Amazon Kindle

Currently I am spending lot of time on the road and travelling from Kandy to Dankotuwa takes roughly 4-5 hours. So I was thinking buying an ebook reader. I do not like an Ipad or any other Tablets, since I hate watching movies when I do travelling and the screen is not anti glare.

Amazon Kindle uses E-ink, and it does not have a backlit screen, so that one can read the content even under the bright sunlight.

I cant afford buying books from kindle store ;) I have heard Amazon Kindle cant read pdf files, and those have to be converted to the native file format for Kindle. But today I read some blogs and reviews, there they say Amazon Kindle 3 has the native support for PDF. Hurrey!!!

Amazon kindle comes with 2 different screen sizes 6 inch and 9 inch. I feel like 9 inch screen is too large to handle in a bus. But I dont feel like I can read lot from a 6 inch screen. But Kindle 9 inch is too expensive, simply I cant afford.

• Kindle 2GB = 79$
• Kindle Touch =99$
• Kindle Touch 3G =149$
• Kindle Keyboard = 99$
• Kindle Keyboard 3G= 139$

I cant see the importance of buying a 3g enabled Kindle, since im not going to buy/ download books from online. Kindle 2GB version has 1.2 GB of user space. But Im not sure how many Pdfs i can store and will 1.2 GB is enough for me. So I will stick to the Kindle Touch. It is 99$ but as a Sri Lankan, I cant buy the US version I have to buy the international version which is 109$. The sad story is still Amazon doesnt release the kindle touch and I have to wait until Nov 21.

Accessories

Amazon, they send the data/ charging cable as the one and only accessory. All other necessary accessories have to ordered separately. I am thinking of buying a leather cover with a LED light which will allow me to read the kindle even in a solid dark. But it is quite expensive. Around 59$s have to be wasted on that.