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October 27, 2009 at 1:11 PM #474249October 27, 2009 at 1:41 PM #474461sdcellarParticipant
My new current favorite (as a non-buyer) is the Nook. It’s also the device that convinced me to wait (unless I can sucker one out of somebody) as I have to agree with gn–more features, better selection and lower prices all coming to you shortly after the 2009 holiday season.
October 27, 2009 at 1:41 PM #475128sdcellarParticipantMy new current favorite (as a non-buyer) is the Nook. It’s also the device that convinced me to wait (unless I can sucker one out of somebody) as I have to agree with gn–more features, better selection and lower prices all coming to you shortly after the 2009 holiday season.
October 27, 2009 at 1:41 PM #474902sdcellarParticipantMy new current favorite (as a non-buyer) is the Nook. It’s also the device that convinced me to wait (unless I can sucker one out of somebody) as I have to agree with gn–more features, better selection and lower prices all coming to you shortly after the 2009 holiday season.
October 27, 2009 at 1:41 PM #474826sdcellarParticipantMy new current favorite (as a non-buyer) is the Nook. It’s also the device that convinced me to wait (unless I can sucker one out of somebody) as I have to agree with gn–more features, better selection and lower prices all coming to you shortly after the 2009 holiday season.
October 27, 2009 at 1:41 PM #474284sdcellarParticipantMy new current favorite (as a non-buyer) is the Nook. It’s also the device that convinced me to wait (unless I can sucker one out of somebody) as I have to agree with gn–more features, better selection and lower prices all coming to you shortly after the 2009 holiday season.
October 27, 2009 at 2:31 PM #474491JPJonesParticipantI’d been eye-balling e-book readers for my wife and finally cracked this year. She reads something like 100-150 pages an hour and the mess of old paperbacks was getting annoying. I got her a Kindle 2 after reading some much-improved reviews on the major 2nd-gen readers. 2 things tipped me towards the Kindle over the Sony reader.
1) Kindle is ready out-of-the-box. Wifey punched in her amazon account info and that was that. The Sony Reader requires a software installation and about an hours worth (plus or minus depending on computer savvy, of course) of configuring before it is in a usable state.
2) Kindle has free 3g wireless connectivity, limited to Amazon’s book store, but otherwise no strings attached. If you never want to plug the thing into a computer, you don’t have to. She is able to purchase and download books from anywhere that has wireless coverage.
Flu: The eye strain from reading “electronic ink” e-book readers is no different that of reading a normal hard copy. The display is not backlit, which is what causes eye strain when viewing an LCD for extended periods of time. You’ll need a well-lit area just the same as when you read a normal book. The trade-off for always needing an external light source is that the device uses barely any power and lasts for weeks without needing a recharge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper
In simple terms, think Etch-a-scetch.
One other detail that doesn’t get much attention is that the Kindle 2 reads just about any format you can throw at it, and the ones it doesn’t read by default, Amazon has a free, automated system setup that will convert them for you via e-mail. Txt, pdf, whatever, and it doesn’t care what the source is. It behaves like a thumb drive: plug it in, copy the file, and then start reading. I can’t speak for the Sony Reader in that regard, but format compatibility was my main requirement before I’d consider reaching for my wallet.
October 27, 2009 at 2:31 PM #475158JPJonesParticipantI’d been eye-balling e-book readers for my wife and finally cracked this year. She reads something like 100-150 pages an hour and the mess of old paperbacks was getting annoying. I got her a Kindle 2 after reading some much-improved reviews on the major 2nd-gen readers. 2 things tipped me towards the Kindle over the Sony reader.
1) Kindle is ready out-of-the-box. Wifey punched in her amazon account info and that was that. The Sony Reader requires a software installation and about an hours worth (plus or minus depending on computer savvy, of course) of configuring before it is in a usable state.
2) Kindle has free 3g wireless connectivity, limited to Amazon’s book store, but otherwise no strings attached. If you never want to plug the thing into a computer, you don’t have to. She is able to purchase and download books from anywhere that has wireless coverage.
