rridgebacks wrote:Yes, yes it is. And so is this one, albeit refurbished.

The prices on Amazon are:
Kindle DX, Free 3G, 9.7" E Ink Display, 3G Works Globally
New: $379.00
Used from $240.00

Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G, 9.7" Display, White, 3G Works Globally – 2nd Generation by Amazon (Jan 19, 2010)
Used from $170.00

While "refurbished" are eligible for an Amazon warranty and the "used" units are not, "used" units are eligible for Square Trade warranties.

So, either way, new-refurbished-used, this Kindle DX is a good deal.

this DX is the white one?

This is a good price for a Kindle DX. Yes it is the same price as the Fire at $199. I have the Fire and a second Generation KIndle...I absolutely love my Kindle Fire for taking to work and surfing web and watching movies or listening to music or audiobooks, but I still use my BW Kindle2 to read with. The e ink is much easier on the eyes if you are a heavy reader. I like that I can read on the Fire if I want to...I changed the background to sepia to make it easier to read and I like that I can see pictures in color and also the book covers and comics.
I use both Kindles pretty much daily.

The Kindle DX: As of 2011, there is no better American marketed tool for reading screenplays (usually on PDFs and have to be read exactly as viewed) that simultaneously saves paper.

Woot, you have saved yet another forest. Thank you for listing this. I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for an affordable version online and with all of the crazies on craigslist I haven't wanted mingle with them to get a good deal (and possibly be robbed).

You don't know how awesome you've made my day/year. I have to read many scripts and it breaks my heart every time I hear the printer whirl. The retail price point of 379 was too much for my budget for something I will probably only have one use for, and reading scripts on a bright LCD is way too painful for long term work.

I hereby retire my printer for screenplay reviewing.

I almost bought the Russian one (I forget the name) but backed off because of the difficulty for support. I like the idea of the Amazon library book downloads too.

/blathering

ThunderThighs wrote:Send an email to service@woot.com. There should be someone there in the morning. I'll send an email to my contact asking him to look as well.

Sorry for the problems.

Email sent - hopefully they don't sell out before I get a chance to order one, that would be unfortunate.

3G is great if you travel. You can receive newspaper subscriptions over 3G in foreign countries. I was working in Italy for 2 weeks receiving Wall Street Journal and USA Today every morning, just like home. Cost a few extra $$ (I think 4 or 5 dollars) for foreign delivery of subscriptions, but still very cool.

Yop. Free 3G (globally) and the e-Ink display make this the best of readers, and this price is splendid - a great deal.

I'm seriously thinking about buying this one as a complement to our Kindle Fire.

mcindafizzy wrote:this DX is the white one?

NO, the only one cheaper at Amazon dot com is a white, used one. This one is NOT white!

Sorry for the confusion :0)

I've had a Kindle for two years now. Actually two - because each one only lasted a year, but I loved the first one so much I got another one when the screen "froze" on the first one. Amazon told me it was aware of the problem and replaced it since it was still under warranty. I've had the second Kindle 7 months and just today the screen "froze" in the same way it did before. No powering off; no reset - nothing would fix it. And when they sent my new one they did not extend my warranty. If I want another one I have to buy it myself. So, as much as I love Kindle I have to say there's a problem with the screen getting stuck and they know it!!

Just took one. The screen is still the best you can find out there in the e-ink reader market.

Similar 9,7" concurrents are Pocketbook 902 / Boox M91S, but they are way more pricey than 200$.
The PB's screen is not a "Pearl" like this DXG, although it's firmware is probably better if you like to read pdfs.
Boox's processor is more powerful but this reader suffers software and IR sensor troubles.

I know that the the DX is supposed to be good for reading PDFs, but what about PDFs made from scanned pages? I want a portable device for reading articles in PDF format from my university library's online databases like EBSCO and JSTOR, and many of those are scanned from the original print sources. I'd like to also read scanned photocopies of articles made by my office's photocopier which automatically emails them to me in PDF format. I can read these with my Windows XP tablet but the DX would be a much more portable device.

toybuilder wrote:I love my DX for technical books. I have sometihng like 90 technical books and documents (around 40 being O'Reilly non-DRM .mobi books). When you're reading sample code listings or looking at complicated diagrams, the bigger display size makes a huge difference. The only major gripe about the DX is that it lacks WiFi. Otherwise, I'm quite happy with it.

