Comments on: Hands-on with the new $79 Kindle: small, light, easy to read, and cheap https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/09/30/hands-kindle-small-light-easy/ Making sense of gadgets and technology Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:05:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 By: How to send articles saved with Instapaper to your Kindle | here's the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/09/30/hands-kindle-small-light-easy/#comment-1594 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:05:36 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=3502#comment-1594 […] what about the Kindle, which is rapidly becoming one of my favorite ways to read e-books? Well, Instapaper makes it easy to send your most recent saved stories to your Kindle—no wires […]

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]]> By: The new Nook Tablet: what you need to know | here's the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/09/30/hands-kindle-small-light-easy/#comment-827 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:09:48 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=3502#comment-827 […] how does the Nook Tablet really stack up to the Fire—or, say, more traditional e-readers like the Amazon Kindle or Barnes & Nobile’s own Nook Simple Touch?Read on for a few key things you need to know […]

]]> By: The “revolutionary” Lytro light-field camera: Your questions, answered | here's the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/09/30/hands-kindle-small-light-easy/#comment-733 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:12:39 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=3502#comment-733 […] $400 price. Today—a mere four years later—you can buy one with more memory and a better screen for seventy-nine bucks.Now, the makers of the Lytro may truly be on to something as revolutionary as the Kindle was (and […]

]]> By: Ben Patterson https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/09/30/hands-kindle-small-light-easy/#comment-518 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:27:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=3502#comment-518 In reply to Dotty2.

Personally, I don’t see much reason to get the Kindle Keyboard over the $79 Kindle. The new, cheaper Kindle lacks a keyboard, of course, but you probably won’t have much occasion to use the keyboard anyway, beyond searching for book titles and entering your Wi-Fi password—and as I mention above, using the on-screen keyboard isn’t all that painful. 

That’s just my take, though. Any other opinions out there? 

]]> By: Dotty2 https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/09/30/hands-kindle-small-light-easy/#comment-517 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:23:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=3502#comment-517 Which would you suggest for a novice ebook reader – New $79 Kindle or Kindle
Keyboard?  Thanks, Dotty

]]> By: Ben Patterson https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/09/30/hands-kindle-small-light-easy/#comment-516 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:05:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=3502#comment-516 In reply to Ben Patterson.

Trying the photo again…

]]> By: Ben Patterson https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/09/30/hands-kindle-small-light-easy/#comment-515 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:04:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=3502#comment-515 In reply to pedrosantosjr.

They sit right by your thumb on both edges of the Kindle, and they’ve been working well so far. Photo attached…

]]> By: pedrosantosjr https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/09/30/hands-kindle-small-light-easy/#comment-504 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:29:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=3502#comment-504 How are the page turn buttons? Are they easy to use? Those might be the sole reason why I’d prefer this over the Kindle Touch, which foregoes what I believe are a very important feature. So are they worth the “downgrade?”

]]> By: Ben Patterson https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/09/30/hands-kindle-small-light-easy/#comment-503 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:02:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=3502#comment-503 In reply to Cchristinyc.

Hi there! Yes, the $99 Kindle Touch is ad-supported—although like I said above, the ads aren’t a big deal at all. That said, there is an ad-free Touch available for $139. 

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