Today we’re highlighting a Kindle review from Vegas_Asian, who gives a college student’s perspective on the original Kindle. Some excerpts:
“I made it a point to have at least three months to explore and come to know my Kindle before writing this review…”
“The screen does appear to look very much like paper. As a student, I [...]

Now that our readers have their hands on their new Kindle 2s, they’re starting to find pleasant “little discoveries”.
One of those discoveries is that you can set the line spacing of your text. To do this, use the keyboard combination Alt shift 1-9.
Octochick has started to collect these discoveries in the forums – check [...]

KindleBoards member KasperKindle has posted a photo review of Belkin’s neoprene sleeve case for Kindle 2. Some excerpts from Kasper’s review:
“The case zips up nice and snug, and the padding in the case is very substantial.  There is a leather swatch on both the front and back that gives a good surface for you to [...]

KindleBoards member luvmy4brats is one of the first people to receive Amazon’s new Kindle, and she wasted no time in crafting a review of her first impressions.
Excerpts from her review:
“It’s REALLY thin. When I ordered it, I was concerned it would be too thin to be comfortable for my smaller, arthritic hands, but it’s not. [...]

Today, Leslie reviews the leather cover for Kindle 2. Some excerpts:
“I was hesitant about ordering the black leather cover from Amazon for the Kindle 2. After all, the cover for the Kindle 1 was cheap, unattractive, and poorly designed. For the Kindle 2, I didn’t want to pay $29.99 for another product of the same [...]

Dozens of our members received their new Kindles today, and we’re being treated to a stream of pictures and first impressions.
We have also opened up a new board in our forums, for user reviews. We invite you to post your reviews of Kindle (first generation or second generation), as well as your reviews of Kindle [...]

I ordered my Kindle 2 on February 9th, and today I received an email indicating my Kindle is on its way – a day earlier than the previously-announced availability date of February 24th.
What’s more, we’re finding that even Kindles ordered this week are shipping immediately!
Our member Brassman ordered his Kindle  today through this KindleBoards link, [...]

In yesterday’s entry about the Oscars, I mentioned that The Reader, the Swiss book by Bernhard Schlinck upon which the best picture nominee is based, is not available in a Kindle version. Kindleboards’ member Sparkplug kindly pointed out that I was wrong. The English translation is available for the Kindle. Not only that, it was [...]

February 21 and 22 only, Stylz is offering a sale on its Kindle 1 covers.
This includes the Avantgarde, Cosmo, and Executive covers. Each is going for $39.99, plus $6 shipping.
Check it out this weekend at http://www.stylzworld.com/shop/..!
Comments

I am an avid reader but also an avid movie fan (although my 17 year old daughter is making me look like an amateur!). Anyway, every year I look forward to the Academy Awards. I always vote in the poll in our local paper. This year, we have polls for the major categories on Kindleboards. [...]