This is an important point - my smaller Kindle definitely chokes on anything with diagrams or PDF e-books heavy with graphics that have been hacked into being readable on the Kindle. So I agree, this DX would be a good buy for someone who has to do a lot of technical reading.

plschultz wrote:I know that the the DX is supposed to be good for reading PDFs, but what about PDFs made from scanned pages? I want a portable device for reading articles in PDF format from my university library's online databases like EBSCO and JSTOR, and many of those are scanned from the original print sources. I'd like to also read scanned photocopies of articles made by my office's photocopier which automatically emails them to me in PDF format. I can read these with my Windows XP tablet but the DX would be a much more portable device.

I've been experimenting with exactly that sort of document -- stuff from EBSCO and JSTOR as well as photocopies from books that were emailed as PDFs. In some cases, the docs were double-wide pages when scanned, so in portrait mode they wanted to display sideways, if that makes sense. In landscape mode, the DX seems smart enough to display only one "page" -- one half of a landscape double page PDF. Then I just lock the screen to that display format, and flip around so that I can read it. That may not make sense -- I'm not good at explaining it -- but to summarize, yes, yes, and yes.

Now, the DX doesn't size up the fonts on the PDFs like it does on ebooks, because it displays the PDF pages as images. However, even as images, I found them searchable, which was/is helpful.

plschultz wrote:I know that the the DX is supposed to be good for reading PDFs, but what about PDFs made from scanned pages?

Please be careful: this DXG (where G stands for Graphite, the improved version of the previous white one) is not the best out there to read pdfs. Pocketbook 902 is better at it.

If you only read pdfs, especially big ones (more than 250 pages & rich of images) you may prefer to install on it the Duokan firmware instead (which would void the warranty).

Scanned pdfs are images, not texts (unless you use an OCR). As far as I know, you can't add notes on them, and obviously you can only zoom them, no reflow.

I do think it's odd that Amazon had a weeklong sale at the beginning of the month, placing this thing at $200, then moved the leftovers to Woot pre-Christmas for the same price, and now, even though they hadn't been able clear the stock, put it up on NYE for... the same price.

I would really love a DX, for all of the school/work-related PDF goodness (I have easily 50+ large texts that I could read on this thing). Indeed, I had been waiting for a SKU refresh, or at least a price drop that would bring it more inline with the significantly lower prices of the current line. The drop just isn't big enough though; the price is still above whatever magic line makes me think it's an expensive buy, and the fact that my girlfriend just got me the $80 Kindle 4 (when the DX came out, $400 was not such a large jump above the baseline Kindle), I can't really justify the purchase, especially considering I doubt the software has seen the love it should have.

That being said, I really hope Amazon doesn't ditch the DX screen size completely. It fills a great hole that's not really niche--it's just that the people who most need PDF and full textbook support tend to skew older and less willing to adopt new paradigms like this. It doesn't help that very few university textbook publishers have kept up with the tech; I'm lucky in that even though many of my undergrad books didn't have eBook versions, a lot of books geared towards Software Engineering are happily jumping on the bandwagon. Hopefully the more academic publishers follow suit; I'll be heading on to grad school in a year or so, once I have enough time with my company that we can work on a mutually beneficial degree plan :D

I have an iPad 2 and a small kindle that I just bought a couple of weeks ago and have been using incessantly over the past 12 days of vacationing in Holland. It is like I have rediscovered my love for reading, a love that was lost in the chaos of having two children under the age of four and once i passed that stage, lost again in the complexities of interlibrary loans and constant lost books and overue fines.

It sounds sappy, but through kindle in the past two weeks I have found a joy in life that I forgot I had lost! I see an enduring partnership between my kindle and me. Maybe even my kindles and me, since I can see a use for having both a small and a large one on hand... But that is a different discussion entirely.

My dilemma now is small OR large. Since I need to read with a larger font size due to eye (convergence insufficiency/strain) issues, I've decided to switch to the kindle DX. Reading with large font on a small kindle is a little annoying... Page turning is extremely rapid.

I have read discussions comparing the DX to the fire and the iPad, and there is no comparing. Anything with a backlit screen vs. the kindle is eyestrain vs. no eyestrain, and for most people who are avid readers that is the difference between a whopping headache and blissfully sinking into a good book for hours on end and going to sleep enlightened and refreshed.

