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.
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Amazon releases the rumoured large-screen Kindle
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#22You know what would be awesome? The same thing ... but even bigger. Gotta love creative engineering and lazy product evolution. No in all honesty this new Kindle looks pretty awesome, but also a little ridiculous when held compared with other electronics.
I just want them to get rid of the keyboard. Isn't there some rule about size vs time-you-actually-spend-using-the-feature? At its present size, I'd say that if you're not using the keyboard 1/4 of the time you're using the Kindle, then it's too big.
Not having a keyboard would make it a pain in the ass to search for content. Amazon is highly vested in making it easy for you to get more content. Yadda yadda, the keyboard aint going anywhere.
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#23This 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? :)
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#25Looks 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?
Not that this is a great comparison, but I can buy a netbook for $299 or less these days.
It's expensive, but it may still be a good value. For example, an iPod costs more than a netbook too.
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#26Looks 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?
The e-ink screen is the major cost component.
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#27I wonder how Safari Online would look/work on it. It would be great to have this display in combo with an online bookshelf.
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#28The killer feature is that it reads PDFs natively now (i.e., without having to convert them). For someone who prefers to read on screen and who has to read a lot of PDFs, this is very exciting.
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.
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#29The killer feature is that it reads PDFs natively now (i.e., without having to convert them). For someone who prefers to read on screen and who has to read a lot of PDFs, this is very exciting.
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?
Re: Amazon releases the rumoured large-screen Kindle
#30The killer feature is that it reads PDFs natively now (i.e., without having to convert them). For someone who prefers to read on screen and who has to read a lot of PDFs, this is very exciting.
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?
It has a USB 2.0 port.