My only complaint about the Kindle 3 . . .

[Zell]

. . .  is the buttons.  Good grief, I'm always inadvertently pressing one of the two side buttons on either side or one of them on the bottom of the Kindle.  Those on both sides of the K3 drive me crazy in that I'm constantly forwarding or reversing a page and don't know it.  I believe the buttons are too tall on the sides and too pressure sensitive so there's more room for a user to mistakenly press a button they don't want to.  I believe that's a design flaw.  Anyone else dealing with this?  For me it's frustrating because I like to move my hands around when reading the Kindle.

[pidgeon92]

Nope, not an issue.... If you think these are bad, the ones on the K1 were much larger, and much easier to hit.

[ice-9]

I hit the page buttons by accident a lot.  Also, when I intend to scroll down to a word to get the dictionary definition, sometimes I hit the Back button by accident.

Neither is too big of a deal, as you can return to your place in the book pretty quickly and painlessly. But obviously it's not something you're used to experiencing with paper books.

[Zell]

It would be helpful if the user had the option to turn-off the buttons on one side or the other -- a change in preferences in Settings.  I'm right-handed so I don't use the left-side control buttons at all to turn pages -- but I do seem to find them on that side when I'm changing my hold on the Kindle and that's bad.  Maybe a future software update will offer that option.

[Thayerphotos]

having a keyboard that doesnt have numbers is a bit frustrating at times

[Zell]

Neither is too big of a deal, as you can return to your place in the book pretty quickly and painlessly. But obviously it's not something you're used to experiencing with paper books.

Yes, it's not a deal breaker for me.  I'm not going to send my Kindle back.  But it is really annoying for me.  You'd think Amazon would have thought about that when designing the K3.  

[Zell]

having a keyboard that doesnt have numbers is a bit frustrating at times

I agree.  I know there are short cuts for the numbers but I guess if you want a slim and small device, that's probably a trade-off to get it.  I'll take the slim, light-weight K3 over the inconvenience of not having numbers on the keyboard on the unit.

[ReaderK]

So glad to know I'm not the only one who has to spend time re-navigating back to my spot due to my own fat-fingered clumsiness! I find that holding the case helps, but I still hit those page buttons. And yeah, that's pretty much my only gripe about this e-reader. Otherwise, I absolutely LOVE this thing and wonder why I didn't get one years ago.

I think it would be nice to have the option of disabling either the left or right page turning buttons so you'd have at least one side of the K3 available to hold, or have an accessory which grips around one side of the K3, effectively blocking the buttons from being pressed. Someone here on the KB said they inserted a business card between the buttons and the device and that helped, but I'm a little scared that I'm going to dork something up in the process.

What I tend to do is keep the K3 in sleep mode until I'm settled down and ready to read and then wake it up. I also find putting my K3 on a stand (hands-free) keeps me from hitting all kinds of funky buttons while reading.

Until Amazon decides this is a big enough problem to address in their coding, I think we're on our own!

[Zell]

I find that holding the case helps

I like to read the Kindle "naked" (not me being naked  ), without the cover on.  So maybe I need to get used to reading it with the cover on to avoiding touching the buttons.

[mooshie78]

Nope, not an issue.... If you think these are bad, the ones on the K1 were much larger, and much easier to hit.

Yeah, I HATED the buttons on the K1.  Made me wish I'd just shelled out of the K2 instead of going cheap and buying a used K1.

That said, I do prefer the K2 buttons to the K3.  The K3 ones are too small for normal use for my liking, and they made them press to the outside again, instead of the inside like the K2, so I do bump them accidentally sometimes--which I rarely ever did on the K2.

But I'm still glad I upgraded as the screen is so much better, and I like having WiFi since it downloads things a lot faster and doesn't use much battery life to leave on compared to 3G.

[Elk]

I would like assignable keys.  This way the user could turn keys off that are unused, assign any key to a forward or back page turn, etc.

For example, I would like the left lower page button to go back; the lower right, forward.

[ReaderK]

I would like assignable keys.  This way the user could turn keys off that are unused, assign any key to a forward or back page turn, etc.

For example, I would like the left lower page button to go back; the lower right, forward.

Ooh...I like this idea a LOT. Not sure how much additional coding would need to be done to make this happen; it reminds me of assigning macros within certain video games. Now, how do we get Amazon to do this? LOL

[mooshie78]

I like to read the Kindle "naked" (not me being naked  ), without the cover on.  So maybe I need to get used to reading it with the cover on to avoiding touching the buttons.

A case does help some.  I like the M-Edge Go case personally.

I don't like reading the Kindle naked as it's just too small and thin to hold comfortably for me.

[Zell]

A case does help some.  I like the M-Edge Go case personally.

Glad to hear.  I just ordered the M-Edge Go not more than an hour ago.  Coincidence.

