Posted on March 27, 2008 by switch11
The media buzz over Jeff Bezos’ apology letter for Amazon Kindle Delays amazes me. For anyone wondering about Kindle delays i.e. Bezos: “We hope to be able to announce to you within the next few weeks that we’re back in stock and that when you order a Kindle, we’ll ship it to you that very same day. That’s [...]
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Posted on February 7, 2008 by switch11
Really interesting post on the Eeeph Forum (courtesy member vicicasas) showing the Asus Eee PC being used as an ebook reader a la Amazon’s Kindle. That got me started.
In “Amazon Kindle” mode. FBReader running fullscreen and rotated, with the Next Page key assigned to both the spacebar and the “1″ key, depending on where my [...]
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Posted on January 27, 2008 by switch11
Alright - I’m biased because this review matches my thoughts - however it is a well thought out review.
Starts with ” I have seen the future of books, and it is the Kindle. Or maybe Kindle rev. 2 will be anyway.” , and ends with ” Keep in mind here, that I’m notably particular about [...]
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Posted on January 24, 2008 by switch11
There are two things that are bothering me
The first is the price difference between Hard Cover Books and Kindle Books. When you look at the discounted price at which Amazon is selling HardCover BestSellers and the price at which the Kindle editions are sold, the difference is just 5$ to 10$ - sometimes less. I’d [...]
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Posted on January 18, 2008 by switch11
[As of Jan 18th Friday 2008, 4:56 am) Showing 1-1003 of 1003 discussions - in one list so you can easily find your topic(s).
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Posted on January 16, 2008 by switch11
For a full collation of information to help you decide you can go to The Kindle Decision aka the $400 Question - Should I Buy a Kindle?.
[ Edited on Jan 17th, 2008 6:14 pm] What I’ve found so far is that in the last 50-60 reviews there are hardly any 1 and 2 star reviews and overwhelmingly 4 and [...]
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