The kindle
If there is one gadget that today’s kids could benefit from getting spoilt with, it would definitely have to be the Kindle Paperwhite.
The Kindle Paperwhite is a brilliant piece of technology for
all those book lovers who hate to have to carry stacks of books along with them
wherever they go. It is a true delight for people who are constantly on the
move and who love to read as it integrates their collections into one single
beautiful device. This is one piece of technology that makes one feel the same experience
as that felt when reading a real book. Most of all, the Kindle Paperwhite is
for people who actually read their books.
The kindle is an impressive device which can absorb you into
it not just by the engrossing nature of a book, but also due to the brilliant
reading experience it offers. Simple yet amazing as it is, the Paperwhite is
sure to make all those old-style book lovers to fall in love with eBooks. Its sleek
finish and amazing weightlessness is a godsend for those many who find it hard
to handle a fat book when reading while lying down in a bed. Though many reviews report it to be too big for the palm, its sleek finish allows one to easily hold it from the bottom edge while reading which makes for effortless handling. Moreover, the device is as close as one can get to the page size of a standard book.
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| Note- How good the actual reading quality is despite the poor picture quality of my 2 MP phone camera |
The Paperwhite offers some incredibly amazing options to
enhance one’s reading experience while maintaining the feel of a physical book alive
throughout. By the flip of a finger, one can roll through a gamut of books
uploaded from one’s computer or bought from Amazon. The device is integrated
with two dictionaries either of which can be accessed while reading a book.
This one simple feature I must say is one that I have found most helpful among
all others. One is saved of the effort and the distraction caused in having to
pause and look up on to a dictionary for the meaning of a word while in the
middle of reading a book. One simply has to highlight a word to know its
meaning.
The kindle also offers a feature where if one where to start
reading a half finished book after a long time, she can get recapitulated of
the characters and their relation to the plot without having to read the book
all over again. However, this helpful feature requires access to a wifi
internet connection.
The additional reading features include among many the ability
to change font styles/sizes, to change page indents, to highlight words/sentences,
to add notes, and a vocabulary builder which helps enhance our stock knowledge
of words. Unlike the earlier versions of the Kindle, the Paperwhite loads pages
in no time. The battery life is unbelievably good and can last for days
together if the wifi is turned off.
Apart from Amazon’s own .mobi format, the kindle supports pdf
files although many features are rendered unavailable when using this format.
The kindle is best suited for mobi files and sadly does not support epub files.
Ultimately, the
kindle is for dedicated readers and should be purchased after being given due thought by its to-be users. The experience the Paperwhite offers is
very real and you truly need to have one in order to appreciate it. If there is
one gadget that today’s kids could benefit from getting spoilt with, it would
definitely have to be the Kindle Paperwhite.