[mcostas]

I hit them a lot too, I'm better than I used to be thought. My dx doesn't have buttons on the left side so I had to retrain myself when I grabbed my k3 on the left.  Now I have to retrain myself when I read my dx, and try to turn on the left.

[Cindy416]

I always have my K3 in a case, either Oberon on Amazon lighted, and read with the front cover folded back, so I seldom have a problem with inadvertant page turns.

Have you considered changing the orientation of your K3 to landscape? Granted, you'd have to get used to turning the pages from the top or bottom, but at least you wouldn't be losing your place a lot. (I, for one, don't think I'd like the read in the landscape orientation nearly as well as the portrait one, but at least the page turn buttons would be in a different place.)

[mayfire]

I did have to get used to holding it a certain way to avoid the buttons. The cover certainly helps, but sometimes I like the feel of just Kindle. I don't have any trouble with it now. I have learned to operate the cursor, home, and back buttons by pressing with just the very tip of my thumb nail. However, husband has trouble with his bigger fingers. The one time he tried my Kindle he couldn't keep from pressing buttons in error. He was very uncomfortable with the whole operation. Phooey, I was hoping to get him a Kindle, too.

[Sandpiper]

Nope, not an issue.... If you think these are bad, the ones on the K1 were much larger, and much easier to hit.

Ditto.

[4Katie]

. . .  is the buttons.  Good grief, I'm always inadvertently pressing one of the two side buttons on either side or one of them on the bottom of the Kindle.  Those on both sides of the K3 drive me crazy in that I'm constantly forwarding or reversing a page and don't know it.  I believe the buttons are too tall on the sides and too pressure sensitive so there's more room for a user to mistakenly press a button they don't want to.  I believe that's a design flaw.  Anyone else dealing with this?  For me it's frustrating because I like to move my hands around when reading the Kindle.

That was my biggest concern with the K3, and it caused me to procrastinate buying it. As it turns out, my biggest problem is the page not turning when I want it to! I actually like them much better than the K2. I don't think I've ever turned a page by accident. I suspect different Kindles respond to different levels of pressure.

I agree.  I know there are short cuts for the numbers but I guess if you want a slim and small device, that's probably a trade-off to get it.  I'll take the slim, light-weight K3 over the inconvenience of not having numbers on the keyboard on the unit.

It's actually easier to use the SYM key - you can access all the numbers and symbols in one place.

[The Hooded Claw]

I find my K3 buttons very slightly easier to use than the K2, but I do occasionally have a mis-page with them.  I almost NEVER had this with the K2, but with the K3 I'll have it maybe once in an hour of reading.  Overall I'd prefer the K2 buttons, but it isn't a strong preference.  And the K3 buttons seem a bit less bulky.

[Zell]

Have you considered changing the orientation of your K3 to landscape? Granted, you'd have to get used to turning the pages from the top or bottom, but at least you wouldn't be losing your place a lot. (I, for one, don't think I'd like the read in the landscape orientation nearly as well as the portrait one, but at least the page turn buttons would be in a different place.)

Changing it to landscape would make reading the Kindle difficult for me.  Thanks.

[Andra]

I'm right-handed and I hold my Kindle in my left hand to read.
I do think it would be nice if there was a way to disable buttons that you didn't want.  However, I'm glad for the options on both sides.  I pretty much gave my DX to DH since it only has page turn buttons on the right side (and yes, I know that you can rotate it so the buttons are on the left, but that changes the balance and doesn't work for me.).

[mooshie78]

The key, other than a case helping, is to get in the habit of picking it up (and holding it) by the bottom sides around the keyboard and not up in the middle where the buttons are.

Still annoying, and I still prefer the K2 buttons which pushed inward.  But at least better than that gigantic next page button on the right of the K1.  I could hardly ever read without bumping that thing accidentally a few times, had to always put the K1 to sleep if I set it down for even 10 seconds to not bump it when picking it up etc.

But I don't bump the K3 buttons all that often since they're so small.  Still would like them to be larger and press inward toward the screen like the K2 buttons.

I don't really bump one side more than the other on the K3 either.  Sometimes I hold just with my left hand, sometimes just with my right, and sometimes with both. :-D

[Belle2Be]

I prefer the K2 buttons to the K3 (next page) buttons, but I prefer the K3 size to the K2 size so  I make do

[mooshie78]

I prefer the K2 buttons to the K3 (next page) buttons, but I prefer the K3 size to the K2 size so  I make do

I like the lighter weight of the K3, but liked the size of the K2.  The K3 is a little too small and thin--I can't stand using it without a case because it's so small.  I also hated losing the number keys, since entering the last location is the only way to jump to the end of sample once you buy the full book--they really should add an "end of sample" option in the go to menu for each book bought from Amazon.