There was probably some guy that said the same thing with iPods, but I say nobody will want to carry around a hundered books at once so there is no reason to pay for such an expensive piece of kit.
I hope it sells, I'd like to see other vendors recognize there is a market for ebook reading devices. $300+ is too much, I bought a perfectly nice HP laptop for $425. I think it should be possible for someone to build and sell a reader for under $100. In terms of software & hardware, how much different are they than digital picture frames?
ophello: To each his own, but I can't stand smudges, especially on a device that I'm staring at for hours on end and doesn't have a backlight. I can hardly put up with them on my LG Dare. Backlights make a big difference when it comes to (not) noticing smudges.
From what I've been reading, their plans are to provide their Kindle titles for phones. While I applaud the effort as a first step, I'm not really interested in reading books on my phone.My own preference first would be to make them available for the Sony PRS-50x/70x series devices, with an alternate of output to PDF for tablet computer users. (a distant second, almost down to the phone level.)
If your college bookstore allows you to return books within 14 days you could buy books, scan them into an acrobat file then return...not saying I've ever done this, or that it would take about 5 hours a per book...but it could potentially save about $500 a semester.Oh yeah, but it nice being able to download thousands of old free classic books and read them. I've been going through sherlock holmes and 3 musketeers books right now, and before that grimm's fairy tales, and plan on going through many more classics to come. There are so many great books that you can get free legally from sources like feedbooks and project gutenberg. I don't want to read them on the computer, but having them available wherever I am is wonderful and I get a lot of reading done. If I had to actually buy the books they would cost money and would be harder to carry around than having them all on my phone.
djpray2kFeb 10, 2009
There was probably some guy that said the same thing with iPods, but I say nobody will want to carry around a hundered books at once so there is no reason to pay for such an expensive piece of kit.
yetanotherdayFeb 10, 2009
I hope it sells, I'd like to see other vendors recognize there is a market for ebook reading devices. $300+ is too much, I bought a perfectly nice HP laptop for $425. I think it should be possible for someone to build and sell a reader for under $100. In terms of software & hardware, how much different are they than digital picture frames?
blackhole82Feb 10, 2009
well if they make it more affordable than the last one maybe i'll actually buy it this time
gotamdFeb 11, 2009
ophello: To each his own, but I can't stand smudges, especially on a device that I'm staring at for hours on end and doesn't have a backlight. I can hardly put up with them on my LG Dare. Backlights make a big difference when it comes to (not) noticing smudges.
rusty0101Feb 13, 2009
From what I've been reading, their plans are to provide their Kindle titles for phones. While I applaud the effort as a first step, I'm not really interested in reading books on my phone.My own preference first would be to make them available for the Sony PRS-50x/70x series devices, with an alternate of output to PDF for tablet computer users. (a distant second, almost down to the phone level.)
Closed AccountFeb 26, 2009
over the air transmission is one of the strongest selling points. I hope they dont take that off
Closed AccountFeb 26, 2009
but you gotta admit.DSLR cameras rock
Closed AccountApr 24, 2009
If your college bookstore allows you to return books within 14 days you could buy books, scan them into an acrobat file then return...not saying I've ever done this, or that it would take about 5 hours a per book...but it could potentially save about $500 a semester.Oh yeah, but it nice being able to download thousands of old free classic books and read them. I've been going through sherlock holmes and 3 musketeers books right now, and before that grimm's fairy tales, and plan on going through many more classics to come. There are so many great books that you can get free legally from sources like feedbooks and project gutenberg. I don't want to read them on the computer, but having them available wherever I am is wonderful and I get a lot of reading done. If I had to actually buy the books they would cost money and would be harder to carry around than having them all on my phone.
phantom76Jul 6, 2009
Kindle 2 and Kindle DX Review - <a class="user" href="http://kindle2dxreview.com">http://kindle2dxreview.com</a>