AmazonKindle

[RAV TUX]

AmazonKindle (http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MA/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=fiona-hardware&qid=1203410510&sr=8-1), what are your thoughts?

Beyond saving trees, potentially how many student's backs could this save from students lugging heavy books around?

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[LaRoza]

The only thing that concerns me is the possible DRM and weird e-book laws.

I can let another person use my text book, but is it a crime to let them use my e-books?

I prefer books for my personal use, but for a student, that may perfect. I wonder if it allows highlighting and notetaking on screen?

[RAV TUX]

The only thing that concerns me is the possible DRM and weird e-book laws.

I can let another person use my text book, but is it a crime to let them use my e-books?

I prefer books for my personal use, but for a student, that may perfect. I wonder if it allows highlighting and notetaking on screen?
Electronic stickies would be cool.

[RAV TUX]

Electronic stickies would be cool.


Bookmarks and Annotation

By using the keyboard, you can add annotations to text, just like you might write in the margins of a book. And because it is digital, you can edit, delete, and export your notes, highlight and clip key passages, and bookmark pages for future use. You'll never need to bookmark your last place in the book, because Kindle remembers for you and always opens to the last page you read.http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MA/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=fiona-hardware&qid=1203410510&sr=8-1

[LaRoza]

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MA/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=fiona-hardware&qid=1203410510&sr=8-1

Cool, now if it is unburdened by Big Brother type laws, it will be just the thing the world needs.

[hhhhhx]

i've got one of those (not same version), there realy nice, and make things alot simpler. but it still dosent realy replace school books that well =/

[RAV TUX]

i've got one of those (not same version), there realy nice, and make things alot simpler. but it still dosent realy replace school books that well =/
That would be nice if it eventually did.

This review seems to illustrate limitations about the AmazonKindle:


http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-2-0._V47081858_.gif The Good, Bad, and Ugly, November 19, 2007
By Alex P Keaton "AlexP" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1K90WRG7AV0NR/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp) (PA, USA) - See all my reviews (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1K90WRG7AV0NR/ref=cm_cr_dp_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&sort%5Fby=MostRecentReview)
The Good:
The screen is actually pretty nice on this device. This is one of those new style of paper screens that make it much easier to read on than an on your PC, iPhone, or PDA. +1 points.

The Bad:
- Price. $400 is way too much. -1
- The books you buy from Amazon are DRMed. This means that 10 years from now, you will probably not be able to read the books you buy. -1

The Ugly:

- No PDF support which makes it completely useless for most people who would like a device to review documents while traveling. -1
- This does not replace the book. What Amazon does not understand, is that I want something that could replace my *laptop* so I can review work related PDF files without printing them out. I do not want something to replace my paperback novel which is cheaper, more durable, has infinite battery life, and I'll be able to read 20 years from now. -1

Starting with an assumed 5 stars: 5+1-1-1-1-1 = 2http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MA/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=fiona-hardware&qid=1203410510&sr=8-1

[LaRoza]

That is bad.

If it could do plain PDF's, and didn't erase your books, then it would be good.

[Lydrielle]

This e book reader is already sold out ! What can explain this success ?

Will the success take the same path as digital music (iTunes)?

and will this product be the catalyst for books to become obsolete?

I think that Amazon should target more on young people who grow up with screens and Internet, not only on travellers or businessmen. Besides they're currrently so keen on Ipod and new technologies that it can work.

What do you think ?

[Macintosh Sauce]

I recently purchased an Amazon Kindle and absolutely love it. Since getting the Kindle I am reading more than ever - that is a good thing IMHO. The thing I like the most is that almost all New York Times bestsellers are normally no more than $9.99. For example, I got the book "What Happened" by Scott McClellan. In Borders it is $27.95, but on my Kindle it is only $9.99. Cheaper prices and no more having to find room for physical books!

http://www.jamesnrhodes.com/personal/james/other/amazonkindle1_small.png

[GStubbs43]

Personal Files
Eliminating the need to print, Kindle makes it easy to take your personal documents with you. Each Kindle has a unique and customizable e-mail address. You can set your unique email address on your Manage Your Kindle page. This allows you and your contacts to e-mail Word documents and pictures wirelessly to your Kindle for only $.10. Kindle supports wireless delivery of unprotected Microsoft Word, HTML, TXT, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PRC and MOBI files.
PDF conversion is experimental. The experimental category represents the features we are working on to enhance the Kindle experience even further. You can email your PDFs wirelessly to your Kindle. Due to PDF’s fixed layout format, some complex PDF files might not format correctly on your Kindle.
If you are not in a wireless area or would like to avoid the $.10 fee for wireless delivery, you can send attachments to "name"@free.kindle.com to be converted and e-mailed to your computer at the e-mail address associated with your Amazon.com account login. You can then transfer the document to your Kindle using your USB connection. For example, if your Kindle email address is Jay@Kindle.com, send your attachments to Jay@free.kindle.com.

So, you can use pdf files, as well as Office files...
for 10 cents a piece.