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21 Oct, 2011
Fantastic, awsome, don't know why I didn't buy one years ago!
15 of 15 found this helpful I'd been thinking for a while about buying an iPad, but the more I thought about it the more I thought it seemed like a sledgehammer to crack a nut. So I thought really hard about what I actually want from a tablet. I already have an iPod and a SmartPhone, and if I want to do any actual computing work then I'll take my laptop.
So I came to the conclusion that all I wanted was to be able to get 3G internet on a decent sized screen (phones are just so rubbish for internet) and not to have to cart books around with me when I am travelling.
So I have wondered for a while about buying a Kindle.
And I am so glad I've bought on now!
Okay, there are certain things it doesn't do, but it is light and compact and it fits easily in my handbag without weighing me down. It is dead simple to use, the monochrome screen is crystal clear for reading (no backlight so no eye strain) the battery lasts for simply ages. You could easily take this on a fortnights holiday and not even have to take the charger because the battery will easily last the whole time.
And, with this particular model you get FREE... yes FREE 3G internet access from more than 100 countries! No subscription charges, no bills, nothing. And that, to me, is pretty attractive. Okay, the browser is very basic... it's a bit like internet 1998 stylie... but you can get it and you can do pretty much anything you want to. You can, for example, download and start reading a book while you are sitting on a beach in a little Spanish cove, and certainly you can use it for social networking and accessing and replying to webmail and the such like, or to look things up on Google or Wiki or whatever... and lets be honest, unless you are into gaming or streaming movies, what more do you really use the www for?
The Kindle 4 was always a no go for me because it has neither a touch screen nor a keyboard, and it only has wifi capability so you need to be either at home or near a hotspot to be able to get on line, and once you are on looking anything up, even downloading a book, is going to be pretty tedious because you have to type from an on-screen keyboard by using a joystick, like entering your name onto the high score list on the 1980's arcade version of Pacman or something!
The Kindle Keyboard (actually a Kindle 3) does have, as the name would suggest, a full querty keyboard and it is a lot more compact than the DX as well as being much lighter (about half the weight, although the DX is light enough as it is) and it also boasts free 3G internet accest from prettywell anywhere in the developed world.
But the decision for me was really made over screen size. While the Kindle Keyboard and Kindle 4 are both nicely compact (about the dimensions of a paperback book but only the depth of a mobile phone) they also carry very small screens... just 6inches, where as the Kindle DX boasts a hulking great 9in display, so more room for words and graphics even at larger font sizes. But you pay for that by handling an item which is about the size of an iPad, although far thinner and much, much less weighty. For me the screen size was significant because I am dyslexic.
And that brings me to the one last thing thing to say about the Kindle, and it was a totally unexpected benefit. Now I am not claiming a cure for dyslexia or anything, but I find reading very tiring. Today I have read the first nine chapters of "The Catcher in the Rye". On paper I don't think I'd have managed even 3 or 4.
06 Nov, 2012
If you currently carry two phones, you really need a Samsung Duos! Perfect
2 of 2 found this helpful First off.... I'm not a techie kind of person. I just want my phone to make and receive phone calls and text messages really... I don't need all the gizmos and gadgets and widgets and "apps"! And this phone does make and receive calls and texts, and call quality is good - so that's a damn fine start!
BUT - there is something which I wanted... a feature that is lacking from pretty well every other manufactures portfolio of features. DUAL SIM.
Like a lot of people I know, I carry two phones and my phones are on different networks - one on Vodafone, the other on O2.... one for work and one for personal. I am self employed and work largely from home so it is important that I am contactable at all times, whether I am at home or not... but I don't really want to give out my personal number to clients or suppliers. I want to be able to segregate my life in that respect.
There are plenty of phones out there which will take two SIM cards, but you have to switch between the two. This one keeps both the SIMs active all the time, so you can make and receive calls and texts on either SIM at any time. It is everso simple to set up - you can have a different ring tone and text alert for each SIM so you know instantly which line the call or message is coming in from. A little icon on screen also tells you which SIM a call or message is on, so if the phone is on silent, no problem. When texting you have two "send" buttons - one for each SIM... likewise when making phone calls - two dial buttons, so you always have complete control over both numbers, but all from one device. Perfect. I can't understand why no one has done it before!
The interface is easy to use and fairly intuitive... I've had to consult the manual for a couple of things, but on the whole stuff is pretty much where you would expect to find it and things do just seem to work without that infuriating moment of hair pulling which usually seems to accompany learning to use a new phone.
Other stuff... well, everything you would expect I guess. Internet is easy via 3G, GPRS or Wifi and the GPS works very well (incidentally, you can take calls on one SIM while you are browsing the net or using GPS navigation on the other!). It's pretty to look at, light to carry, not to big or too small, comfortable to hold and has a pair of reasonable cameras too... one front and one back. The screen is responsive to the touch and easy to see, even in bright sunlight and on average the battery seems to last about 3 or 4 days between charges (probably less if you are using a lot of internet or playing music, which I don't really), which is pretty good I reckon. The screen auto rotates to landscape when you tilt the phone (as you would expect) which makes two handed typing easy, but even in portrait mode typing is easy enough. The predictive text isn't insane (unlike some phones) and so far I don't think I have sent any wonky messages. So far, it holds the accolade of being the only phone which my handbag has been incapable of unlocking and randomly phoning people on - which is a bonus!
More than that? Well, it's an Android Smartphone running ICS... what can I tell you? If you are reading this, then chances are you have already done a bit of research and you already know all the techie bits about the Galaxy S series anyway! No need for me to just repeat what you can read elsewhere.
All in all, it's an excellent phone - I would highly recommend it to anyone who currently carries two phones :o) x