Amazon Kindle 2

7owners with an opinion

60%of verdicts positive

1/2positive/negative since 2024

0happy after 3+ years

Praised for ease of use and reliability; criticized for support and performance.

What owners wrote

Doesn’t like itOwned 10 years

I used that TTS feature semi-regularly on a Kindle 2. It wasn't a good experience but it was nice to be able to keep 'reading' a book while I was exercising. It worked for me for over a decade, until I broke the device. I don't know if I never updated the firmware or if the fact I used Calibre to convert books bypassed the feature gate.

Likes it

Yes, I did it for my Kindle 2 and it works well.

Doesn’t like it

I own a Kindle Oasis 2. Amazon stopped software updates for it so I just jailbroke it and loaded KOReader. It's way better than the official software, probably the most feature-rich and customisable document viewer I've ever seen. I regret not installing it earlier.

Neutral

Here's my old Kindle Touch 2 running a hacky Android 4 port attempt and a Game Boy emulator: https://i.imgur.com/m7ZZ1Xm.mp4 I'd say more like 2 - 3 fps. Not sure why there are random black lines. Display driver doesn't handle the demand of constant update very well. I normally use it as an e-ink picture frame.

Neutral

After using the cheapest e-Reader for over a decade (Kindle 2 until support ended, Kindle 3 until the same) I finally upgraded to the top Oasis and love it. Things that are absolutely essential IMO are - physical page turn buttons. the touch screens are finicky, inconvenient for one-hand use, and impossible if i want to keep my hand up a blanket or something - back/front light, with adjustable color temp, and an actual dim setting that doesn't blow your retinas out everything i don't care about. but these are must haves.

Likes it

I've used my Kindle 2 in Greece and Israel. Outside the USA, you won't have wireless service, but you can buy books on amazon and transfer via USB from your computer. Same thing goes with PDFs. Just download, convert to ebook reader format and transfer.

Likes itOwned 0 years

Its been a month since I purchased kindle 2.0 , and have been pleasantly surprised by its form-factor and reading experience. It’s so much easier on eyes compared to my earlier iPhone reading sessions(> 20 minutes). There is indeed paucity of technical books from amazon for kindle. Publishers like Oreilly & pragmatic programmers are starting to offer kindle book editions. But, pdf conversion process for Kindle works like a charm - was earlier a bit skeptical on this. I have tons of pdf book on my kindle now. I still use iPhone for reading browser-based content though, as Kindle browser support sucks.