Amazon on fire
For over 6 months now, I’ve been very happy with my Kindle 3G. It is a second generation one, with a keyboard. Being very lightweigt, having a long battery life and a fantastic screen (you have to see it before you know what I mean) is what still excites me everytime I use it. You see, I became somewhat of a Kindle / Amazon fan-boy!
And now, Amazon updated its Kindle line-up with the addition of 3 new (dedicated) e-readers: Kindle, Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G. Even more lightweight and smaller.
If you were still unsure whether to buy one or not: don’t hestitate, go get one now (but know which one to choose :))! You’ll be very pleased with it, as I have been for the past months.
When owning a Kindle, living in Belgium has some downsides. You’re still dependend on the Amazon book / Kindle store for your books and it doesn’t contain much literature in dutch. So for now, this is my main medium for all my technical books and some international writers. There are some options to buy on a store like Bol.com and than convert the book … but that’s down a ‘non-legal’ road and that might be too much of a hastle. Buying on Amazon.com is as simple as hitting the Buy button and your book is delivered automatically and via WiFi or Whispernet (world-wide data connection).
But besides that: I’m all for the Amazon Kindle product-line.
Last but not least, Amazon announced the Kindle Fire. An Android based tablet with a strong focus on movies, music and books. Might seem an attractive (and maybe only decent) alternative to an iPad .. time will tell.