Honestly if I had to choose between my ipad and a kindle DX it would be a tough choice for me right now because I have had an ipad for years and in the past two weeks i have truly fallen in love with how easy on the eyes kindle is. I believe overall long term I will put many more hours into my kindle vs my iPad, probably by about a factor of four.

I would go back to a laptop if I had to choose between a kindle and my ipad2. There, I said it. Blasphemy, I know, but truth!

My iPad sat untouched this vacation.... I checked email quickly every few days, (and I even missed checking woot a few days!!!) because reading on the kindle is so lovely.

I'm glad there is a warrantee on the DX because my new "lowend tiny, but oh so fabulous" kindle's wireless function just stopped working, and a kindle without wireless is about as useful as a bike without wheels. Luckily I have many books loaded so perhaps I can hold out for the DX to arrive before returning tiny wheel-less kindle back to amazon to be sold as refurbished to some lucky soul.

So . . . You may have noticed this already, but i am SO excited about my woot kindle purchase. My only sadness is that this kindle is shipped through woot notsosmartpost and not fastandlovely amazon. I really want it ASAP, woot. Hup hup please!

If you're looking for a device to read comics or manga, the DX is the only way to go. I have normal, DX, as well as an iPad, and the Kindle DX displays the comic frames in an easy to read, easy on the eyes way.

I have a spine disability that makes it hard to turn pages on the Kindle. I would love a USB hand switch so I could leave the reader propped in the most convenient position while changing pages without moving my arm. I know it sounds a bit silly to most of you, but even holding a book in reading position takes a pain toll on me. I'd bet that a lot of people would like this for reading in bed, for instance.
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Are there any 3rd party vendors selling such a remote switch, either wireless or USB wired? Or any willing to have a go at it?

gsmalleus wrote:Different tablets for different uses. 9" e-ink device vs a 7" android tablet.

Kindle Fire vs. Kindle e-Ink

Kindle vs. Nook vs. Sony e-Reader

Android vs. Apple

This is why I prefer plain, old fashioned books.

No questions about readability, compatibility, battery life, glare, eye strain and they don't break if you accidentally sit on one.

Also, with a book you can write on it, underline, highlight, dog ear and tell how much father you have to go just by looking at the thickness of the remaining pages.

A book doesn't suffer an electronic failure, it won't lose your purchases, it will survive being dropped and can be used to whack your little brother upside the head with a book when he acts like a little brat.

Books can be bought and sold, stored and collected, protected and cherished, handed down from generation to generation and server as a family heirloom or icon that provides a meaningful connection your past.

With a Kindle or other such device you will just toss it when the next version comes out. No more tradition, no more heirloom, no more history, no more collections.

Just more disposable electronic junk.

I've used this daily for about 8 months for work. Saves a lot of paper (I read screenplays), trees, and my back. Reliable, infrequent charging, large screen is as easy to read as paper. I read mostly PDFs, many of which use the entire screen. But if it's scanned and the print is too small, I just turn the Kindle DX sideways and it's more than big enough. (By mailing the file to your free Kindle Email address with "Convert" in the subject line, you get back a file that has Kindle features enabled for text size, etc. This works fine for manuscripts and other material where, unlike screenplays, specific formatting is not essential.) I thought I had a deal in April when it was priced down from $399 to $299 on Amazon; at $199, this really is a steal -- and a fairly priced warranty through Squaretrade will give you peace of mind.

trinsf wrote:I've been experimenting with exactly that sort of document -- stuff from EBSCO and JSTOR as well as photocopies from books that were emailed as PDFs. In some cases, the docs were double-wide pages when scanned, so in portrait mode they wanted to display sideways, if that makes sense. In landscape mode, the DX seems smart enough to display only one "page" -- one half of a landscape double page PDF. Then I just lock the screen to that display format, and flip around so that I can read it. That may not make sense -- I'm not good at explaining it -- but to summarize, yes, yes, and yes.

Now, the DX doesn't size up the fonts on the PDFs like it does on ebooks, because it displays the PDF pages as images. However, even as images, I found them searchable, which was/is helpful.

However, you can size up the fonts if you mail the article to your free Kindle Email address with "Convert" in the subject line. It will come back to as text that is sizable like regular Kindle material, although special formatting won't be retained. (See my more detailed comment several items below.)

mcindafizzy wrote:this DX is the white one?

