![]() Yet, the Kindle 2 is the better device, and here’s why: spontaneous book downloads. Also, both devices are small and light enough to carry around all day. Both devices sport a high-resolution screen that does not flicker at all, so reading is enjoyable and doesn’t cause any eye strain. The Sony Digital Reader PRS-700 lets you click a button to turn on a reading light, supports touch-screen control, comes with a stylus, and just feels more like an advanced e-reader that never gets in the way of reading. The main dig against the Kindle 2 is that it’s a bit clunky. There is some comedic value in hearing the speech-to-text voice read the last word in a question with a strange and poorly timed vocal trill. (The Kindle 2 supports that service directly, which Amazon owns, but only as downloaded audio files.) The voice has an annoying cadence, and makes frequent errors in pronunciation. Granted, the Kindle 2 is never going to compete with a real audiobook from, say,. You can change the voice speed (slower or faster), and switch between a male or female voice. The Kindle 2 will read aloud whatever it sees on the screen. Volume control is more important, because the Kindle 2 supports text-to-speech reading for any book, magazine, or document on the screen. The full QWERTY keyboard is great for searching, though, and there are easy-to-find volume buttons and a power switch. The 5-way slips too easily, and it’s hard to control. For example, if you want to make a bookmark, you click Menu, scroll down to Add a Bookmark, and click with the 5-way button. On the Kindle 2, it’s easy to click to the next page, but the 5-way navigation button is too small and awkward. In fact, it’s easier to become engrossed in a book and not fumble with controls on the PRS-700. Reading books with the Kindle 2 is easy, but not quite as fluid as on the Sony’s competing Digital Reader PRS-700. ![]() Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 brings faster 5G to budget phones Amazon even offers a wide assortment of covers for about $25 to $100 each.ĭoes the Nothing Phone 2 have a headphone jack? It’s also worth noting that the hinges in the included real leather cover hold the e-book reader tight, so it will never flop around or go flying down an aisle on an airplane. The original Kindle had a goofy “space-age design” right out of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 movie, so the Kindle 2 is a major improvement. Noticeably taller than the original Kindle (measuring 8 inches), but having lost a few millimeters in thickness (at just over a quarter inch), the Kindle 2 looks and feels sleek and trendy. It’s an intelligent device, marred only slightly by a less-than-stylish approach and scant “open e-book” support.Īlthough the Kindle 2 is intended mostly for book reading, it’s actually amazingly flexible when it comes to magazines, newspapers, blogs, and just about any document you have on your PC or Mac. Amazon recently upgraded its first eBook reader, the Kindle, to make online reading more bearable – without a computer and without the Web. Yet, as major newspapers such as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer move to an online-only format, the issue of reading online will only become more important. Besides, no one wants to curl up for the night in front of their Dell desktop. ![]() Even if you find a really compelling e-book, current generation LCD screens flicker too much – your brain and your eyes know this, even if you can’t tell – and the resolution is too low. Reading a book online is like cooking a hotdog with your bare hands at a campfire: it doesn’t really work, and the longer you try, the more it hurts. Hard to use at times not as stylish as the Sony reader limited support for free books ![]()
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