UK Kindle - when?
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Sounds a bit like me when i first saw one in the flesh, it was very impressive, so much so that my dad (who isn't one for gadgets) was as interested as i am.
Cue me getting one, and my dad getting me to get him one after he had the use of mine for 2 days whilst on holiday.
Absolutely wonderful for reading from.
As to when the UK kindle comes out, I think Feek et al probably have at least part of the reason down, as it uses mobile phone tech to download the books etc it needs a deal with a phone company, preferably one who operates throughout much of Europe (at the moment the US models use the US only mobile system for downloads).
I think the displays are still in short supply, so possibly that might also limit the release to an extent (they might not launch throughout Europe until they've secured enough displays for at least a decent launch)
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No. They use e-ink that acts and looks like normal ink. It only needs power to change the page. Thus not only is it as easy on the eye as a book but also means weeks and weeks of battery life.
Nope you can convert other formats to the Kindle format via an online Amazon service. Not as open as the Sony Reader but all reviews I have read rate the Kindle as a better device.
Images in PDF documents are a real problem but the larger screen formats and better conversion will help.
Anyway I go through books like it is going out of fashion (I used to have thousands) and the Kindle to me at least is a book readers dream. I have been using Audible recently simply because I have no more space for books (and I find it hard to throw them away as I like to re-read them)
Hey bam0, whats the 505 like at handling PDF's?
There a good price atm on a popular jersey based retailer with a free accessory so I'm tempted to get an order in.
This is my problem, a Kindle would be awesome to have.
I'd like to know this too. I don't have many novels, but I've loads of PDF manuals.
Same question to Werewolf too, as you own one.
And the review of it's predecessor - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17789717&highlight=prs-500
I've not really tried it with many PDF's, but it's handling of them isn't great if the PDF was originally intended for printing on something like an A4 sheet, in part i suspect because the conversion doesn't work very well, but largely because you're trying to get legible results for something onto a display area that is only about 33% of the size.
That is something I don't think we're going to see much of an improvement on in regards to the "pocket" size ebook readers, and why Amazon are bringing out the DX(?) as it's much more suited to things like manuals/magazine formatted content.
Uvarvu, at the moment not in the UK that i'm aware of, but the technology definitely exists to do it (IIRC several libraries and universities in the States are already doing it).
A couple of sites are however doing out of copyright/freeware books free, or offering in copyright ones very cheaply (if you're a sci-fi fan look at Baen for example, I've bought about 30 books from them, non drm, available in any of the major ebook formats for about £1 each in bundles), and they've got a load of books free (generally the first in a series as a sampler, with subsequent ones costing about £2-4 each).
Talon, i've just seen what i suspect is the same deal, and it's a good one - i paid 195 for my one before Christmas, and about 120 for my dad's one in Feb/March, both were the best prices I could find at the time, so to get it for £180 with the cover or charger is a very good price imo.
That is something I don't think we're going to see much of an improvement on in regards to the "pocket" size ebook readers, and why Amazon are bringing out the DX(?) as it's much more suited to things like manuals/magazine formatted content.
Uvarvu, at the moment not in the UK that i'm aware of, but the technology definitely exists to do it (IIRC several libraries and universities in the States are already doing it).
A couple of sites are however doing out of copyright/freeware books free, or offering in copyright ones very cheaply (if you're a sci-fi fan look at Baen for example, I've bought about 30 books from them, non drm, available in any of the major ebook formats for about £1 each in bundles), and they've got a load of books free (generally the first in a series as a sampler, with subsequent ones costing about £2-4 each).
Talon, i've just seen what i suspect is the same deal, and it's a good one - i paid 195 for my one before Christmas, and about 120 for my dad's one in Feb/March, both were the best prices I could find at the time, so to get it for £180 with the cover or charger is a very good price imo.
Another one to consider is the BeBook ,i have one of these and find it great ,about the same price as the sony but reads more formats and you don`t have to use DRM like with that kindle
http://mybebook.com/
for more info
New models coming out soon too
http://mybebook.com/
for more info
New models coming out soon too
I've been reading e-books for around 6 years now on my palm tungsten and e-reader formerly peanut press 
It's more than sufficient for the short times i'm reading on the move and don't have space for an actual book. On long journeys I'd just take a couple of books.
For the car into work i just bought a fuze and now listen to audible books.
Looked at kindle and kindle2 but for me it just seems too big.
It's more than sufficient for the short times i'm reading on the move and don't have space for an actual book. On long journeys I'd just take a couple of books.
For the car into work i just bought a fuze and now listen to audible books.
Looked at kindle and kindle2 but for me it just seems too big.
One of the features I really like about the Kindle is that you can read the first chapter of any book for free.
So when they become available in the UK I reckon that'll be incredibly handy - If you don't know what you fancy reading then you can make a huge selection, grab the first chapters and then when you find one you that holds your interest then you can just download it by 3G. It's like being in a bookshop virtually!
So when they become available in the UK I reckon that'll be incredibly handy - If you don't know what you fancy reading then you can make a huge selection, grab the first chapters and then when you find one you that holds your interest then you can just download it by 3G. It's like being in a bookshop virtually!
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They are starting to use them in the school systems here in the US (obviously not in the Detroit Public Schools
) They would like to eventually convert all student textbooks into this so students don't need to carry a bunch of lunky books around.I'm totally putting one on my birthday list.
Im not well up on all this, but from what ive heard about the 3g models, that could be quite good.
If Orange or whoever were to say £5-10 a month contract for 18months, free Kindle then say 2-3 books a month off that 3g connection, asuming you could get almost any book, that'd be a cracking deal.
As it is, im yet to see the books i read on these 'digital bookstores', regardless of what i could read them on.
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If Orange or whoever were to say £5-10 a month contract for 18months, free Kindle then say 2-3 books a month off that 3g connection, asuming you could get almost any book, that'd be a cracking deal.
As it is, im yet to see the books i read on these 'digital bookstores', regardless of what i could read them on.
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