Flu: The eye strain from reading “electronic ink” e-book readers is no different that of reading a normal hard copy. The display is not backlit, which is what causes eye strain when viewing an LCD for extended periods of time. You’ll need a well-lit area just the same as when you read a normal book. The trade-off for always needing an external light source is that the device uses barely any power and lasts for weeks without needing a recharge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper
In simple terms, think Etch-a-scetch.
One other detail that doesn’t get much attention is that the Kindle 2 reads just about any format you can throw at it, and the ones it doesn’t read by default, Amazon has a free, automated system setup that will convert them for you via e-mail. Txt, pdf, whatever, and it doesn’t care what the source is. It behaves like a thumb drive: plug it in, copy the file, and then start reading. I can’t speak for the Sony Reader in that regard, but format compatibility was my main requirement before I’d consider reaching for my wallet.
October 27, 2009 at 2:31 PM #474932JPJonesParticipantI’d been eye-balling e-book readers for my wife and finally cracked this year. She reads something like 100-150 pages an hour and the mess of old paperbacks was getting annoying. I got her a Kindle 2 after reading some much-improved reviews on the major 2nd-gen readers. 2 things tipped me towards the Kindle over the Sony reader.
1) Kindle is ready out-of-the-box. Wifey punched in her amazon account info and that was that. The Sony Reader requires a software installation and about an hours worth (plus or minus depending on computer savvy, of course) of configuring before it is in a usable state.
2) Kindle has free 3g wireless connectivity, limited to Amazon’s book store, but otherwise no strings attached. If you never want to plug the thing into a computer, you don’t have to. She is able to purchase and download books from anywhere that has wireless coverage.
Flu: The eye strain from reading “electronic ink” e-book readers is no different that of reading a normal hard copy. The display is not backlit, which is what causes eye strain when viewing an LCD for extended periods of time. You’ll need a well-lit area just the same as when you read a normal book. The trade-off for always needing an external light source is that the device uses barely any power and lasts for weeks without needing a recharge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper
In simple terms, think Etch-a-scetch.
One other detail that doesn’t get much attention is that the Kindle 2 reads just about any format you can throw at it, and the ones it doesn’t read by default, Amazon has a free, automated system setup that will convert them for you via e-mail. Txt, pdf, whatever, and it doesn’t care what the source is. It behaves like a thumb drive: plug it in, copy the file, and then start reading. I can’t speak for the Sony Reader in that regard, but format compatibility was my main requirement before I’d consider reaching for my wallet.
October 27, 2009 at 2:31 PM #474314JPJonesParticipantI’d been eye-balling e-book readers for my wife and finally cracked this year. She reads something like 100-150 pages an hour and the mess of old paperbacks was getting annoying. I got her a Kindle 2 after reading some much-improved reviews on the major 2nd-gen readers. 2 things tipped me towards the Kindle over the Sony reader.
1) Kindle is ready out-of-the-box. Wifey punched in her amazon account info and that was that. The Sony Reader requires a software installation and about an hours worth (plus or minus depending on computer savvy, of course) of configuring before it is in a usable state.
2) Kindle has free 3g wireless connectivity, limited to Amazon’s book store, but otherwise no strings attached. If you never want to plug the thing into a computer, you don’t have to. She is able to purchase and download books from anywhere that has wireless coverage.
Flu: The eye strain from reading “electronic ink” e-book readers is no different that of reading a normal hard copy. The display is not backlit, which is what causes eye strain when viewing an LCD for extended periods of time. You’ll need a well-lit area just the same as when you read a normal book. The trade-off for always needing an external light source is that the device uses barely any power and lasts for weeks without needing a recharge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper
In simple terms, think Etch-a-scetch.
