You know, if this wasn't iPod white, I'd swear I'd seen something just like it on TV before...
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Amazon releases the rumoured large-screen Kindle
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#62This looks like it will be a great product, especially for all the technical pdfs I've built up over the years. Still not wild about the DRM though -- I made the mistake of buying DRMed music that I can't listen to anymore. I'm not going to do the same with books. Anyone else trying to justify a $500 pdf reader? :)
FWIW, I've already paid for my Kindle 1.0 in terms of book $$ saved, and the bookshelf I didn't have to buy.
The convenience of having dozens of books to read in my backpack is a cool bonus :-)
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#63Does anyone know of a similar reader at about the same price point which supports annotation of the text (for example with a stylus)?
iRex Iliad - http://www.irextechnologies.com/products/iliad ... a bit pricey though, 599 Euros
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#64It looks great. Now let's compare it to the competition... Amazon's web page for the Kindle shows only one entry under 'Browse similar items in Electronics': 'Kindle DX'
(retailers must love you ;-)
iRex Digital Reader 1000S, 699 EUR; https://www.irexshop.com/
10.2 Inch (diagonal) electronic paper display
1024 x 1280 pixel resolution at 160 pixels per inch
16-level grey scale
Mini-USB connector
Wacom® penabled® touch sensor input with Stylus
...
P.S. I tossed this in because iRex is not using the same screens as most everybody else: http://www.eink.com/products/matrix/High_Res.html (found via MobileRead). I had nearly forgotten that.
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#65Looks 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?
I'm so tired of the netbook/iPhone comparison. It's apples and oranges. An ebook reader is a dedicated reading device. A netbook is a multi-function computer that could also be used for reading, but it lacks the ergonomics of an ebook reader and a screen specifically designed to eliminate the eye strain associated with computer screens. Ebook readers and netbooks serve completely different purposes. You wouldn't want…
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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.
With the first kindle that was very difficult unless you had a US credit card with a US address.
get a friend in the USA to buy one and bring it over. That's what I plan to do once someone confirms that technical books display well on it.
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Where can those PDFs come from? Can I just send it files from my computer's hard drive and then read them on the Kindle, like an iPod for PDF?
You get a kindle email address. You email PDFs to it and they automagically appear on your device. Although this costs $0.10 a pdf. You can also plug it in and it opens as a flash drive, then you just drag and drop. (In the case of the Kindle 2 you also have to convert to the right format, DX sounds like it will be easier)
Not anymore. http://pragdave.blogs.pragprog.com/pragdave/2009/05/amazon-t...
To summarize: The price of e-mailing your Kindle is now 15c/MB, rounded up.
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This is really cool. I have the Kindle 2 and the PDF conversion on many books is really bad, but especially programming books. However, the Kindle DX looks huge . I'm not sure I could carry that thing around the same way I do the Kindle 2.
As stated a few places. I think this may work well for students that need to carry around many large/heavy textbooks. Since it would still fit nicely in a book bag. However, the price tag is a bit high for students, unless the textbooks are already included :)
Eh, eight semesters in college at $400 in books per semester comes out to $3200. An extra $500 wouldn't make a huge difference, and would make biking up the hill much easier. ;)
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#69Can you load your own .txt files onto this? This is actually big enough to carry & review my source code without booting up a laptop.
How often do you browse your source code without the intent to edit it? Just curious if you have an interesting code review or development process because I don't think I've done that before.
As a debugger, I always browse source code without ever editing it.
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How fast are page turns for the big Kindle? (Checked amazon.com but didn't find that information.)
I haven't seen the big Kindle, but I own the Kindle 2. Page turns are faster on a Kindle than they are with a paper book, although it's not as convenient for flipping ahead a few pages when you're quickly scanning for specific information. You notice page turns no more than you would with a paper book when reading novels, but it could be irritating for reference materials or text books.
I thought they all had a search feature to make looking for specific info faster. Is that not the case?