Ok, I’ll admit it.  I’m a bit of a geek.  I love gadgets and gizmos, and my favorite device this month is the Amazon Kindle.  When I first heard about it I was really intrigued at the idea of having a light, portable “reading device”.  Here are the top 3 things I absolutely love about the Kindle:

1.  It reads just like paper- I used to spend countless hours reading PDF’s and Ebooks on my desktop and laptop.  After 10 minutes of reading, the glare of the monitor would bring on piercing pains in my eyes.  It also made me very tired.  The Kindle doesn’t use any back-light, and looks just like paper.  Say “bye bye” to squinty-eyed monitor reading!

2.  It can hold about 1,500 books.  This is a big one for me… since I travel quite a bit, it’s nice not to have to carry around thick ass books everywhere I go.  Weighing in at 10.2 ounces, the Kindle makes it extremely easy to carry your entire library in the palm of your hand!

3.  Most books only cost $9.99.  Before I bought my kindle, I estimate that I spent around $500 a year on books.  No mas!  Thanks to the Kindle, I’m going to save about 50% on my books.

Super-bonus benefit- I almost forgot to mention that you can download books, newspapers, blogs and magazines in about 30 seconds.  No more driving to Barnes & Noble and waiting in lines to get your next read.  Oh, and if you want to preview a book before paying for it, you can download the first chapter for free!

In my opinion, the Amazon Kindle is the best thing since Wordpress.  And, at $259, it’s become very affordable.  I’d love to hear from you if you own a Kindle… how do you like it compared to regular paperback?  Likes and dislikes?

Filed under: Geek Stuff, Life hacking by Chris Dunn