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GelaSkins Protective Kindle DX Skin Fits 9.7″ Display, Latest Generation Kindle DX, Almond Branches in Bloom Description:

GelaSkins are removable vinyl skins for protecting and customizing your 9.7″ Display, Latest Generation Kindle DX. They feature photo-quality graphics ranging from fine art prints to contemporary urban images designed by our growing family of artists from around the world. GelaSkins protect with a durable anti-scratch, anti-UV coating. With patented adhesive technology by 3M, GelaSkins remove residue-free when you want to remove them or switch them for another design.

• Brand: GelaSkins
• Released on: 2009-06-10
• Dimensions: 11.00″ h x .20″ w x 8.50″ l,

Features

• Compatibility: 9.7″ Display, Latest Generation Kindle DX
• Durable scratch protection and customization for your Kindle DX
• GelaSkins cover the front and back of the Kindle in style
• 3M Technology for easy, repositionable application, and clean removal with no residue
• Ultra thin (2 mm) design

Customer Reviews:

Easy to use, pretty, and does what it is supposed to do.
I have the leather case for my Kindle, but I don’t always use it because it adds weight and bulk. This protective skin is perfect; protects from scratches and fingerprints and- if it weren’t for the colorful pattern, it would completely disappear from my notice. Also, it was very easy to get on properly and bubble free. I like it so much, I think I might buy one for my iPod, now.

Great but please make the front cover too!
I bought this skin for my Kindle DX because I was so pleased with the skins I’d bought for my Kindle 2. This one is just as nice, but I would like to put in my vote for a matching front skin like they make for the Kindle 2. So far, this is only a back skin.

I like having the front and back designs just for the aesthetics, I can easily spot which Kindle is mine in the family, and I like keeping the Kindle protected on both sides from damage and fingerprints.

Aside from being a back-only skin, it’s just a nice and easy to apply as the ones for Kindle 2s. I’ve been very pleased with them all around and recommend them highly.

Amazon, if you are listening, please consider a top skin for DXs as well

so beautiful!!
I ordered this GelaSkin although other viewers warned it was not for both sides — perhaps the manufacturer listened because mine was. This feature is great because not only does it protect the backside, but it also covers the front: the white parts around my screen as well as the hot keys on the right will stay nice and clean…this was fabulous because i noticed on a friend’s older Kindle that the white of her keys was getting grey and muddy with use…(although it does not protect the letters - just the hot keys like ‘home’, ‘next page’, ‘back’, etc.

By design, this product doesn’t offer much in terms of protection, aside from scratches. But it is understood that this wouldn’t help if you ever dropped it or the like–it isn’t that kind of product. But this product is beautiful…that much is certain. I was so excited to apply it to my KindleDX - it really made me feel like I was personalizing my KDX….there ought to be more designs available, for the KDX at this point there are only three available which really isn’t much in terms of selection.

In terms of construction, the skin is sturdy - because of its innate stickiness I was able to remove and re-apply it without worrying about ripping it or loss of stickiness (I did however, make sure to put it on in a dust-free, pet hair-free zone) and was able to get it ‘just right’. Buyer beware though, that getting it affixed in that perfect spot may take a minute or two - when you take the skin off the wax paper it can curl into itself like any other regular (albeit strong adhesive) sticker. i found that i could fix and re-fix away, and just as it found its correct resting place that fit like a glove–that’s when i couldn’t find a spot to lift it off the KDX to readjust without possibly leaving a slight dent in the skin.