I had the white second gen one, it was not back lit. The new grey ones??
Dunno.
Larry
On Apr 21, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Jim Johnson wrote:
> Strange. The wife's Kindle is back lit. She reads in sunshine as well as
in
> the dark. Works fine. Only problem I have noticed is that she likes it so
> much I am now stuck doing the laundry, cooking and the dishes. ;-)
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:15 PM, <bjshov8 at tx.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Other comparisons- you can read the kindle in sunlight but not in a dim
>> room, the ipad is just the opposite. You can read plain books on the
kindle
>> (text) but not magazines. The kindle is smaller and lighter than the
ipad,
>> and has much longer battery life.
>>
>>
>>> The Kindle app for the iPad & iPhone is great unless your in sunlight,
>> then
>>> the screen is difficult to see. The Kindle is much easier to read in the
>>> sunlight. I believe that there is no charge for using the 3G on the
>> Kindle.
>>> They are also much lighter weight than the iPad but of course can't do
>>> everything the iPad can do.
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