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Wireless books: Amazon Kindle

binarysoulbinarysoul Member Posts: 993
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For the record, I'm not the CEO of amazon :)

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MA
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    PlantwizPlantwiz Mod Posts: 5,057 Mod
    Too expensive.

    It's neat, but too much money. When it gets into the $99-$149 range, it would be really tough for me to not invest in it at that point, but even with the latest price drop to $350...too much for what it does.

    And if it was setup to download textbooks, it may have more value at $199-$249, but over $300 way out of the question for me.

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    JDMurrayJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,045 Admin
    Expensive, doesn't have all the features I want in an eBook reader, and it's a bit on the ugly side.

    I'm looking forward to the 3.0 release.

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    kellyjohnkellyjohn Member Posts: 14 ■□□□□□□□□□
    It's Expensive... better to wait for the next version.
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    BeaverC32BeaverC32 Member Posts: 670 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Hasn't this been out for months now?
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    dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    BeaverC32 wrote:
    Hasn't this been out for months now?

    I think so, unless this is some revision I haven't heard about.

    I've just never been in a place where I needed to have access to a lot of books. I really don't have a problem carrying one or two with me. I suppose this is the way everything will end up once epaper technology improves. It'd be interesting to see a study detailing the environmental repercussions of creating books. It's not just cutting down trees. There's all the energy that goes into refining wood into paper, the printing presses, shipping, etc. It seems like it would all add up to something substantial.
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