Kindle DX for schoolbooks and technical publications

I am big fan of the Kindle 2 and really love mine, however, when it comes to reading programming books or technical materials, I always reach for my Kindle DX. The 9.7 inch display is darn near perfect for reading PDF’s and .mobi files from Amazon.com as well as from the many other book sellers. Having native PDF display abilities make it easy to drag a pdf document to the DX and read it anytime. I even have some of my camera manuals on it just in case I need to figure out some remote operation that I rarely use. If you are a student that that can obtain PDF versions of their school books, then I would highly recommend the DX. Beats having to carry all that weight in paper books! To protect mine while I am not using it, I use the the slip case from Waterfield Designs that sells for $33. Don’t forget to get a booklight for those times when you don’t have much light as the E-Ink display is not backlit. I really like my Mighty Bright XtraFlex2 Clip-On Light (Kindle Version) Black [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]