Kindle goodness

Let me first start by explaining what a Kindle is.  Kindle is an ebook reader.  It allows you to purchase digital books through Amazon.com and read them anywhere your Kindle goes.  As a physical device, a Kindle is the size of hard cover book, but is 8.5 mm thick and weighs only 250 grams (1/2 pound).  It is very light and easy to handle.

The screen is powered by e-ink, which means that the screen does not use energy to keep text on the page.  It only uses energy to change the text on the screen.  Due to this fact, battery life of a Kindle is rated at 30 days.  You can read a lot of books before you have to recharge your Kindle.  (I wish my phone would last this long!)

About a month ago, I ordered a Kindle from Amazon.  The whole shopping experience was very easy.  Pick a Kindle, select delivery country as Australia, provide your credit card and that's it.  I received my Kindle in three business days.  Even the shipping charge was reasonable.  Ordering electronic items from the US is not always easy from Australia.  Luckily, Amazon makes the whole process easy.

After a month of use, I can tell you that I love my Kindle.  It is easy to read, the device lasts a long time and it is really easy to move your old ebooks onto it.  I have a lot of old pdfs which I was able to put on the Kindle.  Kindle supports pdf, txt, .mobi, .html and a few other formats.  There is a plethora of free content of classical books which you can download and read for free.  "War and Peace" here I come!  :-)

I am amazed how easy it is to buy ebooks on Amazon.  One click, and the book is downloaded to your Kindle.  Too easy!  You can even buy a subscription to various newspapers and magazines.  The train ride to work has just become more fun!