Can you load your own .txt files onto this? This is actually big enough to carry & review my source code without booting up a laptop.
Yes sir, Kindle 2 does it (via http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix).
Amazon releases the rumoured large-screen Kindle
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#12I wonder how PDF in larger paper formats (A4, US Letter) look on the bigger screen. They get rendered with illegibly small text on my Sony Reader (which has the same-size screen as the normal Kindle).
Too bad again, that the Kindle is US only.
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#13I hope there is a way to disable auto-rotation for reading in bed. That is a big pet peeve with my iphone.
All of the ebook readers I've liked for the iPhone let you disable auto-rotation - Stanza, BookShelf, the Kindle app...
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#14I wonder how PDF in larger paper formats (A4, US Letter) look on the bigger screen. They get rendered with illegibly small text on my Sony Reader (which has the same-size screen as the normal Kindle). Too bad again, that the Kindle is US only.
I plan on getting Kindle DX even though I am based outside US presently. The wireless features are not that important to me, nice screen and native PDF support however is.
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#15My, this is going to be a hit. I sorely desire a wacom on it though :(((
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#16Based on the price of this one, I think we'll see the small Kindle go down in price soon. Because right now it doesn't make any sense to buy the small one. I still wont' buy one, chances are they'll release a color version in a couple of months, thats the next obvious step
Obvious but orders of magnitude harder in difficulty. I'm thinking 2 years, from a Japanese company.
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#17Looks great but does anyone else think the price is a bit expensive? Not that this is a great comparison, but I can buy a netbook for $299 or less these days.
Why such a up-front hardware cost when Amazon will get recurring revenue from Kindle books? Are they taking a loss on the book sales to boost downloads?
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#18Can you load your own .txt files onto this? This is actually big enough to carry & review my source code without booting up a laptop.
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#19Does anyone know of a similar reader at about the same price point which supports annotation of the text (for example with a stylus)?