I received my Kindle 4 international shipping yesterday and I am very happy about it, here is my though about this latest generation of Kindle ebook reader, Kindle 4 is the lightest, and slimmest ebook reader in Amazon’s line of ebook production line, but to archived that, here is what you have to sacrifice for the mobility, cheap price and the lighter weight :
Click here for the official Kindle 4 page @Amazon, starts from 79 USD
Compared to my Kindle DX Graphite, Kindle 4 reading screen is not as good as its predecessor, I don’t have a Kindle 3, so I can’t tell if the Kindle 3′s screen is better or worst than Kindle DX Graphite, but with the Kindle 4, I think its screen is not as crisp as Kindle DX Graphite and also comes with a lower contrast, as the results of this, there are many times that I’ve realized that I did not read on a real paper but from the reading device, which never occurs with Kindle DX Graphite, but is the Kindle 4 reading screen bad and unreadable ? Not at all !, traded for mobility, I’ve found myself very happy to use Kindle 4, I can bring it with me any where without concern about weight and size.
Does the 6 inch reading screen size destroy my reading experience ? Not at all ! At first when I received it, I had this concern as well but after learning to read from font size 4, I am happy and I don’t know if this for real or just my mind, but I think I can read faster on Kindle 4 than Kindle DX Graphite, maybe because of the very swiftly page turning of Kindle 4.
There is one thing that I don’t like about Kindle 4, the highlight feature, I use it a lot on Kindle DXG and it is very easy to use, but with Kindle, I need to tab twice, first for menu and the second is for choose highlight adding function ! This is not so convenience, but beside that I am very happy, dictionary works fine as well as onscreen keyboard that I barely use it except for book searching in Kindle store.
For Read-To-Me feature and also the music player that are already missed from this ebook reader, I did not miss it at all ! I hardly use Text-To-Speech with my Kindle DX Graphite, and also the MP3 player, I mean it may good if this reader comes with the built-in player, but based on DXG, I’ve found that MP3 player on Kindle is not so impress and I think listening music from IPhone or IPod Touch is a better idea.
So, to conclude, if you are one who is still thinking about buy this ebook reader from Amazon, the only flaw of it is reading screen which I think if you don’t have any other Kindles to compare with, you will not noticed the difference or even if it noticeable, it does not mean Kindle 4 screen is a bad quality screen, I still give it an 85% quality. If you like you can also watch my review video so you can see Kindle 4 in a real motion ( sorry for my english).
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I really wanted to see a comparison of kindle 4 and kindle dx. There was none but you. It was definitely difficult finding your video but it was worth it. I am deciding on getting a kindle but am contemplating on which to get. I love the dx but its about two years old and am wondering if its the right choice. The kindle 4 has got a better firmware and the refresh rate of page turns is better. Very difficult option. The price is also a big factor.Thanks for this video and the post.