I don't have a Kindle, but I do have a Kobo Aura (similar to the Kindle's Paperwhite, but Canadian). Even though I have an iPad Mini, I keep the Kobo around for longer reading sessions. It's distraction free, there is no glare when reading in direct sunlight, and the light weight is so much easier on my achy wrists than even the very light iPad.
Even when using the Aura's built-in light, I can go about a month between charges. More if I remember to shut it off instead of just putting it to sleep. I imagine the Kindle has similar results. You can read free Project Gutenberg titles on a Kindle by going to m.gutenberg.org from the Kindle, or by downloading the files to your computer and transferring them to the Kindle using a USB cable. You *can* use it for Gmail, but I'm not sure you *should*. The processor and memory in dedicated eBook readers make them poor choices for email, except in the most extreme circumstances. If you have a smartphone, use that instead. On Saturday, August 2, 2014 11:19:31 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I have more and more books on the Kindle system and I'm seriously thinking > of getting a small screen device on which to read them -- in between my > iPhone 4 and my 17" Macbook Pro. > > I'm inclined toward the basic Kindle at $70 since I want it very largely > for reading and because it is light (and cheap). But a couple of questions > for those of you who have used such things. > > 1. Will the basic Kindle download and display books from The Gutenberg > Project and other such sites? (I don't order from Apple, so it needn't > handle their products.) > > 2. Can one read and send gmail on the basic Kindle? > > 3. How long in reality does the battery hold a charge on average with > daily use of, say 3 hours? > > I'll welcome other practical comments. > > Bike content: I'd take it with me on a bike tour. > > Thanks, Patrick who not too long ago discovered the free and almost-free > classics available from Amazon. > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > > ************************************* > * "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to > never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from > it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* > * "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to > look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind > it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into > somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your > daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is > all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was > any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, > because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where > in your time and your body can they be?* > * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. > "Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where > Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of > you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
