Re: 6 Inch kindle any good for reading technical ebooks?

 I've been using my Kindle DX to read all my CCIE book list which includes
more than 18 technical books.

Not only I have technical books on my Kindle DX, but also Narbik workbooks,
it is really good, sometimes I am tired of alt+tab while labbing, so I keep
my kindle next to me while reading thru tasks and concentrate my pc only on
putty. Besides that, when really tired and not feeling like labbing stuff
up, sometimes I open some workbook on Kindle, read thru the task, try to
picture the solution then I proceed checking, is really cool..

- Free 3G without restrictions , AWESOME
- Long battery life - whoaaaaaa
- Not heavy at all
- I own latest version (I have mp3 player + pdf reader native + web browser
+ text-to-speech feature)
- Really worth buying it!

Cheers,

2010/9/15 Anthony Sequeira <asequeira_at_ine.com>

> I documented my thoughts here:
>
> http://blog.ine.com/2010/02/07/obtain-your-ccie-and-save-a-tree/
>
> Since then - I did try an iPad for reading...I set the backlight real dim
> and it was not as painful as I thought it would be.
>
> I still could not have done it at the beach, however.
>
> BTW - before the DX - I had the small form factor Kindle and I did not find
> the screen size to be overly annoying. Why I migrated was at the time my
> small Kindle had no native PDF support. That was unacceptable.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Networking Dude
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 1:39 AM
> To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: 6 Inch kindle any good for reading technical ebooks?
>
> Just curious, the small Kindle WiFi is priced fairly now, and I'm curious
> if
> any of you are using it successfully to study. I'm a bit wary as the small
> screen size might make it difficult to see a diagram, or read much more
> than
> a paragraph in a Ciscopress book. I'm also looking at the DX, which IMO is
> still very unfairly priced, and lastly the Ipad.
>
> I've heard the Ipad is a bit heavy to hold and read like a book. The touch
> screen just rocks for turning pages, and zooming in, but, I'm leaning
> towards something more purpose built for the job, and cheaper. The Ipad is
> an expensive toy to break.
>
> I'm curious of any reviews or opinions you guys might have.
>
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