Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G, 9.7" Display, Graphite, 3G Works Globally – Latest Generation

I bought the DX the day after my first Kindle was delivered to me (with the small screen), because it is not possible for me to maintain the illusion of reading a print book on the smaller screen, no matter the size of the text.

The DX screen is almost the exact same size as the entire body of the smaller device, and the text can be made of a size to virtually mimic a print book.

I have used my Kindle DX on my desk at work, at restaurants while eating, aboard transcontinental passenger trains, while parked in rest areas on long drives, while working in my shop, when seated in my favorite reading chair and even when lying in bed. Its performance in all these situations is uniformly good.

In addition to Kindle books, bought through Amazon, I have loaded half a dozen PDF files of book length, including instruction manuals and novels. I have even converted the first drafts of my two novels into PDF files with MS Word 2007, and loaded them. (The more to force me to get off the dime and start the rewrites by allowing me to compare my work with that of the authors whose writing I have purchased.)

I have a small number of caveats for anyone thinking of buying the DX. Most of these I learned first hand after I received my DX and started using it, and none of them would have prevented me from buying it if I had known about them beforehand. I include them here in the hope that being aware of these things may prevent cardiac arrest should they occur to you.
Buy a good cover for your DX. You don't want to lose your near $500 investment because of an irretrievably damaged screen, and unless you plan to only take it out of the safe to read it, you're going to want to be sure you can protect it when you are transporting it. I bought the M Edge cover which flips over the top to create a stand of sorts and it not only protects my machine, it provides the perfect reading angle when I am eating. (I must read when I eat; if I forget to take a book, I end up reading the ingredients labels from the various bottle on the table.)
Don't worry about a reading light unless you will truly be in a situation where you cannot hold a flashlight. I have a small LED flashlight which focuses perfectly on the screen and illuminates the entire text for easy reading without creating distracting glare.
Sometimes the 15 second rule will not apply. In other words, if your Kindle gets confused and you need to reset it, holding the power slide switch for 15 seconds doesn't always work. I've held it for up to 60 seconds with no result. However, if I plug the unit into AC power and try again, it will reset, though sometimes it takes more than 25 seconds to do it.
It would be helpful if there was a way to "hide" selected entries to conceal them from anyone you might loan the machine to (I don't want my first drafts read by anyone but me, for example.)

There are other points I could add, but truly none of them are deal busters. To be able to access more than 70 volumes of my personal library when I travel or even just go to work, without having to lug around that many books is justification enough for buying it. And compared to what the iPad offers, I would still pick the Kindle DX.
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