12-08-2009, 07:45 PM | #16 |
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Keep an eye on CES 2010 in Las Vegas -- it's barely four weeks away -- as it will have a whole section devoted to e-book readers. A Kindle 3 might be shopped around there ... but I'd expect a new model to leverage the current strengths and add some improvements.
The keyboard is awkward at best -- good enough for a wikipedia search term. Still .... It would be nice to add ONE font -- so users can have a choice serif or san serif; do we book readers really need more than that? Certainly fix the lack of folders thing (but do that for Kindle 2 as well!). Additional storage via a simple SDHC card up to at least 16 GB would be a plus. Continued improvement in the "read to me" function with perhaps a couple of other "voices. It might be nice to have wifi as backup to wireless but I'm not sure I want to pay extra for it. Still, if that would allow "free" syncing of the PC edition internationally or even transferring of documents via free wifi that would simplify USB transfers. Or what about access to a wifi "cloud" drive like Windows Live SkyDrive? One or two add-on apps like alternate personalised screensaver -- in fact anything which personalises the unit. And up the ante a little for International Edition users in Canada -- like add photos to wireless delivery of magazines etc. It feels a little like a penalty box right now. And maybe an option for Internet delivery to Amazon Kindle PC as an alternative to wireless to save the $2 surcharge on everything. Whatever is added don't break all the good stuff. I really like it just as it is. Last edited by SensualPoet; 12-08-2009 at 07:49 PM. |
12-08-2009, 08:29 PM | #17 |
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Yikes, I thought these "next version" threads only showed up about iPhones :S Oh well... it can be fun to dream. However, if you always wait for the next version to come out, you'll never actually ever own or enjoy anything. There will always be a next version...
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12-08-2009, 08:47 PM | #18 |
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Hardware wise, I'd like an SD card slot, and a user-replaceable battery. I sure wouldn't mind a touchscreen with real handwriting recognition to allow simpler markup with a stylus. If it's good enough, you could drop the keyboard, which would save some real estate. But really it's the SD card slot and battery I'd like most.
Software wise I'd like to be able to search across pdfs and to be able to highlight and annotate pdfs and I'd like to have tags or folders and I'd like it to be able to read any format--even DRMed formats and I'd like Amazon to drop its proprietary format and sell its e-books to anyone.... But I would be happy with the pdf and folders improvements. I guess that pretty much covers it. |
12-12-2009, 11:52 AM | #19 |
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Personally, I'll gladly take the K2. If the "K3" comes out and it is significantly different/better I may consider upgrading but then again, it is an e-reader, how fancy do you want it right?
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12-12-2009, 03:19 PM | #22 |
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I'd expect that the next announcement would be to announce that the DX will be available internationally - as for the software, improved PDF viewing would be prime, I'd have thought...
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12-12-2009, 04:02 PM | #23 |
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I recently lost my Kindle 1, and so I took my daughter's (not like she was using it!) I want to have a backup (if I hadn't had a backup when I lost mine, I would have been upset). But the fact that the current iteration doesn't have a user-replaceable battery or an SD slot is a real drawback. Of course, if I look at how much $$ I have saved at the bookstore, and how much I use my kindle, even at 2x the price, I figure it was a good deal. If something comes out next year, maybe I will bite just to have the backup.
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I heard a few K3 rumours- they are going to copy the nook.
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