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It is Very Hard to Press Buttons to Change Page - Returning!
I've owned an eReader since 1997, when I bought the Rocket Ebook (which was lighted, had buttons to turn the pages and a touch screen) and used that device daily for 13 years; yes THIRTEEN YEARS. When the port crapped out and I couldn't download new books so I bought the Kindle 2 (with the keyboard) and still have it. Learning that Amazon was getting rid of the buttons that flipped the pages and instead making us use a finger to change the page (which would necessitate me using two hands instead of one to read -- one to flip and one to hold onto the reader) I purchased the $89 Kindle (with no ads) and started using it yesterday. From the get go, I have been UNABLE to press the button and hold the Kindle using only one hand, which I've been been able to do with my two other eReaders. The right side button on the eReader is especially hard to press. To buttons on the side of the eReader and very slim and hard and my hands and fingers are in pain (it kinda feels like when I had carpo tunnel). I am returning this eReader because of my inability to change the page of the books I am reading because of the difficulty to turn the page.
I am not one of those people who bought an ereader to surf the net, look at videos but just to read. I also only want to use one hand to read. This Kindle is a huge disappointment to me.
Update: I finished reading the book I downloaded to my new Kindle yesterday and my hands and fingers are killing me. I am returning this diabolical device and getting the earlier version of the Kindle with the keyboard and large buttons on the sides after I send back this Kindle. Its amazing that my device from 1997, with a lighted touch screen and buttons, was more functional and easier to use than this Kindle 3 (and also the Kindle 2). I'm returning this product to Amazon tomorrow.
I wanted to add that most of what I read on my eReader is unpublished fiction (ergo 'free stuff'), which I send via email to Kindle (as a Word doc) and Amazon sends it back to me as a Kindle document, which dumps into my hard drive and I transfer to my Kindle. I have over 500,000 pgs of fiction saved on my hard drive, which I send to Amazon in small batches so I can read my huge depository of mostly fan fiction.
October 2012 · Electronics · verified purchase