Amazon Kindle DX Reviews: What Actual Kindle Buyers Are Saying
If you check out the vast number of Amazon Amazon Kindle DX Review available on the internet, you will find a mixed bag. While the DX has received mostly positive reviews, it is impossible to please everyone and many people have some complaints. Many problems people have with the DX are personal issues such as the 12 hour battery not being enough to keep up with their travel- intensive job. But for the vast majority of people, 12 hours is more than enough time to read for one day. In order to decide if the Kindle DX is the right portable ebook reader for you, you have to break down the pros and cons.
List down the advantages of the DX and you’ll find yourself with a rather long list. The hype surrounding it during its release had some basis after all. First, the Kindle DX sports a huge screen with an auto-rotate feature, and natively supports PDF documents. All these make for a great device for reading newspapers, illustration-heavy books, tables, charts, and maps. Its 4GB of hard drive is large enough for your entire library and then some. The DX also has the sleek design of the Kindle 2 but with a much improved look and feel, and better placement of buttons.
The Kindle DX still has to contend with some issues though, some of which are not found on the device itself. One big complaint users have is the use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) which Amazon has chosen to implement with the DX. Although widely-used before, DRM is now somewhat an outdated method of protecting material, yet it limits the documents that you are able to access on your Kindle. Users find that many of their files will not work with the DX and so one would be forced to buy most reading content from Amazon.
And if you have a lot of reading material, you will struggle to search through it as the organizational limits of the DX are imposing. If you do manage to fill up that 3,500 book capacity, you may spend most of you time filtering through it looking for the book you want to read. And it is impossible to discuss the DX without mentioning the price. At nearly 500 dollars, many people just cannot afford to buy one.
There is a lot to consider when you look at the DX and wonder if it is worth it. The price buys you quite a lot and will keep even the most avid reader happy most of the time. But it isn’t perfect. There are some flaws that will likely not affect many people, but the people who are affected may be put off quite a bit. For the vast majority, the DX is a reader that will do everything they need and then some. Though it may not completely abolish the paper book just yet, it is an undeniable piece of the future for anyone who loves a good book.
