Amazon - Kindle - 2GB

For a while, I have been reading e-books on iPad's Kindle App, and I always enjoyed reading books. I realized that I cannot use iPad outside, because of reflective screen, and also it is gets bit heavy to carry iPad longer periods of time. So, I got Kindle, and wow! I love it! Easier to carry for longer period of time and can read everywhere. The only two things that I regret, no backlight or touch screen.

The screen is "paper clear", and its as light as a plastic toy. I've had it for over a week and not needed to charge it yet (I haven't used it every day). My last kindle had a physical keyboard though, which can be helpful at times vs using that 90s style toggle at the bottom - noting that this one is 1/4the price of the one I bought in 2009. Also - other kindles allow for displaying % read and or page numbers. On this I only see % read... not sure if there is a way to change to "page number". Overall, can't complain given the pricing.

Overall for the price and features included you can't go wrong with this reader. The screen does not have a backlight so you cannot read it in the dark, but it excels in the outdoors. You can perfectly see the screen in the sun whether in a park, or on the beach. If you want to be able to read in the dark (in bed) you may want to consider the Kindle Paperwhite. As far as content, Amazon offers what seems like an endless amount of books. If you own more than one Kindle device it will also sync each device to the furthest page read on any one device. Definitely worth the price.

I had a Kindle Fire which got damaged - since I had been given an iPad as a gift I no longer needed many of the features that the Fire had which a plain Kindle did not... so I got this Kindle to replace the Fire so I could still have access to books I had obtained/purchased on my Fire account... the gray screen is not as easy to read but I also purchased a Kindle cover with a built in light... if this is your first Kindle, I would recommend the Paperwhite over the plain Kindle - the few extra dollars for the Paperwhite are, in my view, worth the extra money - my wife has had her Kindle for 6-7 years and it is still going strong so if the Paperwhite is $50 more your are talking $7-8/year... whichever reader you pick, they are wonderful - particularly for travel so you do not have to pack books in your luggage!!

I read incessantly online but rarely paper books. I wondered if buying a Kindle would prod me to read more away from the glowing computer screen, and to read some actual book material for a change. So far, the answer is yes. This entry-level Kindle is inexpensive, a handy size, easy to read, and holds more books than I'll ever need. It works exactly as intended. The monochrome display is perfect for text and simple figures. I find the controls slightly awkward for following footnotes and looking up word definitions, but basic page-turning etc is faultless. A battery charge lasts a long time with wi-fi off (which should be the default setting but isn't... why leave wi-fi on when it's rarely needed?) Note that there's also a great deal of free (legal) content out there if you have any interest in old books — Darwin, Dickens, Twain, etc — and my public library *loans* contemporary e-books as well. In other words, feel free to buy the latest content from the Kindle Store if you wish, but it's hardly necessary to keep you swimming in quality reading material more or less forever. I can't believe I went so long without one of these little gems.

I bought this mainly for outdoor reading on vacation and it was the hit of the week. Everybody had expensive tablets and nobody could read them outside. One of my least expensive yet one of my best purchases ever.

I bought this after having 2 nooks - I could not get the touch screen to work on the nook - very annoying . The manual page turner is great and the fact that it is on both sides is a great feature. I am a avid reader so i use it a lot with no problems.The price was better than the nook and I like it much better.

I went back and forth over the past couple of years about buying a kindle. I had a tablet and smart phone with the kindle app and always figured I didn't need an e-reader. That was until this past summer when I wanted to sit outside and read and the glare off my tablet and phone was killing me. The Kindle is great for reading anywhere / anytime. Makes e-reading so much more enjoyable.. I should have bought this thing a year or two ago.