eReaders Fail in College

Amazon is going to be mad at its undergrad, the Kindle DX, which didn’t do so well in studies conducted at several colleges, including Princeton and the University of Virginia. Participating students at these universities were given Kindle DXs and asked to rate the device as a study tool.

According to an article in USA Today, the biggest problems that students had with the Kindle is difficulty highlighting and making notes. If you’ve ever tried to type anything on Kindle’s pokey keypad, you understand why.

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