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I've got a Kindle in my cart. £205 with import fees and express International shipping.
Must resist clicking the buy button.
Must resist clicking the buy button.
UK Kindle and E-Books...
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Drop a paperback book in the bath = soggy pages, drop an e-reader in the bath = ££££.
I think I'll stick to ye olde worlde paper books.
I think I'll stick to ye olde worlde paper books.
you can probbably get a water proof case for an ereader like you can for psp's/mp3players
Get the sony!!
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Be more careful!
Nah I've played with one in the flesh and the PRS-300/505 is too small and the PRS-600 has the horrid reflective touch screen.
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The 300 has a 5" screen. the 505 has a 6" screen - same size as the 600.
I've a BeBook Mini (5" screen). Iniatially I though I had made a mistake and thought the screen was too small. Now after a week of reading from it I've got used to it and I wouldn't change it for a larger device.
Any PDF now with latest update I think.
I have a Kindle and coupled with a US addressed Amazon account for cheap / free books and synced up with Kindle for iPhone its infinitely better than old style books.
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Just some pics of my BeBook Mini in it's Stylz cover.
Front
Back
Open
Tri-fold open
Forgot to include something for scale, but the pockets with the tri-fold open are for SD cards and credit cards.
Front
Back
Open
Tri-fold open
Forgot to include something for scale, but the pockets with the tri-fold open are for SD cards and credit cards.
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Now that is a nice price, especially as it does away with the 3g which was a little bit of a gimmick, and a wi-fi connection makes more sense (if you're near enough to a PC/laptop to buy a book you're probably near a wi-fi access point as well).
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The 3g is certainly a battery killer - 1 month battery with wireless off, 3 weeks with wireless on non 3g, 10 days wireless on 3g
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The 3g is certainly a battery killer - 1 month battery with wireless off, 3 weeks with wireless on non 3g, 10 days wireless on 3g
Soldato
Oooh very tempting.
used to read e-books on my palm pda... never had a problem with eye-ache, and I spend 12+ hours per day on a computer anyway.
Only 2 problems with e-readers:
Books don't need batteries.
You can't get e-books for free from a library (so I'm a cheapskate, what's it to you?).
Only 2 problems with e-readers:
Books don't need batteries.
You can't get e-books for free from a library (so I'm a cheapskate, what's it to you?).
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I might pick up one for my mum.
She liked the idea last year when I brought it up, but this year the price is lower so it's great success all round!
She liked the idea last year when I brought it up, but this year the price is lower so it's great success all round!
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It's experimental and I imagine it won't be good.
No touchscreen so it will require button pushing to navigate to the link you want.
Also numeric entry is bad. You have to go to a symbol screen and then use the cursor pad (5 way controller) to select the digit from a grid of numbers and symbols.
I have a KDXG and I've not even contemplated trying web access on it.
Painful IMO.
Unless you are looking at long text articles its not worth it.
I have ordered the 3G version and bunged the old one on Ebay.