Omegaslast
Limp Gawd
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Wow, I just bought one for $259 three weeks ago. Sent them an email to see if my account would be credited.
Can you borrow eBooks for eReaders as if you were checking out books from a library? If so, I would totally consider one.
I'm intrigued by the WiFi Nook. With the 3G/WiFi Nook, do you have to get mobile broadband service?
I paid $259 for mine a little over a year ago. I thought that was worth it just so I could take a library anywhere I went. for $189, I don't understand why any middle class person would do without one. I love mine. Currently, I have 30 books on it, and its not even 5% full.
Can you check gmail over 3g? that alone would make it worth it.
Its nice the readers are getting more affordable but I'm gonna hold out for the actual ebooks themselves to get more affordable before I start shelling out. Most of em' seem to cost only a little less than the paperback versions right now, should be closer to a couple of bucks at the most IMO.
My guess is that within another 4 - 6 months we'll see "open" android tablets of many types and designs that will be much better as ereaders, but that will also have extra features, like "real" browsers and the ability to install useful android apps.
I paid $259 for mine a little over a year ago. I thought that was worth it just so I could take a library anywhere I went. for $189, I don't understand why any middle class person would do without one. I love mine. Currently, I have 30 books on it, and its not even 5% full.
I tend to agree; I find very few ebooks cheaper than I can buy paper books, and by a significant margin. DRM between sellers (Amazon, B&N, etc.) and between hardware devices is just a big mess.
Right now, the sellers (Amazon, B&N, Apple?, etc.) are more interested in locking you into their store/drm/prices via their very own "closed down" ereaders (Kindle, Nook, etc.) than they are into providing a good ereader/ebook experience. There have been expensive horror stories where people have lost their book collections due to arbitrary drm/hardware decisions made by these companies who only care about selling their books, and more books, as many times as possible, and at the highest price that consumers will tolerate.
My guess is that within another 4 - 6 months we'll see "open" android tablets of many types and designs that will be much better as ereaders, but that will also have extra features, like "real" browsers and the ability to install useful android apps. Unfortunately, greedy, paranoid, and "old style" publishers may even wreak this possibility...........Music has come so far, unfortunately, books/publishers have a ways to go.
But then again, why an ebook reader when you can get an iPad or a portable netbook?
This has been said ad nauseum, but: if you want a device that's do-it-all, then yes, you should get a netbook (I wouldn't even go for ipad in the do-it-all case, since it, well, doesn't). If you want a device to do nothing but READ BOOKS on, then ereaders (Not just the kindle) are vastly superior for reading.
Don't believe me? Take your ipad out in the sun and try reading on it.
Too little too late from Amazon in my opinion. If this was the price of the Kindle 2 initially, or at least a year or more ago I would have gone in for one. Now that the iPad is out that is basically a Kindle (arguably better from a functionality standpoint, although does lack Amazon's book selection) I just can't justify owning a Kindle at all. And before anyone says that the "ePaper" on the Kindle makes it so much better than the iPad, I disagree. For ME the iPad is fine for reading books, and I get all the other uses from the iPad not just books. I get that if you only want books, books, books then go for the Kindle BUT with the iPad I no longer need to bring multiple devices with me traveling or just out and about for the day. That's a huge plus for me right there.
Can you load non DRM stuff on these things?
Yes.
This has been said ad nauseum, but: if you want a device that's do-it-all, then yes, you should get a netbook (I wouldn't even go for ipad in the do-it-all case, since it, well, doesn't). If you want a device to do nothing but READ BOOKS on, then ereaders (Not just the kindle) are vastly superior for reading.
Don't believe me? Take your ipad out in the sun and try reading on it.
Calibre, which is a very cool ebook library tool.
I see what you are saying and I can see many that don't have a netbook or ereader already maybe making a choice to check out the iPad. I think Apple is banking on that segment. I had a chance to play with one for a minute and it's cool.Too little too late from Amazon in my opinion. If this was the price of the Kindle 2 initially, or at least a year or more ago I would have gone in for one. Now that the iPad is out that is basically a Kindle (arguably better from a functionality standpoint, although does lack Amazon's book selection) I just can't justify owning a Kindle at all. And before anyone says that the "ePaper" on the Kindle makes it so much better than the iPad, I disagree. For ME the iPad is fine for reading books, and I get all the other uses from the iPad not just books. I get that if you only want books, books, books then go for the Kindle BUT with the iPad I no longer need to bring multiple devices with me traveling or just out and about for the day. That's a huge plus for me right there.