Amazon Kindle 3

My old kindle is a Kindle 3 from 2010, and it's still my primary e-ink reader. I still haven't found a compelling reason to upgrade.

Oh absolutely, the same way Amazon removed physical buttons so they could use them as leverage for their overpriced Oasis reader. My twelve year old Kindle 3 has TTS, page turn buttons, and a headphone jack, and it cost a hundred bucks.

Absolutely love KOReader. I use it on my Kindle 3 and have moved my parents and brother over to using it on their Kindles as well. You can even install it on relatively new models thanks to the recent WinterBreak gaolbreak. There was some discussion about it on HN not long ago: All Kindles can now be jailbroken | 1377 points by lumerina | 2025/02/17 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43073969 I found KOReader's Android app a tad buggy, but the experience is wonderful on Kindles. If you've got an old Kindle kicking around, I also wrote up a little thing about bringing them up to speed which mentions KOReader: https://vale.rocks/posts/improving-early-kindles

Shocking that battery didn't work after a year. I still use my Kindle 3 from 2010; it still holds weeks of standby charge, days worth of reading.

To this day, the 3 is still my ideal version. Everything else since has fallen flat in some way in comparison. It was the right size, had paddle buttons for turning the page, had a passable keyboard, was responsive, could play audio, &c. It was excellent. I very much wish mine didn't die on me.

Not just enshittification in the way of spying and ads. The actual reading experience has got worse. I have a Kindle 11 and an old Kindle 3. The Kindle 3 actually works better - easier to read, no random pauses, easier to search.

I am a little reluctant, but I will add Kindle Oasis. I upgraded to Oasis from Kindle Paperwhite. But my favorite Kindle is Kindle Keyboard 3. It is the easiest to hold among all Kindles. As it doesn't have touchscreen, I never worry about inadvertently turning the page or activating some menu. Only reason I got Paperwhite was because I wanted waterproof and builtin light. PW is really awkward to hold especially when laying down in the bed. Oasis is obviously ridiculously over-priced. But I got it because I got tired of PW. I like that Oasis has a large area to rest your thumb or fingers on, and also physical buttons definitely makes reading experience better. But it is not perfect, metal on back is too slippery, I still end up turning pages by accidents especially when switching hands. And did I mention it is way too expensive. But it is still one of my favorite items, it is so much easier to read on it for extended period of time. I also send blog posts, news articles, docs, etc to Kindle via chrome extension and read them later when relaxing in the evening. Also while I enjoy reading on Oasis, I am going back to physical books as much as possible. Mostly because I want to gift my books to my kids, and I don't know if Kindle would be around in 20 years or not. So the stuff I read on Kindle is mostly borrowed books from Prime library, personal docs, free books, or books that I am pretty sure will be useless in a few years like books on Kubernetes or other hot technologies.

I checked for 1) buttons, 2) a lighter version. Found none of the above, so I'll stick to my Kindle 3. I don't think Amazon appreciates how important buttons are for reading in non-perfect setups. Sure, if you're on your couch or by the swimming pool, you might not care. But try reading on a subway or a bus. Or with gloves on.

Reposted from my site: ( http://ben.kudria.net/post/2548785108/my-favorite-books-of-2... ). Affiliate links there, for those inclined. === In 2010, every single book I read, I read on my Kindle. Buying a Kindle has been the best thing I have ever done for my reading addiction. I recently upgraded to a Kindle 3, and I wholeheartedly recommended you get one as well, even if you currently have a Kindle 2. Here are the top books I enjoyed in 2010, and you will enjoy also. - The His Dark Materials Trilogy. Start with The Golden Compass. - The City & The City by China Miéville. Quite the post-modern detective story. (Read also his novel Perdido Street Station) - Surface Detail, the new novel by Iain M. Banks, who has quickly catapulted to the very top of my “Favorite Sci-Fi Authors” list. Surface Detail may not be the best novel for a Banks-unfamiliar reader, however — you may wish to start with something like Consider Phlebas or Look To Windward. - I re-read Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Read this book carefully and it will change your life. (N.B. It’s not really about Zen, although it kinda is.) - The true story Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers, about Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a Syrian-born painting contractor in New Orleans. What Zeitoun does for the people of New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina is heartwarming and truly American, and what the US Government does to him and his family is terrifying and utterly infuriating. - The Wind-up Girl by Paolo Bac

This is the first year I've really used the real released Windows 7 - on my new SSD-loaded work laptop and on my personal netbook. It's amazing to see Windows more or less work and do what I want it to do most of the time. GPU-accelerated VLC on my netbook has been amazing. I got a Canon T2i / 550D this year. It shoots some amazing HD video and will only get better as I spend more on lenses and develop better techniques. The Kindle 3 (brighter display and cheap price) have me reading books I've been putting off for years. It's great to have a device that's great at one thing and not very good at random browsing, Facebook, Twitter, HN, etc.

I have a Kindle 3, and while its not as large as the DX, I'd say it was still a good alternative to the real thing, but it depends a lot on how you want to read the book. If you read the book from cover to cover then it'll be great. If you want to look up specifics in the book, then it'll be great for that too thanks to the search. On the other hand, if you want to flick through the book reading the parts that interest you then paper is still much easier to use. As for an iPad, I can't see how it would possible be any better than a dedicated ebook reader for reading programming books. I'd stick with my Kindle.