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Kindle 2 user remorse with Kindle DX launch

Kindle 2 user remorse with Kindle DX launch

By: Peter Chubb | May 12, 2009 | 3 Comments

There is nothing worse than being the first person to purchase a new gadget, there are a few problems with this. The first is that you pay more than the product is worth; the second is that there are always a few glitches and the third; they always bring out an updated version not long after. That is exactly what Kindle 2 users are facing with the launch of the new Kindle DX.

Kindle 2 users are filled with remorse, they have only had their product for about three months, and already there is a newer larger version of their e-book reader. Wired tells us that one of its readers is now battling it out with Amazon to exchange her Kindle 2 for the newer Kindle DX.

The Kindle DX offers a number of new features that the Kindle 2 did not, such as the larger 9.7 inches diagonally size. This is two-and-a-half times larger than the Kindle 2. Users have found that Amazon does not offer and upgrade option; it seems that there is no way of upgrading your Kindle 2 to the new Kindle DX, unless you pay the full price.

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  • AeroBoy

    For the price of the new Kindle DX to think that it would actually have a colored display. If I wanted to read black and white books, I’d just buy one.

    I think Amazon needs to get with the times. If I wanted to pay almost $500 dollars for a portable device I would just buy a PDA from Dell or something. I can read books on my Palm Treo Pro and I can also surf the web, check my emails, watch YouTube, listen to music…etc. And it’s in COLOR~!

    My cell phone has more features than this Kindle DX. If I were in charge of pricing this item, I would only price it at roughly $200 for it’s lack of features.

    Get with it Amazon and then get back with us when you have something more now, and not 1999.

  • John Anderson

    anyone that will make me a deal on the Kindle 2 so they can get the DX e mail me. Ill be just fine with a 2.

    John

  • Vi

    Sorry, Aero BOy

    It’s not a mini computer, or a cellphone. You’re not supposed to make calls on it, or text, or even check your mail. It’s an e-reader. It does one thing, and it does that one thing well; it allows you to read books.

    It’s not trying or supposed to be, anything else. Go read books on your Palm Treo Pro; I will be reading comfortably long after your retinas burn out from staring so long at that tiny backlit screen and your battery dies from the prolonged use.