cooool. glad i waited then.
Amazon Kindle
Originally posted by vansmack:fantastic. that's good news for my christmas wish list.
Hope you all didn't rush out and buy the old one…
Kindle 2.0: ""is significantly thinner, has a better screen, is more stylish and includes fixes to some of the user interface annoyances"
And the rumor is it's coming in around $249. Now that's much closer to the smackie approved $199 price point. Look for it in September.
i can't wait for some overinflated fisher price toy to replace your christmas wish list.
Originally posted by walkonby:i cant wait til you get bored of posting on here.
i can't wait for some overinflated fisher price toy to replace your christmas wish list.
Originally posted by very sonick:this thread or this place?
Originally posted by walkonby:i cant wait til you get bored of posting on here.
i can't wait for some overinflated fisher price toy to replace your christmas wish list.
my boredom will be replaced by downloadable bit maps of brain function causing me to seek enlightenment from the trees and rocks and blades of glass glistening with morning mountain dew.
I saw my first Kindle on the metro last week. I just don't see the point. iPod's make sense. I can listen to my collection without taking a binder of 600 cds with me. Who carries more than one or two books with them at a time? Not me…
Originally posted by DriveWay:Newspapers and magazines…gotta add those.
I saw my first Kindle on the metro last week. I just don't see the point. iPod's make sense. I can listen to my collection without taking a binder of 600 cds with me. Who carries more than one or two books with them at a time? Not me…
At any point in the day, my bag used to be stuffed with a local rag, The Economist and a book. I now read the paper online before I leave for work, I podcast the Economist and generally have switched to audiobooks so I too no longer have a need for a Kindle. But I can see many folks who would like their newspaper, magazines and books all in one place.
Originally posted by vansmack:Then again, maybe not...
Hope you all didn't rush out and buy the old one…
Kindle 2.0: ""is significantly thinner, has a better screen, is more stylish and includes fixes to some of the user interface annoyances"
And the rumor is it's coming in around $249. Now that's much closer to the smackie approved $199 price point. Look for it in September.
August 28, 2008, 12:19 pm
Extinguish the Rumors: No New Amazon Kindle This Year
By Brad Stone
Talk of a new version of the Kindle e-book
reader, aimed at college students, has been echoing around the blogosphere and has even reached your dutifully vacationing Bits correspondent. I asked Craig Berman, Amazonâ??s chief spokesman, for comment on a possible Kindle 2.0, and today he responded.
â??Donâ??t believe everything you read,â? Mr. Berman said. â??Thereâ??s a lot of rumor and speculation about the Kindle. One thing I can tell you for sure is that there will be no new version of the Kindle this year. A new version is possible sometime next year at the earliest.â?
Mr. Berman declined to speculate about the new model or if it will be aimed at a particular audience â?? though the $5.5 billion textbook market, and all those heavy student backpacks, certainly seems like an appealing target for e-book publishers.
I've been waiting eagerly for The Economist to come to the Kindle, at which point I was going to seriously consider getting a Kindle.
Then when it finally did last week, the Kindle version cost more ($125) than the print version ($85) and doesn't provide access to the full web version, nor do you get the Audio Edition.
Epic Fail. When looking at other magazines, that doesn't seem to be standard operating procedure.
Any Kindle users want to shed some light on this?
Then when it finally did last week, the Kindle version cost more ($125) than the print version ($85) and doesn't provide access to the full web version, nor do you get the Audio Edition.
Epic Fail. When looking at other magazines, that doesn't seem to be standard operating procedure.
Any Kindle users want to shed some light on this?
weird. my sister and i agreed to get this for my dad today. i'll let you know what he thinks, he's been asking me if he should get one for months
godsshoeshine wrote:
weird. my sister and i agreed to get this for my dad today. i'll let you know what he thinks, he's been asking me if he should get one for months
My brother-in-law has one and loves it. He's an avid book reader so if your dad is a book guy, then everybody seems to droul over it. I'm more concerned about the periodiacl portion of it.
yeah my dad reads a book or two a week
my mom might even double that. just hope she doesnt steal it
my mom might even double that. just hope she doesnt steal it
They have at least relented a little bit and you can put up to 6 Kindles on one account so they can share books. But yes, that will require two kindle's.
she already stole his prius!
Women are well known to steal all the fruits of mens hard earned labor…..
So I found a report on NPR yesterday that said that Amazon makes 70% on the price of books and mags on the Kindle, and the publisher keeps 30%.
That would explain the Economist being as expensive as it is and not giving you web access or the Audio Edition. If I've done my math correctly:
At $125 a year for the Kindle subscription, The Economist is taking in around $37 per subscriber.
Amazon on the other hand is bringing in $88 per subscriber.
If I were The Economist, I wouldn't give web or Audio access for $37 either. Boo for Amazon.
That would explain the Economist being as expensive as it is and not giving you web access or the Audio Edition. If I've done my math correctly:
At $125 a year for the Kindle subscription, The Economist is taking in around $37 per subscriber.
Amazon on the other hand is bringing in $88 per subscriber.
If I were The Economist, I wouldn't give web or Audio access for $37 either. Boo for Amazon.
One thing that never seems to be addressed is that some of us (and yes, there are a lot of us) who just love the physical sensuality of holding a book or magazine in our hands. Personally, I don't care about the mags, but a good book has it's own pleasures. Very much like those of us who require the physical album or CD with art work when it comes to the downloads vs. physical product arguement.
Sure, Kindle has it's advantages but it will never replace the thrill of having your own library of words.
Sure, Kindle has it's advantages but it will never replace the thrill of having your own library of words.
Right now Smackette is in your camp, Jag.
But I can just about guarantee that if this Economist thing gets worked out and I end up getting a Kindle, she'll steal it from me in under a month. Women. You can't live with em….
But I can just about guarantee that if this Economist thing gets worked out and I end up getting a Kindle, she'll steal it from me in under a month. Women. You can't live with em….
Finally, some legitimate competition (no offense Sony):
The Barnes and Noble "nook"....$259.
If nothing else, expect a price war near Xmas.
The Barnes and Noble "nook"....$259.
If nothing else, expect a price war near Xmas.