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The Amazon Kindle 2 was not just created for reading the latest novel on the go. Business professionals have used the Kindle to consolidate their work documents. Students are also buying the Kindle 2 as an alternative to lugging around enormous textbooks in their backpacks. While it is not a perfect device and certainly won’t appeal to everyone, there are some serious benefits when it comes to replacing all of your bulky paperwork with a electronic book reader. And we’ll go over all of them in this Amazon Kindle 2 Review.

As these are primarily created for computers, digital versions of text books and other reading materials professionals often use, are commonly in MS Word and PDF format. Here’s lies the catch: the Kindle 2 does not natively support PDF files and this is one important thing that individuals have to think about before going ahead and buying one. Of course, there are ways of converting files to make them readable for the Kindle 2, but the process could be tedious, and the results, hit or miss.

Here are some common solutions for this problem. The first option would be to send over your files to Amazon and have them converted. This requires only a very small fee but if we’re talking about dozens of books here, a student may have to spend a lot of time sending files over to Amazon. Plus, with the issue of college costs, any amount spent would have an impact on struggling students. One could also opt to convert the files himself, but again this would require a lot of time that students could put to better use.

But with the negative aspects come the positive. Obviously, the size difference is more than a little appealing. College students won’t have an aching back from their backpack full of textbooks and a businessperson won’t have a sore shoulder from a stuffed briefcase. You may even save money with the Kindle 2. When you look at the price, that may sound silly, but digital copies of books can be considerably cheaper and considering how much a college textbook can costs, that is saying something. Most professors have jumped into the digital age and started offering class materials in the form of PDFs, meaning you will need a computer to view some of your work anyways. Switching to the Kindle just gives you another avenue to view that material.

The decision comes down to weighing what is important to you against your resources. If you don’t have the money or time to convert files, you may be put off by the Kindle. But if you are willing to put in the extra time and effort to get the files converted, you will find a great burden lifted off your shoulders, literally. If you are still torn, you could always consider the new Kindle DX. With native PDF format readers, it might prove the perfect solution for you.