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Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by jakub_g »

notatoad wrote: post #642
freedomben wrote: post #635

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The benefit (or potential gain) is that some people will just buy the book from the Kindle store to avoid the pain. I've seen that happen first-hand to my wife. Also by emailing books or loading through their servers, they can still track and get that sweet sweet data/metadata that Amazon thrives on. When you sideload, you don't even have to connect it to the internet, which makes analytics more challenging.

okay, but this all still seems like a needlessly complicated conspiracy theory. if they want people to buy books from their store, why do they make it so easy to not buy books from their store? bugs happen. not every bug is part of jeff bezos' nefarious plan.

It doesn't have to be a nefarious plan to put the bug in, but once it's there, it's guaranteed to be in the very bottom of the backlog to fix it.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by zahma »

samplatt wrote: post #265
jacurtis wrote: post #226

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Similarly, I saw someome on social media yesterday post about buying "Monopoly Go" boardgame at the store. The box says "Based on the popular mobile game". The joke was the same, we had a board game, then we made a mobile video game based on the board game, now they are selling a board game based on the video game that was based on the board game.

In this case there's the extra meta joke with Monopoly originally being created to show how capitalism is bad.

More so when you realize that capitalism drove everyone’s attention capacity into the ground, so activities like a full-fledged board game or reading a book are things of the past.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by dotancohen »

EA-3167 wrote: post #669
dotancohen wrote: post #653

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Can that device scroll a web browser?

Yes it can, but not in a way I'd ever want to do... it's very slow and halting. I would stick to using this remote primarily as a way to read books without needing hands on the device, for web browsing I suspect there are better options I'm unaware of.

Thank you.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by dredmorbius »

entropie wrote: post #232
kevmo314 wrote: post #209

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Next up: a kindle with physical pages, each page is a screen!

It might also fold!

The industry's got you covered:

https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/readmoo-to-l...>

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/10/21361545/folding-e-ink-re...>

(I'm not even remotely saying this would be a Good Thing. I recently saw my first foldable smartphone. And it was broken.)

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by bewal416 »

Is anyone else disappointed they didn't experiment with any AI features? I'd think Amazon would welcome the challenge of some sort of on-device LLM and embedding model of your bookshelf.

For example, it would be very cool to just highlight a character's name, and the AI reminds you who that character is, when they were introduced, and what they've done so far in the book.

Some books have an X-ray feature that allows embedded, hyperlinked concordance and index material within the book. It would be cool if they took that technology one step further with LLMs.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by DavideNL »

IPTN wrote: post #668
DavideNL wrote: post #656

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Two things that are stopping me from buying a PocketBook: 1. Android (privacy...) 2. No light sensor to automatically adjust screen brightness to surroundings (i currently have the Kindle Oasis 3, jailbroken, running KOreader.)

If I understand your first point correctly, then I have great news. I guess my wording could have been more clear, but PocketBook devices do NOT run Android. As for the second, if that is a requirement then at least the Era doesn't have an ambient light sensor. I don't have any issue without it because I just have the front light off entirely by default since it is e-ink. Obviously if I need to use it in the dark I t…

Thanks @IPTN;

> PocketBook devices do NOT run Android

Well actually some _do_ run Android, but good to see also some of them (like the Era) do not...

> these are driven by a schedule based on the set timezones Yea, i don't really like that unfortunately, as it doesn't properly work inside when lighting changes.

I'll patiently wait on a next release, hoping for a non-Android and light sensor included device :-)

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by op00to »

eloisant wrote: post #514
op00to wrote: post #474

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I asked Amazon via chat to remove the adds because I was SCANDALIZED, just utterly SCANDALIZED to see romance novels on ads on the lock screen. They removed the ads for free. ;)

Congrats, you made a big fuss to save $20

Thank you! It took about 7 minutes, and I’ll spend 7 minutes to save $20 every day.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by op00to »

widowlark wrote: post #535
eloisant wrote: post #514

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Congrats, you made a big fuss to save $20

megacorp set an arbitrary price for this, and you think the consumer is at fault?

I’m a monster for pulling one over on Benevolent Mother Corporation.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by IPTN »

DavideNL wrote: post #676
IPTN wrote: post #668

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If I understand your first point correctly, then I have great news. I guess my wording could have been more clear, but PocketBook devices do NOT run Android. As for the second, if that is a requirement then at least the Era doesn't have an ambient light sensor. I don't have any issue without it because I just have the front light off entirely by default since it is e-ink. Obviously if I need to use it in the dark I t…

Thanks @IPTN; > PocketBook devices do NOT run Android Well actually some _do_ run Android, but good to see also some of them (like the Era) do not... > these are driven by a schedule based on the set timezones Yea, i don't really like that unfortunately, as it doesn't properly work inside when lighting changes. I'll patiently wait on a next release, hoping for a non-Android and light sensor included device :-)

> Well actually some _do_ run Android, but good to see also some of them (like the Era) do not...

I was unaware of this. Looks like they have a couple devices that are "e-note" devices, are larger, and support stylus input that are Android devices. Maybe also a couple readers from a long time ago, saw an article mentioning one running KitKat 4.4.

Thanks for letting me know!

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by jeremycarter »

criddell wrote: post #532
jeremycarter wrote: post #462

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Have you seen the TCL Nxtpaper 14? It's huge! I'd imagine reading a textbook on it would be as good as the real thing.

If only it wasn't running Android. I actually like that the Scribe and Remarkable are dedicated devices. I'd like to see one because I'm a little skeptical about the screen. Is it as readable in sunlight as the Kindle?

It's nothing to write home about, but you know its just "okay". The best part about the NXTPAPER devices is their price point. Perhaps NXTPAPER generation 4 will be better?
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