Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G, 6" Display, White - 2nd Generation

I feel Like I was ripped off...First let me say I do enjoy my Kindle..My son wanted to buy me one for my birthday, he saved his money since he is a student.. I have had this kindle for about a month...Thought it was a good deal now I see that they have a newer model for $139.00, & it has more storage ...I'm sure that you guys was aware that a newer version was coming along...Now I see that the options for the newer version is in Graphite color,more storage & the buttons look great for less dollars..Wow what a joke!!! Amazon is starting to be like everybody else there should be some way that you could upgrade...I'm just a little disappointed in Amazon...I guess you guys have capitalize just like the other guys!!!

Let me first say that the Kindle is an amazing device! I love it !!

Now with that said... I wish I'd known about the 3rd generation device. I bought my Kindle at the beginning of July. I like everything about the device except that it doesn't have a WI-FI option... And of course, the 3rd generation device has WI-FI. Oh well! While I live in a big city, the neighborhood I live in has really poor cell phone coverage so I end up downloading books to my PC and then load them on my Kindle via the USB cable.

From a user point of view the Kindle is light, compact and the contrast of the screen is great. It's very much like reading print on a piece of paper. I took it with me on a recent trip to Europe so I'd have enough reading material on the 10 hour flight. It's the perfect way to bring reading material with you when you travel. I brought 9 books and 1 magazine and the all fit in the space of a single hardback book. Awesome! The Kindle worked great even in the low light conditions on an airplane at night with only a small overhead light. The battery life is great. I used it daily for 7 days on the Europe trip and the battery still showed 3/4 charged when I got back.

I've read some reviews that say that you read more slowly on this kind of device, but I haven't experience that at all. I read 3 books during my Europe trip and found the experience to be not much different than reading a paper book. I find the form factor of the device very nice... Especially that you can read while eating and not have to juggle to keep the book open. Another really nice feature of the device for me.

If you read a lot you will really enjoy using this device. It works exactly as advertised.

I have not yet had a chance to down load any new books on my Kindle since I was finishing up a few unread books I had bought. One thing I have noticed though is that for some reason the battery runs down within a day or two even with the Kindle powered down. This is very disappointing since I believe it was advertised as lasting over a week on a full charge.
Now for the Duped part of my review. You heavily advertised the reduced price for the Kindle around the time I purchased my Kindle. Today I learn the the 3RD generation Kindle was just released at the same price I bought mine for a month ago. This leads me to believe the advertising blitz was a plan to reduce your inventory of the old Kindles before the release of the new one. I would like to know I can send back my old (actually brand new) Kindle for a new 3rd generation Kindle. If you really care about my review you will respond to my concerns. Thank you.

When my family asked what gift I would most like to have for my graduation this year (I'm a mom returning to school)I struggled and couldn't come up with anything. Finally, I told my sister I'd really like to read anything OTHER than a TEXTBOOK this summer, so if everyone wanted to just bring their favorite novel to our celebration that would be wonderful. She took that idea and ran with it and my family pitched in and purchased my kindle! I haven't put it down in 2 months! I have several books in line waiting to be read and even have purchased some books for my two daughters who really get a kick out of using it.
The ONLY not so good thing that I had happen with my kindle actually involved the cover that I purchased also from amazon. It's the leather one that comes with a little rubber band thingy to keep it closed. I thought I would "protect" my kindle by putting the rubber band thingy on the device and back cover to hold it from flopping around in the cover. This caused my kindle screen to freeze so DON'T DO THIS! I did call customer service and after a thorough conversation and almost having a heart attack the customer service rep told me that doing this would VOID THE WARRANTY due to CUSTOMER NEGLECT. She did however,ship out a replacement(overnight!) and I absolutely have only used my cover in the way that is pictured online!
I love my kindle!

I love these so much,I will soon have the whole
family outfitted with them--can't go wrong--
great customer service!