Accessory of the Week The Kindle may have a screen that works well in bright light, but the quid pro quo is poor visibility in the dark. No backlight, you see.
Enter M-Edge’s e-Luminator Touch, a tiny angle-poise lamp for e-book readers – and paper books too.
The bottom end of the accessory is built like one of those clip-over-the-page bookmarks, but it also slips into slots in M-Edge’s Kindle cases. I tried out it with the company’s zippered Latitude Remix jacket. I also gaffer-taped it to the back of the Kindle, which is a handy alternative to buying a case from a specific vendor, or if you don’t want a case at all. Read the rest of this entry »
I recently bought myself a Kindle, which is providing sterling service as an e-book reader for my daily trips in and out of Vulture Central.
It’s more compact and lighter than a tablet, even a 7in one, like Samsung’s Galaxy Tab. Yet its 6in screen means I don’t have to squint at a smartphone display. Since it only cost £111, I’m less worried about dropping it, or losing it, as I would with my phone.
There has to be a more exciting picture than this
There’s only one thing I don’t like: you can’t – officially – change the image the Kindle shows when you put it to sleep. This is a point that has bothered other users too, and some with coding skill have figured out how to solve the problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Review It took Amazon’s Kindle 2 a good while to escape from Uncle Sam’s backyard but less than three months more for the international version of the Kindle DX to arrive. Before we even laid hands on the DX we knew it was both bigger and more expensive, but is it any better?
The most obvious difference between the DX and Amazon’s lesser Kindles is the larger screen. Like the standard Kindle, the DX uses an E Ink display, but it’s a 9.7in unit with a resolution of 1200 x 824 rather than the basic Kindle’s 6in, 600 x 800 panel.
Amazon’s Kindle DX: the size e-book readers should be?
Though larger, the DX’s screen actually has a lower pixels per inch figure – 150 vs 167 – but the difference is indiscernible to the eye. In every way, the DX’s larger screen makes for a much better reading experience than that provided by any other e-book reader we have tested.
Because the DX has followed so hard on the heels of the Kindle 2, Register Hardware found itself with both devices in its clammy grip at the same time, allowing for a direct comparison. While the screens look the same in terms of contrast and shade, there’s no doubt that the DX changes pages with a far less obvious grey-to-black-and-back-again flash. Read the rest of this entry »
