that it dances at all.
The MP3 player worked adequately, but is extremely limited in functionality. See “bear” comment above.
Thanks to the Amazon team for their experimental software – keep up the development.
I found the Kindle to be robust – no scratches and dents, despite having dropped it from chest height onto a tile floor. And I love the small, convenient charger.
What a treat not having to lug a pile of books with me – usually I read about 4-5 a week. Just my slick little Kindle.