*beaming, but must not comment on this thread - sorry*
― schwantz, Monday, 9 February 2009 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
this device still seems pretty joyless imo
― John Hyman (misspelled intentionally) (omar little), Monday, 9 February 2009 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
$360?? Cmon. No.
― JAM, DWANGELA, RELLY! (sunny successor), Monday, 9 February 2009 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
*slinks back to parenting board*
― schwantz, Monday, 9 February 2009 19:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Amazon Kindle the Third, in family planning stages now!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 February 2009 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Probably a stupid question, but what's the cheapest portable device out there that lets you read PDFs?
― James Morrison, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:43 (fifteen years ago) link
― schwantz, Monday, February 9, 2009 7:11 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
jeff?
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Jeff Schwantzos
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:52 (fifteen years ago) link
kindle killer http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2009/02/plastic_logic_r.php
― ice cr?m, Monday, 16 February 2009 15:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Can you install iTunes on a Kindle? That would be cool.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 16 February 2009 15:45 (fifteen years ago) link
what if a kindle was also a portable microwave oven and yr own personal dictation machine
― Mr. Que, Monday, 16 February 2009 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link
yah it seems inevitable that these readers will drift toward tablet computing and travel cooking devices
― ice cr?m, Monday, 16 February 2009 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
and taking voice notes seems like a logical feature TBH
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 16 February 2009 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
plus it'd be cool if they could stick a little pen knife on one end
― Local Garda, Monday, 16 February 2009 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
swiss army kindle--i like it
― Mr. Que, Monday, 16 February 2009 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link
these things will be surfing the web in no time then people will stop reading their ebooks cause they can just surf the web
― ice cr?m, Monday, 16 February 2009 15:50 (fifteen years ago) link
:o
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 16 February 2009 15:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i have only read one "nobody will ever beat the smell and feel of a real book in your sweaty hands" article so far, I look forward to more.
― Local Garda, Monday, 16 February 2009 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
The key thing for me is that they have to be so cheap I can throw them away. I don't want to lug this around with me all day I want to read it and bin it.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 16 February 2009 16:04 (fifteen years ago) link
yah books def hav some appealing qualities beyond lol nostalgia
― ice cr?m, Monday, 16 February 2009 16:05 (fifteen years ago) link
reselling them, for instance
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 16 February 2009 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought the Kindle already came with a browser.
― Alba, Monday, 16 February 2009 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
so it does - rip kindle
― ice cr?m, Monday, 16 February 2009 16:31 (fifteen years ago) link
ya, too bad
― s1ocki, Monday, 16 February 2009 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
hope they're flammable
― eman, Monday, 16 February 2009 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
http://thekindle.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/oprahkindle.jpg
― eman, Monday, 16 February 2009 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
What do books smell like?
― i'm shy (Abbott), Monday, 16 February 2009 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Victory.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 16 February 2009 18:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh my gosh!
― i'm shy (Abbott), Monday, 16 February 2009 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
http://eshop.webindia123.com/images/prodimg/large/COM0225_1lg.jpg
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 16 February 2009 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.schools.pinellas.k12.fl.us/gallery/variety/bookworm.gif
― eman, Monday, 16 February 2009 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
For what it's worth, I just bought a Sony PRS-505 and am madly in love with it. For the most part, I download classics from Gutenberg. Reading them on my laptop was no fun, though. The e-ink displays are well worth the investment.
― brightscreamer, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 04:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i can't fuck with this until it can fit in my pocket.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 04:28 (fifteen years ago) link
But then the display would be too small. :(
― brightscreamer, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 04:31 (fifteen years ago) link
not if the text was nice and big
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 04:35 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean, like a 33 1/3 book fits v. nicely in my pocket. if you could make it that size, i'd buy one in a sec
Consider it done!
― brightscreamer, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 04:46 (fifteen years ago) link
haha
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 05:48 (fifteen years ago) link
eventually this might be made of some high-tech plastic fabric (pencil-thick is fine) so you can just roll it up and put it in your pocket.
― brains, hand-rolled (gnarly sceptre), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 10:42 (fifteen years ago) link
fold out screen iphone attachment
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 14:02 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost, like a fruit rollup you can read!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 14:38 (fifteen years ago) link
they already have those
― to inspire myself, i turn to myself (sunny successor), Tuesday, 17 February 2009 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd love to have a Kindle that stored music instead of books...
― henry s, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
TBH I wish it wasn't so expensive and it was available in Belgium. It seems awesome. I love to knit'n' read and this seems great as a replacement (for books). I can sort of read books but it's hard doing paperbacks (while knitting). Kindle seems great cause you can voice activate it (?), no?
― the tip of the tongue taking a trip tralalala (stevienixed), Thursday, 26 March 2009 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
No... :( It will read to you, but you can't control it with your voice. Although some people turn on the reading feature, but turn down the volume, and use it as an automatic page-turner. It is nice to be able to use it for reading with one hand, too.
― schwantz, Thursday, 26 March 2009 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Do they finally have a backlight on these things?
― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I reckon most book purchasers are too attached to the book as object for iPhone apps to ever really dent sales.
― Ronmael de Canarias (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 17:49 (9 minutes ago)
Not to continue this derailment, but I'm sure there were a lot of record store owners saying the exact same thing about 9 or 10 years ago.
(xpost)
― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 17:51 (5 minutes ago)
Apples and oranges. Reading anything at length is significantly less pleasant on an electronic screen than a printed page. Varying technologies have been around for ages without making much of a dint in book sales. Most music listeners other than hifi guys didn't care much what format they consume their music in,
― Ronmael de Canarias (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
i couldn't agree more
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Personally, I agree. But I don't think we can speak for everyone. I know of two friends of mine, both voracious readers, who hate the Kindle but would love something digital to take its place to allow them to haul multiple books around at all times and to reduce the amount of shelf space books take up. I think, as more people spend more time staring at screens, this might change. Do I want it to? Hell no.
― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
I haven't seen the kindle but my dad has a handheld reader (sony maybe?) and it's pretty awesome. never wanted one until I saw it tbh.
the problem historically has been that the resolution of paper is much better than the resolution of mobile devices but that gap is closing and will continue to close.
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link