Comments on: RIP KDX

By: D. Knight

D. Knight — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:34:19 +0000

Now I’m glad that I got the DX when I did (when it was a gold box deal this past August). I also got a Paperwhite–my new portable Kindle. When the PW first arrived I read on it exclusively for a few days, but then went back to reading both about 50/50. I prefer reading from the larger screen, but I end up switching to the PW when the size of the DX gets in the way. I consider this the best of both worlds for me since I don’t care for reading off the Fire.

By: Rick Askenase

Rick Askenase — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:30:06 +0000

I bought the DX as soon as it first came out, and with the graphite, and I still love it. The larger screen is perfect for book reading, as I found the regular Kindle much too small. i put it in my briefcase, NOT a pocketbook, so it’s the perfect size for me.

I was always disappointed that, for such an expensive Kindle, that AMazon rarely updated the software. So, I’m not surprised that it is disappearing., But I continue to read on it every day. It was great and underrated.

By: Tom Madsen

Tom Madsen — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:04:21 +0000

I at one point had the latest graphite KDX. I really liked it for reading, but it was an item that stayed home. It was pretty heavy and found myself just not using it as much as my smaller one. Then when I would see updates made for the smaller one but never to the DX I felt Amazon forgot about us. In the end I weighed my options, and decided to sell it for about what I payed for it.

Couple things I always hoped for was that with the larger size they would improve the newspaper interface like how I see it on the iPad also being able to read horizontal.

I would still like this larger format size, lighter, virtual keypad. As far as Amazon doing it anytime soon. Very doubtful, I think we are now in tablet world.

But cheers DX you were a great addition, and regrettably just forgotten.

By: Edward Boyhan

Edward Boyhan — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:31:01 +0000

Well, as an original KDX owner, I am a bit sad, but my KDX is still with me — providing valuable service. I had hoped that Amazon would pursue the educational/professional market more aggressively. I’m not sure how much impact the lawsuit had — I suspect that as they got into it (and the iPad arrived on the scene), they began to appreciate just how hard it was going to be to create a successful classroom appliance.

The S/W ecosystem used on the e-Ink readers limited the kinds of enhancements that could be provided — particularly with things like PDFs. When the KF came out — even though it had a smaller screen size than the KDX, it nevertheless (IMO) did a better job of handling PDFs. Couple that with an Android base, and an app store, and the KF line offers a more flexible and expandable approach — enhancements can come from Amazon, but also from all the developers pushing their wares through the app store.

While sad, I am nevertheless looking forward (with bated breath) to my KFHD 8.9″ coming on Nov 26th!

By: Phink

Phink — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:19:29 +0000

I bought the DX a couple years ago when it was on sale for the day. My biggest complaint was it only had buttons on one side. I knew that when I bought it but I did not know how much I would dislike not havng buttons on both sides. I would have kept it anyway but I sold it on Amazon for about what I had in it. I think, but can’t remember for certain that I might have made a small profit. If I could not have sold it for as much as I did I’d still have it but I doubt it’d get much use.