One other detail that doesn’t get much attention is that the Kindle 2 reads just about any format you can throw at it, and the ones it doesn’t read by default, Amazon has a free, automated system setup that will convert them for you via e-mail. Txt, pdf, whatever, and it doesn’t care what the source is. It behaves like a thumb drive: plug it in, copy the file, and then start reading. I can’t speak for the Sony Reader in that regard, but format compatibility was my main requirement before I’d consider reaching for my wallet.
October 27, 2009 at 2:31 PM #474855JPJonesParticipantI’d been eye-balling e-book readers for my wife and finally cracked this year. She reads something like 100-150 pages an hour and the mess of old paperbacks was getting annoying. I got her a Kindle 2 after reading some much-improved reviews on the major 2nd-gen readers. 2 things tipped me towards the Kindle over the Sony reader.
1) Kindle is ready out-of-the-box. Wifey punched in her amazon account info and that was that. The Sony Reader requires a software installation and about an hours worth (plus or minus depending on computer savvy, of course) of configuring before it is in a usable state.
2) Kindle has free 3g wireless connectivity, limited to Amazon’s book store, but otherwise no strings attached. If you never want to plug the thing into a computer, you don’t have to. She is able to purchase and download books from anywhere that has wireless coverage.
Flu: The eye strain from reading “electronic ink” e-book readers is no different that of reading a normal hard copy. The display is not backlit, which is what causes eye strain when viewing an LCD for extended periods of time. You’ll need a well-lit area just the same as when you read a normal book. The trade-off for always needing an external light source is that the device uses barely any power and lasts for weeks without needing a recharge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper
In simple terms, think Etch-a-scetch.
One other detail that doesn’t get much attention is that the Kindle 2 reads just about any format you can throw at it, and the ones it doesn’t read by default, Amazon has a free, automated system setup that will convert them for you via e-mail. Txt, pdf, whatever, and it doesn’t care what the source is. It behaves like a thumb drive: plug it in, copy the file, and then start reading. I can’t speak for the Sony Reader in that regard, but format compatibility was my main requirement before I’d consider reaching for my wallet.
October 27, 2009 at 3:58 PM #474541KIBUParticipantHi Davelj,
I have one, I bought my sister one, my brother in law use one everyday while driving the subway.
Wonderful tool. It is amazing how many trees you save after a short time using it. It’s like a book but so convenient. And if your eyes are as bad as mine, you can adjust the font to read comfortably.
I read lots of newspapers, I avoided lots of paper wasting using this machine.
The only thing is you don’t get the color and nice pictures as magazines, so you can rule out Playboy (there, a note of warning for TG).
October 27, 2009 at 3:58 PM #474905KIBUParticipantHi Davelj,
I have one, I bought my sister one, my brother in law use one everyday while driving the subway.
Wonderful tool. It is amazing how many trees you save after a short time using it. It’s like a book but so convenient. And if your eyes are as bad as mine, you can adjust the font to read comfortably.
I read lots of newspapers, I avoided lots of paper wasting using this machine.
The only thing is you don’t get the color and nice pictures as magazines, so you can rule out Playboy (there, a note of warning for TG).
October 27, 2009 at 3:58 PM #474364KIBUParticipantHi Davelj,
I have one, I bought my sister one, my brother in law use one everyday while driving the subway.
Wonderful tool. It is amazing how many trees you save after a short time using it. It’s like a book but so convenient. And if your eyes are as bad as mine, you can adjust the font to read comfortably.
I read lots of newspapers, I avoided lots of paper wasting using this machine.
The only thing is you don’t get the color and nice pictures as magazines, so you can rule out Playboy (there, a note of warning for TG).
October 27, 2009 at 3:58 PM #474982KIBUParticipantHi Davelj,
I have one, I bought my sister one, my brother in law use one everyday while driving the subway.
Wonderful tool. It is amazing how many trees you save after a short time using it. It’s like a book but so convenient. And if your eyes are as bad as mine, you can adjust the font to read comfortably.
I read lots of newspapers, I avoided lots of paper wasting using this machine.
The only thing is you don’t get the color and nice pictures as magazines, so you can rule out Playboy (there, a note of warning for TG).
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