THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Rman on February 09, 2009, 10:38:17 PM
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I loved the original, but it's a loaner from work, and I wanted a revision for a bit.
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/02/kindle-hand-010.jpg)
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what's the improvements? cost?
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$360
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On Monday, February 9, 2009, Amazon announced the Kindle 2, which will be available for purchase starting February 24, 2009. Price of the unit is $359.00 in pre-order. The new Kindle boasts longer battery life and 20 percent faster page refreshing than the original Kindle,[9] as well as being thinner at 0.36 inches thick.[10]
still like $100 to high also still needs PDF support.
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Its thin as fuck but shit its way too much money ;_; . Its crazy that multipurpose devices that can do lots of shit cost about that much (fucking iPhone). I guess that electronic ink technology must be a bitch.
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what's the improvements? cost?
Better screen refresh rates, text to speech, built in, on the fly dictionary, cleaner design, better battery life, It's 359 US dollars, Father Mike.
Blue Tsunami: It's definitely the e-ink and the lifetime 3g connection that are driving the price.
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Oh man, a dictionary in your hand is pretty awesome
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get a netbook instead
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You get free 3G for life with purchase? I did not realize that.
They should come out with a $200 version that requires bluetooth sync or some shit, or even a USB cable.
Just how good is the battery life anyway? What makes the digital ink shit worth it?
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You get free 3G for life with purchase? I did not realize that.
They should come out with a $200 version that requires bluetooth sync or some shit, or even a USB cable.
Just how good is the battery life anyway? What makes the digital ink shit worth it?
i was able to read over this woman's shoulder on the subway for like 3 stops comfortably
then two uncomfortably when she maced me
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Its thin as fuck but shit its way too much money ;_; . Its crazy that multipurpose devices that can do lots of shit cost about that much (fucking iPhone). I guess that electronic ink technology must be a bitch.
You get free 3G for life with purchase? I did not realize that.
They should come out with a $200 version that requires bluetooth sync or some shit, or even a USB cable.
Just how good is the battery life anyway? What makes the digital ink shit worth it?
The digital ink just has amazing resolution and contrast. I looks just like you are reading a physical page The complaint about earlier ebook readers were eyestrain, due to back light glare. The e-ink tech is very easy on the eyes and the text is very crisp, not pixelated.
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do they let you put your own documents on it easily now or is it still the 'email to amazon, pay to convert' thing?
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I would love one .. for 150 bux. Guess I will be waiting awhile.
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how is the PDF conversion anyway?
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i'm going to hold out until color e-ink hits a reasonable price point
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Kind of wish it was designed in such a way that the screen takes up all the area in front and the keyboard slides out from somewhere. Keep the buttons for turning pages out in the open. Almost as if your holding a single page with nothing else to bother you. But other than that, it looks good.
how is the PDF conversion anyway?
I had read in another thread that its still experimental/beta. I believe its a proprietary converter from Amazon.
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I'm in.
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That is real hot, but $360. yeesh. I prefer reading paper text as opposed to digital, but that looks very matte and like it would cause little to no eye strain.
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no fucking way at that price
i just don't understand why you would spend your money on it
other than just wanting to spend your money like TVC
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get a netbook instead
Winner winner chicken dinner, you can get a eee for that much.
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hell, if you just want to use it for reading ebooks, light web surfing, and a few programs, you can find first-gen 4GB SSD drive netbooks for less than $200 now and just pop a 16GB sdhc card in the reader
most netbooks don't weigh much more than 2 pounds, and they are tiny, the only thing that kills them is battery life
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two biggest differences are that a netbook battery usually is under 5 hours while they claim the Kindle battery lasts days/weeks. Also, e-ink to make reading less stressful or something (I've never had a problem reading off an LCD, etc.)
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also it's easier to pull out a kindle in the city than it is a netbook on the subway.
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If it were $100-$150 cheaper, I might consider, but no way at $360.
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wake me up when they get to 600 dpi.
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I guess this makes sense if you have a lot of e-books you want to read on a bus or train but hopefully they can drive down the price.
wake me up when they get to 600 dpi.
Is that really necessary if it's in black&white and only for text obviously?
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Is that really necessary if it's in black&white and only for text obviously?
er, that's exactly WHY it's necessary. if I'm going to buy something just to read books on, it better be damn good at displaying books. I'd probably consider buying @300 though.
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Is that really necessary if it's in black&white and only for text obviously?
er, that's exactly WHY it's necessary. if I'm going to buy something just to read books on, it better be damn good at displaying books. I'd probably consider buying @300 though.
Have you used one? The e-ink tech is pretty awesome. DPI isn't really an accurate or relevant measurement for this type of tech. You've got to see it for yourself.
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I'm kind of a typography fetishist though. It wouldn't work out.