This is grey. Previous generation DX was white. This one has more advanced e-ink technology.

oncomouse wrote:I don't really understand everyone comparing this to the Fire. E-Ink is a very different experience, almost akin to reading real ink and paper. This is a huge bonus for novel reading. I have an iPad and a third gen Kindle. I NEVER do heavy reading on the iPad. The LCD and back light make my eyes melt out of my skull.

That being said the DX is an odd and overpriced product. There's really no reason for a screen that big for a dedicated reading device save maybe for textbooks.

If you're looking for just a reader, get yourself a $79 Kindle Wifi for new.

Well, if you read PDF files, it's also quite good for that.

I had purchased one of the DX's post Black friday from Amazon when they were down to $259. (They've since gone back up to $379 and stayed there...)
Then the Kindle DX comes right before Christmas for $60 less so I order that one and send the original back.

I bought it for my GF, who is legally blind. On an ordinary kindle at the largest font size, there are maybe 10-15 words per page. On the DX there are 20-30. Not a huge difference, I know, but enough to matter to her. she can now read a book without her coke bottle glasses and without being hunched over with her eyes just centimeters from the page.
Anything that makes her feel like less of a blind person and more like a normal person is a great thing for her, so for her, this thing is practically a godsend.

This was said during the last DX woot, just over a week ago. This this is NOT a tablet. It was designed to do one thing and one thing only. Read books. And that one thing, it does perfectly.

Any opinions on how the web browser works with this model? It is pretty hard to read and use on the Kindle touch I have. Looks like both of those problems could be addressed with the larger screen and controls on thise model.

azsteved wrote:Mine died after about a year. I didn't have an extended coverage plan. Amazon isn't a hardware manufacturer. I wouldn't buy another one.

You might be able to get it fixed or replaced if you bought it with a credit card. Lots of credit card company give you 1 more year extended warranty if the standard warranty is less than or equal to 3 years. I have one or two of my purchases returned to Amex because they stopped working and the merchant wouldn't accept it.

I bought one of these from Woot last, last Thursday, it arrived from TX to my house in VA in 25 hours since they had overnight shipping then. It is to replace my ancient 3 year old 1st generation Kindle (which cost $360 back then!). The smaller Kindles and other E-readers have a screen under 17 sq. inches. The DX has a screen over 42 sq. inches. Love it! Not to heavy for easy use. The pages do not turn quite a quickly as I would like, but, I turn pages Much less frequently due to the large amount of text that can be put on a single DX screen. I can also increase the font size and read easily on the treadmill. I would buy it again, really enjoy mine.

glinness wrote:I have a spine disability that makes it hard to turn pages on the Kindle. I would love a USB hand switch so I could leave the reader propped in the most convenient position while changing pages without moving my arm. I know it sounds a bit silly to most of you, but even holding a book in reading position takes a pain toll on me. I'd bet that a lot of people would like this for reading in bed, for instance.
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Are there any 3rd party vendors selling such a remote switch, either wireless or USB wired? Or any willing to have a go at it?

Simplest solution is to get an android tablet that will support a USB mouse and put the kindle app on it. You can even use a wireless usb mouse. The Toshiba Thrive that recently sold on Woot has that capability. Many of the others do.

mikecris wrote:Any opinions on how the web browser works with this model? It is pretty hard to read and use on the Kindle touch I have. Looks like both of those problems could be addressed with the larger screen and controls on thise model.

It's bigger but it's just as slow and difficult to navigate as the smaller kindle browsers. All the e-ink browsers are like that.

Got my Mom (53), the Kindle Fire for Christmas and I have already seen a difference in her ability to "get more" from the internet.

So many devices out there are becoming overloaded with features that many consumers don't know how to use or don't need to know how to use. If you, or someone you know are looking for a efficient device that surfs the net, easily handles email, has access to android apps and is an eReader, you can't go wrong with spending $199 on the Fire.

In the end, this gift is making it easier for someone to get what they need from the internet and increase their confidence. Laptops and computers can sometimes do the opposite.

You can get a Kindle Fire for that price on Amazon.

magsonmars wrote:You can get a Kindle Fire for that price on Amazon.

Ok, for the LAST time... The Kindle DX is what is on sale here today. If you Want a Fire so darn bad, go BUY one! The Kindle DX is an E-Reader by design with a huge 42+ sq. inch screen. The Fire is a mini tablet that can run different apps, view media, and yes, read Kindle format books, but on a much smaller, highly reflective, battery sucking backlit screen. It is Not a Kindle E-Reader, and it is Not an iPad. The Fire and DX are two Very Different products aimed at different demographics. Enough with the Fire! I see you have never made a purchase from Woot and this is your first post, so you are forgiven your foolishness.

