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Place an Order of $ 5 or More For Your Opportunity to Win an iPad from Meritline

Win an iPad from Meritline

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 7, 2010

Meritline, one of the nation’s leading retail Web sites, has announced its Win an iPad from Meritline sweepstakes, where it will give away five 16GB iPads at the beginning of 2011. Realizing the practicality of Apple’s iPad tablet, Meritline will be entering anyone that visits Meritline and makes a purchase of $ 5 or greater into a drawing for one of Apple’s top-selling products.

While the company promotes several contests a year, including a drawing that will take place once its Facebook page reaches 30,000 fans and will see someone get an iPhone4, this particular contest holds a distinction as one of Meritline’s larger giveaways. Featuring a magnificent touchscreen that enables users to do everything from watch movies to listen to music to utilize some of the company’s hundreds of apps and more, the Apple iPad has become one of the most sought-after of Apple’s prized line of products. Valued at $ 2,495 ($ 499 each as of 12/1/10 on Apple’s online store), the five 16GB Apple iPads will be given away during the first week of January after a random drawing of all eligible entrants from the month of December.

Meritline has long-been amongst the Internet leaders with its everyday low prices on computer accessories, cell phone accessories for Blackberry, iPhones and other cell phones; home appliances and more. Primary amongst the most popular sections are its Daily Deals, in which low-priced products are discounted up to 69% from their original price.

For those who won’t have a chance to visit Meritline to make a purchase before the contest ends but would still like a chance to win an Apple iPad, or to see rules and regulations for this sweepstakes, please visit (URL) to see how you can enter the iPad sweepstakes.

Don’t miss out this exciting opportunity to win one of five Apple iPads we’re giving away from Meritline.com. Enter today.

About Meritline.com

Meritline.com is the largest US based internet retailer offering direct shipments from overseas. It is a fully owned subsidiary of Comptree International Inc is an Elite Member of Resellerratings.com and an Accredited Buisness of Better Business Bureau. The award-winning website has more than 3 million registered users and offers customers an extensive selection of the latest high-tech products from both US and multinational venders. It offers detailed product descriptions and images, customer reviews, product value meters, and “Daily Deals Page” which features deeply discounted product updated daily. Meritline.com is headquartered in City of Industry, California.

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Kindle 2 Device Reviews…

I love it!

By: Jennifer Carson “booklover”

I’ve had my Kindle 2 Device for about three weeks now and I absolutely love it. It took me a few days to get used to the screen flash for the page turn, but I don’t even notice it now. Downloading books is incredibly easy and I find that I’m reading far more than I was before I owned the device. I’ve downloaded several from Project Gutenberg as well as from Amazon itself. Books I never would have thought to read before are now on my Kindle 2 Device.

I even took it to the emergency room a few days ago and it saved me. I was in the waiting room for almost an hour, and waited another 3 once I was in a room. I wasn’t sick – I was bit by a potentially rabid cat – so I would have been extremely bored without it. I didn’t have time to search my bookshelf for a book before leaving for the ER, so I just grabbed my Kindle 2 Device and had almost 100 books to choose from.

This thing is amazing, and I’m so happy I bought it.

Fantastic for vacations and travel; ideal for visually impaired!

By: J. Mandeville

Although pricey, the real value of this purchase is that it got me to read again. Love the fact that I can go on vacation without having to pick out books in advance, or get something at the airport. Love that it remembers where I am if I fall asleep. Love that I can read it on the beach. Love that it holds a charge for so long.

Would be nice if it had a backlight option, but books don’t have that anyway. As I get sleepier, I like to enlarge the font, which is a nice feature. And I’m constantly using the dictionary to look up words that I “kind of” know — great feature. Color will be a nice addition some day, but totally unnecessary.

Originally got this for my grandfather with glaucoma, who now has just tunnel vision. Seemed like the perfect thing for an ex-avid reader, since you can change font size, have it read to you, download newspapers and magazines, and you don’t have to drive to the book store or library! But if you can’t program the clock on your microwave, you probably can’t use the Kindle 2 Device. It is very easy for anyone under 60. A good idea for the visually impaired.

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Kindle 2 Device Customer Review…

By William T. Mcgee “Tom”

Views of a New Kindle 2 Device Owner

I was a bit skeptic about buying a Kindle 2 Device; however, I am an avid reader and decided to give it a try in spite of the $299.00 price tag.

While on vacation out of state, I was reading an outstanding book and was really upset when I realized that I left it in a hotel room. Kindle 2 Device came to the rescue. I downloaded the book on my Kindle 2 Device for $6.99 in less than 30 seconds. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy the Kindle 2 Device is to operate. I adjusted the print size to a comfortable size and finished my book in record time.

I was surprised that the Kindle 2 Device could read to me. Although the voice inflection was inappropriate at times–for example, it translated Ms. Jones as millisecond Jones, but I could still understand it and appreciated the fact that I could listen to the book while working. I also enjoy the ease of looking up words on the built in dictionary in the device. One simply moves the cursor in front of the word in the text to obtain the definition. A click on the back button removes the dictionary.

I also enjoy the feature in the lower left corner that tells the reader what percentage of the book s/he has read. Likewise, I was pleasantly surprised that when I shut down the device and turned it back on later it remained on the page I left it.

The book feels very comfortable in my hand and there is no glare. Nevertheless, I was worried that I might drop and break it so I ordered a leather case and an extra year of warranty.

