Comments on: Kindle Canada Review – the Canuck Experience http://ireaderreview.com/2009/10/15/kindle-canada-review-the-canuck-experience/ Kindle Review, Kindle Fire Review, New Kindle Review, Kindle 4 Review Sat, 02 Jun 2012 04:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kindle Canada is available « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books http://ireaderreview.com/2009/10/15/kindle-canada-review-the-canuck-experience/#comment-7247 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:17:26 +0000 http://ireaderreview.com/?p=6734#comment-7247 [...] read my Kindle Canada review which covers using the Kindle in Canada. It does not include whispernet as that wasn’t [...]

]]> By: switch11 http://ireaderreview.com/2009/10/15/kindle-canada-review-the-canuck-experience/#comment-6419 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:10:34 +0000 http://ireaderreview.com/?p=6734#comment-6419 The thing is that real drawbacks and ‘excuses’ vary by person.

PDF might be crucial for students who have a lot of research papers in PDF format.

The whole point of the review is to bring up a lot of the downsides found ACROSS users and reviews so that potential owners know all the pros and cons.

Obviously, people are going to find only 2 or 3 of the drawbacks are drawbacks for them.
However, which 2 or 3 will vary across readers.

]]> By: Al http://ireaderreview.com/2009/10/15/kindle-canada-review-the-canuck-experience/#comment-6415 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:21:32 +0000 http://ireaderreview.com/?p=6734#comment-6415 Seems to me way too many “excuses” in this review. For example:
In the “cons”:
1. I hate touch screens. Every one I have ever had, my GPS in my Prius, my GPS in my truck, my Palm Pilot have all not worked properly. Apparently only the iPods work right, but I have not tried those yet.
2. only available in one color. Skins are readily available in many, many colors.
3. PDF – direct reading of PDF on any small screen is totally unusable for me. The text is the same as the side of a medicine bottle’s side effects.
4. ePub – Easily convertible to a mobi file. DRM-ePub is not ePub.
5. DRM – All the public domain books and some of the other books are
DRM free. All Gutenberg, feedbooks, Baen and SteveJordanBooks are DRM free.
6. Cannot share books – This does not apply to all books. Some authors specifically authorize sharing.
7. Some books not available on Kindle – Some books on Kindle are not available in paper, being out of print.
8. Not water resistant – most books are also damaged by water.
9. Need warranty – This is a personal decision on any product. I have 2 Kindles and have just the factory warranty. Good so far. Extended warranties are a gamble with the odds in favor of the insurer.

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