2-cent's worth on Amazon's New Kindle wifi

Now that I have it in my hands, must say the Kindle [even the wifi only version] is really a great device, and, considering the price, a really good buy.


Apart from being able to read e-books with ease [sans the usual headache and dry eyes I get from reading from glaring LCD screens], the experimental features are worth checking out. 


You can't read in the dark with it, but you also can't read plain paper books in the dark and maybe that's the whole point. Reading in the dark = LED lights = glare?


The web browser speed is fair. You can zoom a page up to 300 percent of size and adjust the orientation as it suits you [from portrait to landscape]. 


The new Text to speech program is a great feature. If you get tired of reading, you can basically make the Kindle read the text for you. Haven't tried how it will interpret Tagalog text. =) 


I am looking forward to the software update that will enable the built-in microphone. Will they allow us to take dictations or record interviews on the Kindle by then?


With so many free Philippine history sources from manybooks.net, can't help but wish that this device was already available as I was doing my theses! Used to spend hours inside the UP library poring over heavy tomes of Blair and Robertson. Now they are all available for download.


Of course manybooks.net and Gutenberg press already made them available for downloads many years ago. However, reading books from a computer screen can be so tiring to the eyes. And printing the pages can be so costly. Reading on the Kindle though, feels like you're reading the actual physical book. It has the added advantage of allowing you to resize text, depending on how good or bad your eyesight is.