I have encountered a problem that I had not thought about before purchasing the product. Each time I use it in a public place, people interrupt my reading to find out what kind of a machine I am using and for what purpose.

I can see multiple uses for this device. Imagine students who could download all of their text books on one light and convenient device. Good bye back pack! Hello Kindle 2 Device!

I really like my Kindle 2 Device so far and am happy I made the investment. So far the most expensive book I have found to download is $9.99. If you are an avid reader, I think you will enjoy the easy access to up to 1,500 books at your finger tips. I know I do.

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Wireless Kindle 2 User Review…

Wireless Kindle 2 : First Impressions from a Kindle 1 owner

On the one hand I love my Wireless Kindle 1… I use it everyday, I subscribe to my favorite newspaper, I mark up my books with annotations, highlights and bookmarks.

On the other hand my Wireless Kindle 1 annoys me… unintended page changes, the awkward way I sometimes have to hold it to keep from hitting buttons, the sometimes slow page refresh, and the screen freezes that now has me traveling with a paper clip lest I need to do a reset while commuting on the train.

I’ve had the Wireless Kindle 2 in my hands for almost a day and have carried it on one commute. What follows is my “first impressions” review of the Wireless Kindle 2 from the perspective of an owner of the original K1. What’s different, what’s better and what’s worse?

5 big things I immediately noticed as different:

First, when taking the K2 out of the box I immediately noted that the back cover is not easily removable (if at all) and won’t slip off in my hands – as was frequent with the K1. The keyboard is also much much smaller and less obtrusive.

The second thing I noticed is power management. No longer do I have to press and hold two buttons to put the device to sleep. The switches for On/Off and Wireless On/Off are gone. There’s a single small switch at the top of the K2 that handles Sleep.

The third thing I noticed – where’s the silver strip? In fact, the entire navigation structure has been completely revised – I’m still getting used to it but it’s a huge step forward. The silver strip has been replaced by a 4-way rocker that can also be pressed for “OK” commands, creating bookmarks, and doing highlighting.

The fourth thing I noticed – while page changing doesn’t seem to me to be particularly faster – almost every other interaction on the screen is vastly accelerated… scrolling the cursor, looking up words, highlighting text, and typing text.

The fifth thing I noticed – a new power cable. This unit uses USB cables that are not compatible with K1. It’s a bit of a bummer since I was hoping my wife and I could share power cables (she’s taking over my K1).

What’s better:

Navigation is a huge improvement. Moving the cursor to a word and having the definition of the word immediately pop up on the bottom of the screen is terrific. Using the rocker to move between articles in a newspaper makes scanning the paper much faster and enjoyable. Calling up the Menu strip is much faster and interactive. Clearly, Amazon was hard at work to make navigation quicker and easier. The hard work is apparent.

Buttons: The K1 was a constant struggle with inadvertent page changes. The design was flawed from the beginning. The single best improvement in the K2 took a few minutes of concentrated reading to realize… the button hinges are on the outside – at the edge – of the K2. You need to press on the interior of the button to get it to click. This change alone has saved me from several inadvertent page changes. Combine that with the smaller button sizes and one major source of frustration has been instantly eliminated!

Size: The K2 is thinner than the iPhone. It feels denser and maybe a tad heavier – although I did buy the premium cover which snaps into the K2 and adds to the weight (btw, I love the premium cover and think it’s worth the investment).

Network Speed: The K2 can use G3 cellphone connections and when it’s activated it makes a considerable difference in interactivity to the Wireless Kindle Store and when downloading Archived content.

Power Management: The little power button at the top of the Wireless Kindle is really a power slide. That is, slide it to toggle Sleep mode on and off. Slide and hold to do a full power down. And the K1′s wireless on-off switch has been replaced by a menu choice in software. Works for me. Also, compared to the K1 waking from sleep is super-fast.

What’s worse…

There isn’t much I liked better in the K1 than the K2. One thing: calling up clippings and notes. In the K2 these items only list the first sentence or two of my highlights. In the K1 it displays the entire highlight – which makes reading through them much easier and more like reading Cliff Notes. The new interface in K2 is annoying and makes the feature much less useful. I’ll be writing to Amazon to see if we can get that changed.

Closing thoughts…

The K2 is a big refinement over the K1. It feels as easy to read as the K1 but doesn’t seem any crisper to my eyes (I usually read at point sizes 3 & 4). In this regard, as a book, the K1 and K2 are comparable. I wouldn’t run up my credit card to buy the K2 from a belief that it’s fundamentally easier to read. However, in my short time with the K2 it’s a more enjoyable device to use. The change in the hinging and size of the buttons is major plus and would make it hard to go back to the K1. Amazon broke a few paradigms that K1 users are accustomed to and I found myself going to the K2 User Guide to figure out some content management issues that have been changed in this release.

Why 4 stars and not 5? The Wireless Kindle will never get 5 stars from me until Amazon implements the notion of a lending library where I can lend another Wireless Kindle user a book; which would have the book would disappear from my Wireless Kindle and appear on theirs. After x number of days the book would automatically be returned to me and taken off the other person’s Wireless Kindle. Amazon says they want the device to disappear and content to stand out. I say: Until I can lend a friend a book the Wireless Kindle will never quite live up to that standard and will be, in my book, stuck at 4 stars.

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