Yet Another Kindle Thread but I have a couple of questions.

[DawnCt1]

DH asked me if I wanted a Kindle for Christmas. I might. Is there more than one model? When you get the "books" do they stay there until you delete them? Is it just visual or audio as well, so you can "read" the book while you are doing something else or driving in the car. DH commutes and could he listen to the book while driving? Thanks

 

[yoopermom]

Dawn, definitely go to amazon, which is the exclusive seller of kindles, and also kindleboards(dot)com for more that what I can tell you.

The basics: Kindle 1 came out a few years ago and was replaced by Kindle 2 which came out earlier this year (that's what most of us have). Kindle DX is much larger, and came out this summer. It seems to be used primarily by people who need a larger screen, some college students, and those who read a lot of text with pictures (IMHO it's not very "portable" compared to K2 just due to its size).

When you purchase a book, it's downloaded to your Kindle in a matter of seconds. You can leave it on your Kindle or you can delete it, knowing that it will remain in your Amazon "space". Some Kindle users like to store lots on their Kindle, others like to leave most of it in their Amazon account.

While it does have a text to voice feature, it is a computerized version (like the time/temperature person) not "read" like an audiobook would be. It's adequate (my sp.ed. students like to listen), but obviously not read with any "personality".

Terri