Would You Use a Kindle for Business?
My last post talked about my introduction to the Livescribe Pulse Pen at my Mastermind meeting. In addition to that cool little “tool”, I was able to play with the Amazon Kindle 2 . I hadn’t paid too much attention to the first version when it came out, because I’m a fan of actually holding a book when I want to read. Also, I’m not sure whether I’d use it more for personal than business. Admittedly though, some of the features really impressed me:
- There are several sizes of fonts to choose from. It’s easy to change the size and the color tones used are easy on the eyes. (I think they should add an option for a “backlit” screen so you could read at night without a light)
- There is access to an on-line dictionary and Wikipedia for those occasions you are needing more information on a word, term or topic
- You can also do some Internet searches (it’s not as powerful as a computer) but it did pull up a number of blogs we searched!
- This is one of my favorite features – the speech-to-text . While it is still somewhat robotic, it’s really not too bad. So when you are driving you can still make progress on the book you’re “reading” by listening to it. The next version of “books on tape”! (Did I mention you can speed it up or slow it down, change the volume and listen with headphones?) Publishers have a choice to offer this feature
- Huge selection of books, magazines and daily newspapers to download. Many are free, but most have a charge that seems reasonable
- I still like to have the ability to highlight parts of books I want to come back to for reference. While they do have a feature to do this, it only underlines the parts to “highlight”. It would be nice if they could add a color to it. One plus though, you can choose to email the designated highlights (so you can set up documents on your computer with just the items you want to save for reference)
- Here’s a short video that will explain more of the features to you – note the size, battery life and other tips
Does this type of product have personal or business interest to you? Let me know if you use one and what your experiences have been. 
If you’d like more information here’s a convenient link for you:
Kindle 2: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation)
Until next time, J.
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March 19 2009 03:50 pm | Book Review, Home Business Ideas, Misc Ranting, Time Management, personal development
March 19th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
I love my KINDLE! I got the first version, and it’s amazing. I pack all my favorite personal development books on to it and away I go.
Can’t wait to get the new one.
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March 20th, 2009 at 2:22 am
This device is just too cool. I will have to save my pennies, but this has got to become an item in our household soon. I would buy it mostly for my wife cause she loves to read and there are certain motivational books I would like to have on it and accessible to me whenever I needed them. Thanks for sharing this news!
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May 1st, 2009 at 9:02 am
I love my Kindle2. It goes through airport security with my laptop out of the carry on. I’ve read three books on it. I bought a leather cover and a skin for it. I love the text to speech feature and the fact that the font size can be changed. I’ve recommended it to others as one of the coolest products out there. The only other gadget that’s really this fabulous is my Keurig coffee maker.
May 1st, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Margaret, thanks for taking the time to comment. I love hearing testimonials such as yours (I bet Amazon does too!)