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Today the sun was shining on our winter wonderland. So I took my KindleDX and moved to the winter garden to test reading in direct sunlight. It was amazing the display acted like normal paper, only slight reflexions – but not disturbing when reading. I also tested my concept papers for a university project and it was displayed with perfect contrast.

My all in all conclusion: The KindleDX is the perfect reading device for my purposes. It’s lightweight and very robust to light and reflexions.

Last week I got my new KindleDX and I really like it (first day: Lord of the Rings – Book 1 read…). The reading quality is amazing. I tried to read with my room lights on and in daylight, there is no problem with reflexions or light situations where reading an LCD notebook is impossible. The Global Wireless feature is usable but in Austria it is a bit slow. The roaming feature of the built-in AT&T mobile connection often chooses the slowest connection in my area (3G is available).

The new PDF feature is a very nice thing. I put all my stuff for my master thesis on my Kindle to read while on train, bus or at university. In Kindle documents it is possible to make annotations but in PDF documents it is not possible for reasons unknown. If Amazon added this feature, the Kindle would be a perfect business device for reading contracts or documents (silent feature request).

The battery last very long, I played around the whole weekend and my battery is at 75% (wireless off). This week I will try documents with more pictures to test the quality of the display for software design and concept papers. I going to post some information on that later this week.

Just installed the Chrome 4 Beta and I like it. It’s a bit faster than version 3. There is also an AdBlock extension to reduce the ads on websites. Just check out the beta, it’s almost stable and the performance with JavaScript is amazing. I also tried the new bookmark synchronization feature to synchronize between my PC and my notebook. It’s easy to setup – just specify your Google account information – and the synchronization process is fast.

To download the beta version follow this link: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel

This weekend I was skiing in Zauchensee. We – 2 friends of mine – had great weather and great fun. It was cold, about -5 to -10 degree Celsius, but the sun was shiny all day long. Just look at some pictures. Maybe we can do such a trip again.