Amazon Kindle
- added November 19, 2007
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- TheRealEdwin
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Okay, so being able to buy books, newspapers and magazines anywhere wirelessly is pretty f'in cool. Using Sprint's cell-phone network for internet access and not having to pay for it. And the prices are really low. My only concern is selection, but it's still pretty impressive right now and should improve over time.
It also sorta stinks that you have to pay $.10 to email documents to your device instead of letting you transfer them over USB cable, is that a piracy prevention mechanism? Doesn't make sense since you have to transfer audiobooks over the USB cable already.
Still, pretty impressive looking device. I've been hoping an eink reader would come along with a reason for me to buy it.
It also sorta stinks that you have to pay $.10 to email documents to your device instead of letting you transfer them over USB cable, is that a piracy prevention mechanism? Doesn't make sense since you have to transfer audiobooks over the USB cable already.
Still, pretty impressive looking device. I've been hoping an eink reader would come along with a reason for me to buy it.
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- TheRealEdwin
- 10 months ago
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I dunnoisn't staring at a computer for a long time bad for your eyes? -
Everything is bad for you in one way or another. Best to just go with the flow.
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- TheRealEdwin
- 10 months ago
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Its not so bad if its e-ink. This is way higher resolution than CRTs or LCDs and does not require power to maintain its display state (meaning once the text is displaying you can turn off the power). In addition it does not need a backlight to see it, so it appears very much like a printed page.
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