Kindle: Amazon's Wireless Reading Device | 
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| Brand: Amazon.com
Category: Amazon Devices
Buy New: $359.00
New (1) Used (40) from $359.00
Rating:  7365 reviews
Sales Rank: 1
Color: Bisque
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.7
Model: D00111
UPC: 892685001003
EAN: 0892685001003
ASIN: B000FI73MA
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 7 to 9 weeks
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| Features:
| • | Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper. | | • | Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing. | | • | Wireless connectivity enables you to find, buy, and read instantly—whether you’re in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed. | | • | Shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindle. | | • | Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4990 more reviews...
 I love my Kindle. January 6, 2009
Susan Ekkela (Wisconsin)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Kindle was my early Christmas present. Two months early. I am slightly techy. I use a computer, but don't text. I rarely buy the latest electronic gadgets. However, I love to read and this sounded very cool.
What I like: I read more, buying books is easy and convenient, it is more comfortable to read with than a book, the dictionary is handy (I never looked up words before), the battery is long lasting, it is easy to carry and stores tons of book, and I can change the font size if I'm tired.
What I don't like: It is way too easy to accidently turn the page, but you learn to be careful. I also don't like that there are no page numbers, although there are location numbers, which are helpful, but not the same.
 fragile, dropped once and repair will be $180.00 January 5, 2009
R. R. Green
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
The Kindle is fragile and the case does not securely hold and protect the fragile Kindle. At the same time the case provides a false sense of security. You think the case is holding your Kindle. I picked my Kindle up, it slid out of the case, and fell on the floor. It only dropped once about four feet and now it is worthless. Only half the page loads and it contains a book I was in the middle of reading. Kindle support advises it will cost $180.00 to repair. I am retired and watched my Kindle like a hawk. I have the time to be careful, but what about someone who works and has kids? The Kindle should be designed so the case securely holds the machine. Customer Support answered my phone call promptly and professionally. This was a gift from my daughter and it makes me heartsick to have to tell her. I have only owned it a few months.
FREAKING BRILLIANT! January 5, 2009
V Simmons (Asheville, NC)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am speechless over this thing. I coveted it since it came out, finally got one a week ago and, unlike so many other things in life, it completely exceeded my expectations.
Very pleased January 5, 2009
Jean Fell (Kent Ohio)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was actually a gift for my husband's 60th birthday.
He loves gadgets and reading, and getting books immediately rather than driving to the store. It's everything we hoped it would be, and we're looking forward to the fancier functions like adding notes.
 The glamor wears off. January 5, 2009
Christopher Gibbons (new york)
3 out of 12 found this review helpful
My sony reader was getting a bit tattered and worn, so when the kidle came out i bought it right away. At first i was very impressed. The wireless made it so easy to buy new books. and the unit is very light weight.
But as time wears on it gets old. The wireless uses alot of power, and only works in the united states. So if I go on vacation it has all the limitations of other devices. But it gets worse, whatever books i have on the removable data card must be manually moved on and off of the main memory to be read. This takes a long time. The batery life i a joke, i have often charged my kindle, used it for about an houre, then put it to sleep and woken in the morning to find the battery dead. At best the device has 2 days of light use per charge. The massive amount of power used on standby is pathetic. My sony reader lasted weeks at a time on a single charge. I have not used or charged my e reader in over a year, but when i turned it on last night (unlike the kindle it turns on instantly) it still had half a charge on it. Also, the lack of page numbers sucks, and the bookmarks bon't actuallymark your place they just save a little excrept of the page.
The screen on my kindle broke on a recient vacation. This bring me to my really big gripe. Without the kindle i cannot read any of the books i bought (every other reader lets me read my books on my pc). So, instead of buying the far superior Sony reader 2.0, i have no choice but to bend over and take it and shell out for an over priced kindle.
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