Amazon Kindle DX Review

One of the most popular electronic readers of 2009 was clearly the kindle from Amazon. This review is going to concentrate on the next generation of the Amazon kindle, the kindle DX. It’s important to make mention that the kindle DX isn’t necessarily for everyone.

It’s a very versatile and powerful device which delivers an incredible screen resolution along with other features that some consumers simply just don’t’ need. For someone that needs something less money and a feature that still gives quality you might want to pass up the kindle DX and go with something like the kindle 2.

For someone that needs it this is something that’s one of the best options that you’ll find on the market. This is especially the case when it comes to business professionals as well as students.

The screen that you get from the DX is miles apart from competitors as the eInk screen that you get comes 9.7 inches standard. This is 2xs larger than what’s found on the kindle 2. The larger screen is something that’s going to be an ideal for someone that uses it to read their textbook or a business related document. The screen of the DX also gives you sharp and clean text which is going to be perceptibly different from most of what is found on any of the other devices, even including the kindle 2. You get almost completely reduced eye strain through the quality resolution of 1200x824 which has 16 shades of grey.

Additionally you get the ability to change the font size. Someone with vision impairment is going to find this feature extremely beneficial. You can not only change the font size but also the numbers of the words per line and line spacing. The largest font size is right under ¼ of an inch.

You also get PDF support. Unlike a lot of the other devices it actually comes with official support of Adobe. The visual quality is nothing less than superb. It contains page numbers and they are also searchable highlighting the string after the search is done. Downloading native PDF files is one of the most impressive features and also one of the most useful for the person that works with PDF files. This is one of the main reasons listed by business professionals as their chief reason for purchasing the Amazon kindle DX over other devices.

For the student purchasing the DX is a complete gem. It allows for the easy download of textbooks and the large screen makes the reading of those books pleasurable. They can be downloaded speedily and most often in less than a minute. Additionally the book editions that you get from Amazon are very inexpensive when you compare them to their hardcover cousins. You get a dictionary built in and also direct Wikipedia access.

The big three textbook publishers are part of the kindle DX family:

• Addison Wiley
• Pearson and Prentice Hall
• Longman

You’re also able to pick up free wireless which allows web connectivity through the built in browser. Although there are some limitations the browser can handle almost all needs.

Through the 3.3 gigabytes of storage space you can get storage for about 3,500 books, textbooks, periodicals and magazines. You get about 7,000 free public domain books that can be downloaded for free. You can also subscribe to such periodicals, such as, the New York Times. Almost all consumers and business professionals are going to find that this is plenty of space.

There is also storage through the Amazon cloud storage. Anything that you purchase from Amazon you can be kept within their “cloud” or storage area. You can then download them whenever you wish to. You get over 300,000 options through the Amazon inventory.

The Amazon kindle DX is just 0.38 in thickness and it weighs only 18.9 ounces. 

Overall Impressions

When looking at the electronic readers from 2009 and looking into the market for 2010 the Amazon kindle DX is more than worth the money. For someone that is vision impaired or needs to work with:

• Textbooks
• PDF files
• Business documents
• More

This is going to be one of the best options that you have on the market today. Many of the features that you get from this device is just simply aren’t available from other electronic readers on the market. If this review was to give out stars we’d give it 5 stars out of 5.