Much like its predecessor the Kindle WiFi, the Kindle DX is specifically designed to be an eReader primarily, so it's no surprise that it offers an excellent eReader experience. Because of this test score, we estimate that if asked to do it, the DX could play audio continuously for about 3.5 days, give or take. The Kindle DX is not as good as its smaller sibling the Kindle Wireless in terms of battery life, but that's not to say it did a bad job in fact it played audio for more than the 24-hour testing span, and left about 70% of the battery charge after that test was through. ![]() You shouldn't run into troubles here, but if you do, you can always charge the DX from your computer via the included USB cable, or the wall charger. Using our disembodied finger apparatus in our labs, we set the Kindle DX up to read War and Peace, and 24 hours later, the battery was still going strong at about 40% of its full charge. ![]() Due to their low power draw with their eInk screen, they can last for days on end on constant eBook reading. It's hard to do better with battery life among eReaders than a Kindle. Here we see a Lightning dock in its natural habitat. Take note of the screen inversion every time we hit a button. Because of this, you can bring the Kindle DX just about anywhere you would normally bring a book to read, with similar results.īelow is a short video of the Kindle DX's screen in use. Due to the nature of this type of display, it requires ambient light to see an image on a screen, where LCD screens require a backlight to work. The particles will only show their light side in the absence of an electrical charge behind them, but when the particles are charged, they turn to display their inked side, showing an image. ![]() So far, all eInk displays produce their image through a massive number of tiny round particles with one side covered in black ink. There is a drawback to this type of display, as it seems to have a weird effect where it completely inverts the image every time you do something that changes the image displayed on the screen, such as turning the page or hitting the "home" button. The battery is not removable and it doesn’t come with a protective case.The Kindle DX is built around a 10.4 by 7.2 inch eInk screen that produces an image that looks very much like it had been ripped out of a book and put behind plastic. Kindle DX does not have the option for the Wi-Fi and it is a little heavier than other Kindle models. This version has a 50% better display of the e-ink. It was so successful that they launched a 2nd generation of Kindle DX starting at $489. The international version is the exact same version as a regular Kindle DX except it has support for international 3G service. ![]() The Kindle DX was released in May, 2009 because of its success it had an international release in January 2010 and it was shipped in over 100 different countries. Even though it started with $379, it didn’t stop buyers from getting this device. Kindle DX broke amazon’s record of selling most numbers for specific models of Kindle, or even for the Kindle itself. It is a big-screen reader it has a screen of 9.7-inch e-ink display with a full QWERTY keyboard in the bottom. Amazon made its official return from the e-Reader graveyard with the Kindle DX.
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