In today’s fast moving world, the ability to learn and unlearn new skills and knowledge at fast speed is a must-have asset to stay competitive.
With the explosion of information and expansion of branches of knowledge, it has become a challenge for an average person to keep abreast of new information just within one’s field of work. Among the various ways of knowledge acquisition, reading remain the most ubiquitous.
People who are able to read faster and read more will undoubtedly have a distinct advantage over those who don’t. It is said that if a person can read an hour everyday on a chosen subject, he can become an expert in that field within a few years. The ability to read fast is a skill that need to trained and developed, and can only be acquired after some practice. Whilst the ability to be read more can be achieved instantaneously by freeing up more time to devote to reading.
In our daily life, much of our time is wasted in down time such as commuting in public transport to and from workplace, waiting for meeting, appointment, lunch, dinner, etc. These small pockets of down time can translate into a size amount of additional reading time if it is utilized effectively.
As an avid reader, I have always been fascinated with gadgets that allow me to make good use of the daily downtime to catch up with just a few more pages of reading. The electronics readers available in the market have so far fell short of expectation as an ideal reading tool. I have also tried to use my Nokia e61i as an internet surfing and eBook reading tool, besides its role as a mobile communicator. My expectation proved too idealistic. Like other PDA phones, this gadget failed miserably in the department of battery life performance. I have also came to realize that no PDA phone can ever provide a good reading experience with its limited screen size.
This morning, while surfing blogs, I came to known a new product launched by Amazon.
My excitement soared rapidly as I go through the product demo. This product called Kindle appears to be the next big thing that may likely revolutionize the reading experience of people. I would like to think that this is probably the iPhone of electronics reader. It has the following features:
- Sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
- Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
- Wireless connectivity everywhere.
- Ergonomic design with other functions such as search, bookmark, annotation, , dictionary, and adjustable text size.
- Buy a book and get delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
- More than 88,000 books available, including New York Times® Best Sellers.
- Top U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post; top magazines including TIME, Atlantic Monthly, and Forbes—all auto-delivered wirelessly.
- Top international newspapers from France, Germany, and Ireland; Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine, and The Irish Times—all auto-delivered wirelessly.
- More than 250 top blogs from the worlds of business, technology, sports, entertainment, and politics, including BoingBoing, Slashdot, TechCrunch, ESPN's Bill Simmons, The Onion, Michelle Malkin, and The Huffington Post—all updated wirelessly throughout the day.
- It is like carrying your library of 200 books in one paperback-size gadget; weighs only 10.3 ounces.
- Long battery life
- No monthly fee for mobile connectivity, the one-time product price covers all.
- Includes free wireless access to encyclopedia—Wikipedia.org.
To me, Kindle looks like a readers’ dream come true.
It has been said that if you are given three days to chop down a tree, instead of spending the entire three days to attempt the uphill task, you should use two days to sharpen your axe. With an axe that is well sharpened, chopping down the tree becomes an easy task.
If the Amazon Kindle can enhance your reading experience, it can be an effective tool to help you sharpen your axe. Check it up.
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