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I bought this scale based on all the positive reviews. Looking back, maybe I should have read the negative ones first. The problem I am having is that the scale never resets itself to zero; instead it always starts at 4 pounds. The only way to reset it to zero is to take the batteries out-which is very inconvenient.

Unfortunately, I was not able to send it back to Amazon with-in the return period so now I am stuck with it. Caution, many of the negative reviews state that the company has an offer where if a positive review is given, the reviewer will get a free item.
DURAGADGET Donut Bean bag

Duragadget Deluxe leather case

I enjoy being able to travel with my Kindle, have all my favorite books to enjoy and not having to worry about losing valuable space. The kindle is a perfect e-reader for people on the go. I enjoy knowing that I only have to charge the battery every 10 days or so.
DURAGADGET USB Data sync

I will keep this short since this review will disappear among the thousands very shortly, and I’m sure everything has probably been said by now.

But, here is a quick summary of my findings. I bought the Kindle 2 (first time e-reader user) to read technical computer science books, conference papers, and other materials. I wanted good support for PDFs, since conference papers are almost entirely in those and I have a few textbooks that way as well.

For conference papers, the Kindle is not my favorite device. I will probably read them on a laptop or print them, which is what I was trying to avoid with a Kindle. Converting the PDF to Kindle format works, but it’s not always pretty. It’s hard to follow the organization of how the text is converted (from the two column paper format and such), and graphs and other items generally disappear. It’s possible to view the PDF natively without conversion, but the text is quite small and it isn’t very readable (cannot increase text size or zoom or anything with native PDF currently).

But, for other documents, I have found the Kindle useful. Computer Science textbooks generally work out ok, except some formatting for sample code isn’t always nice. Depending on what type of material is being read, this may be ok. I stick to security textbooks often so there is little code to work with and more discussion on concepts.

Overall, it’s a 4/5 star product. It did take time to get used to though and figure out the “best” way to use it for myself. The cursor moves slowly and is choppy sometimes, but you don’t need to use it too often. The native PDF works, but I have been converting them anyways since it works better. With the free mobipocket creator, you can convert a PDF file to Kindle format and add a table of contents pretty easily (this is very useful for textbooks and navigating).

So, it doesn’t work perfectly and there is still room for improvement, but I’m definitel keeping it and will get good use out of it.

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