A blog by Devendra Tewari
I have gone from reading on the Smartphone to reading on a Kindle Paperwhite (second generation).
Here’s what I like best about it
A bigger screen than my Smartphone, so I don’t have to hold it close.
Much lighter than my iPad, which I also use to read PDF documents on some occasions (besides my laptop).
Uniform brightness, hurts less while reading in the dark. After reading in night view on my Smartphone, I can see dark lines for a while after closing my eyes. I also have difficulty focussing on distant objects after a prolonged reading session on the Smartphone.
Syncs my personal docs, and books purchased from other publishers in MOBI format. Even syncs furthest location and highlights.
Pinch to zoom works all right with images and PDF documents. I prefer reading PDFs in landscape mode, so I can avoid constantly having to pinch to zoom. PDF is such a bad format for small screens, I’m trying to avoid it altogether.
Send to Kindle Chrome extension works beautifully, to send content I want to read later, straight from the browser to the Kindle. The content is also cached in Personal Documents.
I am liking my Kindle so far, and wondering why I didn’t get one sooner. I think I was waiting for a reader from Amazon worth buying. The Paperwhite is that reader.