+++ date = "2010-01-17" title = "The epic e-reading experience: Amazone Kindle" tags = ["General", "amazon", "kindle", "kindle2", "e-reader", "ereader", "ebook", "books", "paperbacks", "reading"] slug = "the-epic-e-reading-experience-amazone-kindle" +++ For some time I have been eyeballing Sony's e-reader in the local bookstore. I tried it a few times, but I didn't like it - actually I had serious doubts about e-books in general because of the experience. Sony's e-reader was not really easy to use with only one next-page button in a not-so-easy to access place. It also had a slow e-ink screen. It took a second to a second-and-a-half to show the next page. I didn't like it and had serious doubts about buying any e-reader at all. But, reading about all the "epic win"-stories of the Kindle by @johnnybusca I just had to give it a try - I bought one. Since receiving the Kindle last monday, I haven't felt any regret! The Kindle easy beautiful, fast with screen updates and of course integrates neatly with Amazon's Kindle Store. The whole product is designed to be easy to use - and it is. I had already purchased The One That Got Away for Kindle for iPhone. Syncing it to my Kindle was done in about 30 seconds and I was ready to start reading! For me the Kindle has three big advantages: