09-04-2013, 10:20 AM | #91 |
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Am I the only one shocked by "The best device for reading. Period." ??
That's the kind of thing only people who don't have any argument would use... Kinda kiddish.. |
09-04-2013, 10:22 AM | #92 |
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Is the Aura HD not available in Japan yet?
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09-04-2013, 10:22 AM | #93 |
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I imagine it might well fall foul of British advertising rules, unless Amazon could demonstrate the truth of the statement. But "shocking"? No. It's advertising.
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09-04-2013, 10:25 AM | #94 |
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Totally fail then. I fell like i'm being taken for an idiot. It don't make me want to buy a kindle.
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09-04-2013, 10:28 AM | #95 |
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Some info about Carta, the E Ink technology used in the new Paperwhite:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=221657 |
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09-04-2013, 10:33 AM | #96 |
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09-04-2013, 10:38 AM | #97 |
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Ordered. I skipped the last few releases but my IPad has sold me on the lighting for night time reading.
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09-04-2013, 10:59 AM | #98 | |
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Like HarryT says, its just advertising. Neither of the claims to be "the best" make me want to choose one over the other though.... |
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09-04-2013, 11:18 AM | #99 | |
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Maybe it would be less agressive without the "Period." |
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09-04-2013, 12:52 PM | #100 | |
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In any case with the cloud not able to be organized and not trusted to maintain all my purchases anyway, and the kindle itself not able to hold all my books I'm not impressed by it's features. |
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09-04-2013, 01:27 PM | #102 | |
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Meh. If there is no way to properly organise and search books, then the biggest memory is useless. If you have 32GB of memory, then you'd better have a system to search by authors, genre, year of publication, number of pages, and combinations of those things. Compare it to the way you can search with any decent music player. Last edited by Katsunami; 09-04-2013 at 05:27 PM. |
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The improved screen and the presumably smooth operation (including the dynamic refresh in the new screens) are the attraction, but basically everything else is a pain in the tuchus, and most of the business decisions are actively offensive. I'm hoping B&N drop one more Android reader before the holidays. Even without the Carta technology, as long as it has a decent light and higher PPI (hopefully closer to the Aura than the KPW), I'd snap it up. Well, I'd wait until there was a confirmed method to enable Unknown Sources, then I'd snap it up Getting Google Play Books on an eInk device would be ideal, with the cross-device syncing and solid TTS--again, not on the device, but synced and ready to go when I pull out my phone or tablet. I'd also rather have a 7" screen, but that's not likely. Honestly the Aura HD would be ideal if not for crippled firmware at such a high price. I'm not ruling out this new KPW--if I manage it with Calibre, most of the annoyances should fade into the background and it will just be a nice screen to read books on. Meanwhile I'm supporting the company that's doing more than anyone to keep my options so limited Last edited by taosaur; 09-04-2013 at 02:47 PM. Reason: Aura --> Aura HD |
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