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So there are thousands upon thousands of reviews of the Kindle 2 available on Amazon and elsewhere throughout the web, some great, some so-so, some poor. Some of them compare the Kindle 2 to its predecessor Kindle 1 and the things that changed such as the removal of the SD slot and user removable battery, while some compare it to the likes of the new iPad from Apple which seems to be a jack of all trades and a master of none. In this review, you will find only a comprehensive review of the Kindle 2, nothing more, nothing less.

Let’s start off with the arrival of the product. Amazon packages it in a wonderfully small and eco-friendly box which I would recommend keeping just in case one would need to return the Kindle for repairs or other reasons. It also arrived two days after it was ordered, which to me is as fast as you can expect from any company that primarily conducts business on the internet. It was so easy to get started with the device that my five year old niece picked it up and was the first one to turn it on.

The functionality of the device is self-explanatory without having to read any manuals. The device starts out on a home screen that gives the user access to the Kindle User’s Guide, which gives a good starting point on both the basic and advanced features the Kindle 2 offers. After 30 minutes or so of reading this guide, one can go from a Kindle novice to an informed user capable of finding a use for all of the features of the device, including some useful shortcuts. It is well written and very comprehensive.

The battery charged to full in a little under an hour, and since purchasing the device a month ago, I have found the need to charge it only once. This is with the device’s Whispernet (3G service provided by Amazon at no additional charge) service turned off unless I am specifically searching the Kindle Store for an item. Also, people reading this review should take into account that I have used the device an average of 20 hours per
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This hardware seemed ideal for me since I have three printers: an HP LJ1100 using the parallel port, and two USB-connected dye sublimation printers used for photo printing. Also it can use the internet printing protocol, useful since I mostly run my computer on Debian Linux. I had no trouble setting the device up to work under both Windows 2kPro and Linux, using the ipp printing protocol (with CUPS on the Linux side). Perhaps the docs could stand some improvement, but as long as you don’t expect spoon feeding and are prepared to think a little, they are quite adequate to set the server up. You should set the printserver up with a static IP address so your printer configurations stay the same.

The main problem I have with the unit is range (unlike a previous reviewer). My wireless router is downstairs in my house, where the TV cable connnection comes in. My desktop computer is in a room directly above the router, and I’ve had no connection issues such as dropped packets (my router is a Netgear 802.11g), either with Windows 2000 or Linux. The idea of getting the printserver was to move three (two of them bulky) printers off my desk and into the walk-in closet across the hall. This places one more sheetrock covered wall between the router and the printserver. I had all kind of issues with printing (incomplete pages, printer errors) until I placed the printserver in the doorway so that the wall is no longer in the way. Now I can ping it and reliably get no dropped packets, although occasionally a page will come out incomplete (could be the CUPS driver’s fault).

I still have a little experimenting to do – perhaps there is somewhere I can locate the printserver so it is out of the way and still catches all the packets, but at least it works. Or I could spend another $30 for a supplementary antenna. And I still need to work with the smallest printer (a HiTi 630PL) which hasn’t worked properly through the server. But it only has a small footprint so that it
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