Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" - using as a general e-Reader
Posted: 12 Feb 2014, 00:27
So, I finally bought a new ebook reader. I bought the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9".
Why did I choose this e-reader?
1. The screen. It is high enough resolution to handle any scan format, not just plain text.
2. I am a pretty big user of Amazon products and services, so their integration is less evil to me than, say, Apple.
3. The screen size feels about right to me (my phone is a Galaxy Note 2 and it is too small; I had a Sprint Flyer that wasn't far enough away from that phone to be right).
4. It's lightweight and has a good battery life so I won't mind hauling it everywhere.
What sucks about this reader?
1. Custom Android - no Google Play store. This can be hacked but it sucks not to have stock Android.
2. Amazon lock-in.
3. No high-quality stylus, like I have on my phone.
My hope is to put every book I've ever scanned or downloaded onto this device.
I'd like to be able to:
1. Read any/all of the books I've scanned or downloaded.
2. Search through all of them.
3. Annotate any of them by stylus, finger, or on-screen highlighter.
4. "Clip" any page, part of page, or bit of text into some kind of "notebook" archive thingy.
I'll be slowly working through this list.
Why did I choose this e-reader?
1. The screen. It is high enough resolution to handle any scan format, not just plain text.
2. I am a pretty big user of Amazon products and services, so their integration is less evil to me than, say, Apple.
3. The screen size feels about right to me (my phone is a Galaxy Note 2 and it is too small; I had a Sprint Flyer that wasn't far enough away from that phone to be right).
4. It's lightweight and has a good battery life so I won't mind hauling it everywhere.
What sucks about this reader?
1. Custom Android - no Google Play store. This can be hacked but it sucks not to have stock Android.
2. Amazon lock-in.
3. No high-quality stylus, like I have on my phone.
My hope is to put every book I've ever scanned or downloaded onto this device.
I'd like to be able to:
1. Read any/all of the books I've scanned or downloaded.
2. Search through all of them.
3. Annotate any of them by stylus, finger, or on-screen highlighter.
4. "Clip" any page, part of page, or bit of text into some kind of "notebook" archive thingy.
I'll be slowly working through this list.