
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
As of version 2.5 of the Kindle OS, now available for both the DX and the K2, the Kindle has a form of Folders .... ahem ... Collections. Although they curiously left out the ability to sort your collection list alphabetically, this is a MAJOR step in the right direction! So I'm not complaining about the sorting omission ... yet. LOL
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My wife and I have been huge Kindle fans since I got her one for Christmas the year they came out. I personally am loath to read a paper book anymore ... the Kindle is just much more convenient, easier to read, and easier to carry around. PLUS, no longer do I have to cart around a suitcase half filled with weighty books when we travel.
My wife recently dropped and broke her original Kindle, so I got her a K2. The buttons on the K2 press toward the inside (toward the screen), rather than toward the outside. This makes it virtually impossible to accidentally button to the next page, something which could happen in the K1 (but in our case seldom did once we were used to it).
The DX buttons work the same way. I got a DX because I'm currently in the position of referring to several computer reference books for projects I'm working on, and I decided it would be more convenient to view them on a DX, rather than to crane my neck around at odd angles to view them on a 2nd monitor, or to keep a thick book perched somewhere around ... plus you already know my recent distaste for paper books. ;-)
Some of the reference sources I use are also tutorials in web sites. It is fairly easy to copy the important parts of web pages, create a PDF file of your own, and put it on the DX. This can be much more convenient than trying to arrange your work and browser windows so that you do all of that just on the computer monitor(s).
The problem with the DX is that the buttons are only on one side. That was a serious design flaw, but I can live with it for the limited purpose for which I purchased my DX. When reading for pleasure, I frequently change hands just to give one a break (which I also used to do with paper books), to reach for drinks, and so forth. The only saving grace in this regard for the DX is that so much more text is displayed on a page, you don't have to change the page anywhere near as frequently as on the smaller versions. So if I am holding the Kindle in my left hand, its not too bad to reach up and hit the button with my right hand, unless it is otherwise occupied ... i.e. holding a drink. It is barely conceivable to cradle the DX in your left forearm so that your fingers are reaching around behind it to hit the buttons, as if you were holding a musical instrument of some sort. However, even if you find that you can do that, it isn't ideal.
The only other quibble I have with the K2 and the DX was the loss of ALT-T to get the time. However, a very nice person commented under this review that the time is displayed at the top of the screen when you press the Menu button, and he's absolutely right. So that quibble is cooked.
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Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G, 9.7" Display, Graphite, 3G Works Globally – Latest Generation.