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I wonder how Safari Online would look/work on it. It would be great to have this display in combo with an online bookshelf.
http://tlrobinson.net/blog/2009/04/06/using-olpc-xo-as-an-eb...
I wonder how Safari Online would look/work on it. It would be great to have this display in combo with an online bookshelf.
This would be my dream combination. Right now I'm using an OLPC XO to read Safari Books, which works ok but could be better. http://tlrobinson.net/blog/2009/04/06/using-olpc-xo-as-an-eb...
Does 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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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 :)
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? :)
I'm salivating over the idea of replacing all of my textbooks with pdfs. But unfortunately I doubt I could get all of my textbooks on the kindle right now. And price is an issue. Checking on Amazon, there is not a large price difference between kindle textbooks, and real textbooks.
So the only reason I would get a dx is if the textbook and the kindle pdf were bundled together for a reasonable price. But I doubt that will happen.
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 ).
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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?
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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.
Looks 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?
Because I believe Amazon is losing money on each ebook sold. They want people to move to their platform so badly that they're willing to accept a loss on each ebook and make it up with the hardware costs.
The 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.
Also, I purchased some technical books via Amazon where the images appear to be fixed resolution. For example, when I resize the text, the illustration still stays small. Sometimes the text in these illustrations are barely readable.
If I purchase the new Kindle, I hope that they will reconvert some of these books so it can take better advantage of the screen real estate.