Is the Kindle DX Worth the Money?

An anonymous reader writes "Now that some little time has passed, and the hype has died down a bit, I'm wondering if anyone has taken the $500 plunge and gotten a Kindle DX. From the academic-paper-reading-geek perspective, is it worth the money? How well does it work with PDFs, and is it easy to get them on and off? I haven't been able to find any good reviews on the interweb that address its usability as I would like to use it."

Re:Dumbfuck Mods

[Wicked Zen]

Is it just me, or does nonsensical bullshit get modded up, while the truth gets modded down.

Slashdot is a circlejerk of bullshit, with retarded moderators modding up garbage, and modding down reality.

Is it just me, or are random nonsensical first-posts getting more randomly nonsensical?

What is the Kindle like?

[kawabago]

What is the Kindle like? It's like a book with ink that can vanish permanently at any moment.

Kindle DX

[Locke2005]

...after a little digging I found that it's not quite there yet for my use. Yeah, greyscale sucks for porn, doesn't it...

Re:Interweb.

[freeweed]

What are your thoughts on the term "irony"?

Re:Why not a laptop?

[Idiomatick]

The RIAA do not approve your use of the word lend in that sentence. Clearly you meant aiding and abetting first degree piracy against the crown in an act of sedition.

Seriously though. Is 'lending' as easy as you say while using legit sources? I'm sure with torrented books it will be wonderful. However, it does sound like a great way to store all books ever written in your living room.

No, I'm New Here

[New Here]

No, I'm New Here

Re:Why not a laptop?

[commodoresloat]

it does sound like a great way to store all books ever written in your living room.

How many books have you written in your living room?

Re:Why not a laptop?

[iocat]

Read the sentence again, please. They could have been written by *anyone* in his living room, not just him!

My issue with the DX is that you can download newspapers, but not as an image of the front page -- just as a list of files. If I wanted to do that, I'd use a web browser. When I can d/l a paper and read it like a paper -- lots of stories per page, ability to scan quickly over it all -- I'll buy one in a heartbeat. I woudl guess that's a few years away though.