The problem is that the DX forces a PDF to be scaled at 100%, one page per screen. I dragged-n-dropped some PDFs over to the Kindle to read them. I plugged the Kindle into my computers, where it appeared as an external drive. The iPad will be much better.Īnother problem is PDFs. Amazon created the Kindle DX for colleges, but in my experience, it sucks. And, of course, the Kindle lacks touch screen, which makes navigation even worse. It's a minor tradeoff when reading books from start to finish, but is painful when navigating a college textbooks. This makes navigating the device painfully slow. It takes about a half-second for the Kindle device to update the screen. That's because it uses the same IPS LCD technology found on the iPhone and MacBooks.Īnother trade-off is screen refresh. However, whereas many laptops are nearly impossible to read in direct sunlight, the iPad should still be legible. The iPad is a normal LCD display, which is easy to read in low-light, but harder to read in bright light. This makes it hard to read in low-light conditions, although it's easy to read in bright sunlight. It doesn't support color, and is a dark-grey on light-grey text. Because of the battery life, I'd rather travel with my Kindle than an iPad. The iPad, though, will only go 10 hours between charges. This means it has fantastic battery life, going for a week between charges even under heavy use. Thus, the device wakes up to redraw the page, then goes back to sleep while you read it. The Kindles use "e-ink" technology that requires no power to maintain its state. The Kindle's screen is 1200x800, while the iPad is 1024x768. It has roughly the same physical dimensions, although the iPad is about 40% heavier. I bring up the iPad because it's roughly the same size as the Kindle DX. Many have described the Apple iPad as a competitor to the Kindle, but the opposite is true: Amazon is in the business of selling books, it'll happily sell you a book for your iPad, and store it in your cloud library. The fact that I have some many Kindles reinforces the fact that it's a "cloud book library" and not a device. Presumably, once I get the iPad in two months, that will be my 7th Kindle tracked by Amazon. My first two Kindle's were versions 1 and 2 of the device, the other three are the software readers on my iPhone, notebook, and desktop. The new device came labeled "Robert's 6th Kindle". However, it's larger/heavier, so I'll still take my smaller Kindle on trips It makes daily reading, especially magazines, more comfortable. If there are no results, it's probably your battery that is bad.I just got the large screen version of the Kindle ("Kindle DX"), and spent the last day reading on it. If it comes up with results, those books are stuck indexing. Go to the home screen, and try searching on some gibberish, like haldjhdlk. That can cause the battery to drain quickly. The older they get, the shorter that time period, as the chemicals are continually breaking down (whether used or not) until they can no longer hold a charge at all.īefore I'd replace the battery, I'd make sure the Kindle isn't stuck indexing one or more books. The lithium-ion batteries that are used in Kindles can last for a few of months without a re-charge if unused. My rechargeable AAs tend to drain within a couple of weeks after a full charge even if they haven't been used. ![]() Regular alkaline batteries have a shelf life of perhaps 8-10 years unused. The same way all batteries eventually die, whether or not they have been used at all. How is it possible for a battery to drain when all contacts are disconnected?
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