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Re: Amazon releases the rumoured large-screen Kindle

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Post by jrockway »

mikebo wrote: post #23

This 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? :)

Still not wild about the DRM though -- I made the mistake of buying DRMed music that I can't listen to anymore.

The DRM that Amazon uses is pretty crappy (isn't it all), and is trivial to remove with a Python script available from various file-sharing services. But you didn't hear that from me, I know nothing about it...

Re: Amazon releases the rumoured large-screen Kindle

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Post by seldo »

Herring wrote: post #86
neovive wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 :)

Noone else will say it, but I'm sure the piracy will pick up if it gets popular enough.

It sort of seems like it's massively in Amazon's interest if it does, right? They want eBooks to catch on like MP3s did, and the way to do that, it turns out, is a decade of massive piracy before the publishers finally give in.

Re: Amazon releases the rumoured large-screen Kindle

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Post by rcoder »

scotth wrote: post #87
njharman wrote: post #84

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Um, don't Kindles come with lifetime of wireless access? Factor that in and they're reasonably priced.

The wireless access is only free when buying books I believe, not for general browsing. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong)

The web browser on the Kindle is limited, but works fine for basic sites (Wikipedia, Google, Twitter, and many other mobile-optimized sites) and absolutely piggy-backs on the onboard (free) cell modem.

News.YC doesn't look terribly on it, either. ;)

Re: Amazon releases the rumoured large-screen Kindle

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Post by donw »

njharman wrote: post #85
vaksel wrote: post #9

Based 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

Are there even any color e-ink type displays in the lab?

Yep: http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/hitachi-showing-off-color...

Still a few years away from production, though.

Re: Amazon releases the rumoured large-screen Kindle

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Post by adamc »

rufo wrote: post #67
jamiequint wrote: post #31

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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.

Much less attractive.

Re: Amazon releases the rumoured large-screen Kindle

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Post by jmtulloss »

jrockway wrote: post #90
juliend2 wrote: post #36

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can it read protected PDFs also? I suppose that i can enter my password with the keyboard.

You can always just strip the DRM off on your computer.

Most NDAs aren't very lenient to stripping protections one of the parties has put on its data. Protected PDFs aren't really consumer products like video and audio, you usually want to follow the rules.

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Post by sketerpot »

adamc wrote: post #95
rufo wrote: post #67

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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.

Much less attractive.

The USB drag-and-drop still works, right? That's not quite as trivial, but still not particularly difficult.

Re: Amazon releases the rumoured large-screen Kindle

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Post by patrickg-zill »

njharman wrote: post #85
vaksel wrote: post #9

Based 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

Are there even any color e-ink type displays in the lab?

Supposedly Fujitsu has one, using their own e-ink like screen (they call it "FLEpia"). It has Wifi, has a web browser, and runs Windows CE.

http://activitypress.com/2009/02/22/fujitsu-trials-colour-e-...

Supposedly, will be out in 2010.

Re: Amazon releases the rumoured large-screen Kindle

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Post by jrockway »

jmtulloss wrote: post #96
jrockway wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can always just strip the DRM off on your computer.

Most NDAs aren't very lenient to stripping protections one of the parties has put on its data. Protected PDFs aren't really consumer products like video and audio, you usually want to follow the rules.

Protected PDFs are how most technical e-books are distributed.
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