Can you root or modify these kindles to be worldwide 3g wireless access points?

kennyminot wrote:A few thoughts on this deal:

1. Many people have commented on the size of the device. Clearly, 9" is not optimal for reading novels--if that was your main reason for buying an e-reader, you're probably better off waiting for one of the 6" ones. My fiancee picked one up for $90 (with free 3G access) in a Woot deal. That being said, 6" is crap for reading other documents. In particular, if you are an academic intending to use the device for work, you absolutely need a larger screen. The problem is that PDF files don't render well on smaller e-ink devices. Forget even trying to read a journal article with double columns; you'd need a magnifying glass to even make out a single word. The Kindle DX is basically the only remaining e-ink device on the market designed explicitly for work purposes. To be honest, the only alternative at them moment is the 7" Sony Reader--its touchscreen makes zooming a little less of a headache.

2. If you're reading lots of PDF files, you probably are going to want to annotate them. Unfortunately, to accomplish this task, you'll need to use the tiny keyboard. Plus, you won't be able to underline sections or scribble in the margins, mainly because the Kindle DX does not come with a stylus.

3. You need to be careful about whether you buy into the marketing hype about e-ink screens. I have yet to see a single study to indicate that "eyestrain" is less with an e-ink device. A tablet is infinitely more versatile - not only can you easily read PDF files, you also can watch movies, play video games, type Word documents, and other such tasks. The main advantage of an e-ink screen is that you can easily read in direct sunlight and have almost infinite battery life. You'll probably go several days without having to plug your Kindle into a charger. At the same times, contemporary tablets have such amazing battery life that this seems almost like a mute point. My HTC Evo View lasts almost 8 hours on a single charge. If you need to use your device for more than 8 hours, then you must be either unemployed or have terrible insomnia.

To sum up, here's the deal: if you need to read lots of PDF files for work, this is probably your best choice for an e-ink device.
Personally, I chose to go with a tablet, but I could see where someone might choose an e-ink device for the ability to read in the sunlight.

I don't know about studies, but like many people, I work on a computer for 10 hours a day. I use my phone to check email, read websites, etc. My eyes are so tired at the end of the day. They water and my vision is degraded to the point that I have to strain to make out the DVR menu on my 60" TV (which I can read just fine in the mornings). That is eyestrain and being that I like to read for several hours at a time (and take my kindle on vacation with us which always involves camping and boating), e-ink is the choice for me. I've had my kindle for 3 years now and wouldn't trade it for a tablet.

I am glad this isn't the Keyboard Wifi or 3G, or else I would've bought one.

At this price last time, it included overnight shipping. Any chance we can get $20 knocked off the price or get it overnight?

Kindles are awesome...but you can this exact one or look at all the different kindles available for cheaper at amazon.com everyday.

Interesting, Amazon's price is $139 for the same unit, new.

I was looking around to see if anyone else noticed this.....maybe book presidents never die and it too 900 years of nothing to want to over throw him....

The Nook Color or Tablet blows this thing out of the water for right around the same price. If they really want to get rid of these things, they need to discount them more. I love Woot, but they list alot of the same garbage like this over and over, including the Roomba's, and the home security system. At least the old thick-backed, refurbished, 60 hz. lcd's appear to have finally gone away.

200 dollars? Seriously? I just got a kindle fire for about the same price. I didn't pay two hundred for the same ereader 8 months ago.

crystalrowan wrote:I don't know about studies, but like many people, I work on a computer for 10 hours a day. I use my phone to check email, read websites, etc. My eyes are so tired at the end of the day. They water and my vision is degraded to the point that I have to strain to make out the DVR menu on my 60" TV (which I can read just fine in the mornings). That is eyestrain and being that I like to read for several hours at a time (and take my kindle on vacation with us which always involves camping and boating), e-ink is the choice for me. I've had my kindle for 3 years now and wouldn't trade it for a tablet.

I'm not going to deny - if you're someone who loves the Great Outdoors, you really need an e-ink device. Even the tablets with great screens are basically impossible to read outside. I recently sold my e-ink reader, and it makes me sad that I can no longer sit around at the Falls of the Ohio and do my work. Also, the increased battery life on a Kindle would be seriously awesome on a camping trip.