Okay, so I've wanted a Kindle since they first came out. After reading review after review at Amazon, I'm still a little confused and would love to have your thoughts on any experience you might have with one.

I'm fascinated with the idea of being able to download a book in 60 seconds or less, and read it whenever I want. I'm fascinated about being able to listen to music while I read. I love to idea of Amazon keeping an electronic copy of all the kindle edition books I purchase, so that I can re-download them later if I wish.

Things I'm confused about:

1. Can you add additional memory?
2. Can you email a kindle edition book to someone else with a kindle, thus "sharing" your library, like you might with a "real" book?
3. Can you really read in the sunlight? Or is the glare too bad? I take a ferry back and forth to one of my jobs and being able to read my kindle on the ferry would be a big plus.
4. What accessories would you recommend? Which are useless?
5. With the wireless connection, can you go anywhere on the internet? Or just to Amazon and Wiki-Pedia?
6. My understanding is that the wireless signal is much like a signal for a cell phone...NOT like a wireless laptop signal, for example. Is this correct? In other words, will I be able to access the wireless connection pretty much anywhere? That's what Amazon seems to be saying with their "wireless map", but I wanted a real-life answer.
7. With being able to load music onto the kindle, is it feasible that I could replace an ipod with the kindle? And have my books and my music too?
8. Which version is better, the DX or the Kindle II? Why?

Thanks so much for your opinions!

Mariah

I can answer a few of the questions. I have the first one that came out.
1. Yes you can add a storage card.
2. As far as I know you can't share. It tracks your purchases and you can redownload if you need to but I believe it has to be to yours only. I don't have my book with me to look it up.
3. You can read in the light but not in the dark. I haven't noticed a glare.
4. I have no accessories other then the cover and chord. Dont think I need anything else. I just want to read.
5. You can order from amazon and look up definitions. I believe their are other wireless options though if I remember correctly. Im just not a techie so I have no need for it.
6. I have had a couple times where I could not connect but It seemed that if I moved it would pick up a signal.
7. not sure about that.
8. My friend had the newer one and the one thing I really liked was that you could change it so that it would read to you. Like if you are in the car. You can speed it up or slow it down. You can pick male or female to read to you. Kinda cool.

All in all. I enjoy it but I seem to default back to library books because they are free. lol
If I am traveling for work I take it because I only have to carry that instead of several heavy books. And if I finish one I can start another pretty quickly.

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Thanks for the info! I have my eye on one on Ebay that's the first Kindle. I'm interested in the first edition because you can add memory, but apparently can't do so to the Kindle II and Kindle DX. I really appreciate your help!