Excerpt: What a difference a display can make. All it took was turning on the $380 Amazon Kindle DX (Graphite) second-generation large-format e-reader to see...
Amazon Kindle Dx Review - Best Wireless Reading Device
eReader Central
15 May 2010
Summary: With its new display (50% better contrast), free 3G global internet connection, and a much more reasonable price tag ($379), the new Kindle DX makes one mean, lean
Pros: Optimal screen size, Great design, Intuitive user interface, Enormous selection of books, magazines, and periodicals, Built-in free international wireless, Decent batt...
Cons: Not optimal for traveling, Non-U.S. users may suffer extra fees when using wireless capabilities, Web browser isn’t really useful, Battery can’t be replaced on your ow...
Conclusion: With a much-larger screen and more storage, the Amazon Kindle DX is a nice addition to the Kindle family. But its almost-$400 price tag might be prohibitively high.
Pros: Bigger, better screen. Super-thin. 4GB capacity (3,500 books). Wide selection of books, magazines, and blogs. Buying new titles is dead simple with the free, integrate...
Cons: Very expensive. No touch screen. Interface could be more intuitive.
Excerpt: In spite of its larger size, the Amazon Kindle DX ($489 as of October 29, 2009) comes off as a surprisingly lean and elegant contender in the current
Excerpt: The Good Big screen - Easy to read - Intuitive user controls - Solid construction The Bad Text-to-speech needs improvement - E-ink response times barely adequate Amazon's
Pros: Big screen - Easy to read - Intuitive user controls - Solid construction
Cons: Text-to-speech needs improvement - E-ink response times barely adequate
Conclusion: Size matters, and the Kindle DX, despite lacking all the bells and whistles of full PDF support and a print-style layout for periodicals, makes for a better reading
Pros: Large display means many fewer page turns and it's big enough to display PDFs legibly. Text is sharp and clear with a bit more contrast than the Kindle 2. With 6 font ...
Cons: Not as portable as the 6" readers on the market. PDF support isn't complete: no TOC, embedded links sometimes work and sometimes don't and there's no PDF zoom (hey, So...
Conclusion: Spend time with the 9.7in Kindle DX and your won't ever want to go back to a 6in e-book reader but blimey you've to pay a hefty price to be paid for such luxury.
Excerpt: Amazon says its new e-reader will allow college students to easily carry and access textbooks, and says the Amazon Kindle DX is ideal for larger-format periodicals such