05-04-2009, 05:56 PM | #46 | |
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According to a Wall Street Journal article
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05-04-2009, 06:15 PM | #47 |
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Whatever new device they announce on Wednesday I suspect will not be available right away.
The quote from the Wall Street Journal article would seem to hint that it won't be available until later in the year. I don't see why Amazon would be doing a press conference now for something that may not be released until later this year, but maybe we are thinking along the wrong line. |
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05-04-2009, 06:21 PM | #48 | |
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05-04-2009, 06:49 PM | #49 | |
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I am also hoping, that there will be searchable, resizable PDF support. I am not sure how else they can preserve page layout, or show complex graphs, etc.. As long as DRM can be removed, I'd be interested. |
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05-04-2009, 07:08 PM | #50 |
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Oh Dear, another product and another round of "I hate DRM" and "They should have done THIS not THAT".
Cripes. Dinna matter to me in any case, I like the ones we have and have no desire for a semi-portable biggie (next larger size comes on it's own trailer <g>). Woulda been great back in college and grad school but in those days we had to hand write our own textbooks on vellum, being pre-Gutenberg..... Last edited by CCDMan; 05-04-2009 at 07:13 PM. |
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05-04-2009, 07:55 PM | #51 |
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Then why dontcha spend the time just petting that sweet-looking dog of yours, and let us bitch to our hearts content....
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05-04-2009, 08:13 PM | #52 |
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Oh, I hope it can read pdf natively!
If it can't, it's pretty much a non-starter as far as I'm concerned, (I want to read/search/annotate pdfs of academic papers) but best of luck to the newspapers, if that's what they want to try. |
05-04-2009, 08:47 PM | #53 |
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But if this is another Kindle and the software on this new Kindle is not good enough, then I do hope it tanks. If it is a larger screen, then it needs ePub and PDF support for ADE. If it doesn't have this, then wait for someone's larger screen device that does.
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05-04-2009, 08:57 PM | #54 |
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05-04-2009, 09:06 PM | #55 | |
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I agree, though, that at a minimum Amazon needs to add native PDF support for a functional large screen device. This would be easier without DRM, and I don't see them embracing Adobe ADEPT, but I assume they will have DRM for PDFs. Full device search is one example of something that the Kindle does well, and no one else (short of a laptop) does at all. This is actually even more important for a student device. I assume they will have (MOBI) dictionary lookup for PDF, since iRex already has this on the DR1000. It would be nice if they allowed more than one primary dictionary, but I'm not holding my breath. Amazon is probably going to surprise us with one of more feature we did not think of. They are better at ebook devices than almost everyone. |
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05-04-2009, 09:13 PM | #56 |
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All I can tell you is the second most common question on the Amazon boards from potential customers is "Can I get textbooks on Kindle?" (The most common one is "Does it work in <foreign country>?") Anyone at Amazon could see the market potential here; I'm glad they chose to act so quickly.
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05-04-2009, 11:09 PM | #57 |
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Engadget Post with pictures
These could be totally fake but here are some supposedly leaked pics.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/a...-inch-display/ 9.7" screen with native PDF support/rendering. Very interesting is the side by side picture comparing the current Kindle 2 with the "Big Kindle" (Kindle XL?). Looks like almost 2x the screen real estate. Dave |
05-04-2009, 11:23 PM | #58 |
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Awesome! I just hope it's not too expensive!
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05-04-2009, 11:38 PM | #59 |
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I'm a grad student/part-time lecturer. When I saw this news, I called my textbook rep from a major publisher to see what I could get out of him. He's normally a really up-front guy, but this time, he seemed to be holding things back. (I couldn't tell if he was no answering out of ignorance or knowledge) He told me that one of the books I use (new edition coming out) would still be available in pdf and perhaps also in several "new electronic formats." I'm not sure what to make of it. If it were really happening, I'd have expected them to work us a little more last week with promises of "e-textbooks." That said, if textbooks are a big part of the market for a new device, they HAVE to announce it, and allow publishers to get the info to us THIS WEEK. I have to put my orders in at the bookstore next Friday. Speaking for myself, having available e-formats might influence my decision! (particularly if the DRM made sense, either in purchase or rental models - I personally despise all DRM, but, pragmatically, it's a necessity for textbooks, provided that the ownership of a file could be transferred) The timing seems pretty perfect for textbooks. It has to be now to catch the 09-10 academic year. (there's also several of the "big-market" textbooks with new editions for next year - which also suggests that this is a magic moment to catch the wave) Speaking as someone who has waited for several years for an affordable large-screen reader, this is almost as exciting as the Plastic Logic announcement was! |
05-04-2009, 11:52 PM | #60 | |
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That's a workable size for a student with a backpack to carry it in and a desk to put it on, but a bit large for a commuter/traveler, and a bit heavy, I'd think, for mobile reading. It's the hardback to the K2's paperback. It will absolutely need a cover of some kind to protect it in the backpack. I don't think that the 4 photos at the bottom of the page are legit. The screen in the second photo seems too large compared to the K2 in the same photo. But it could be the angle or something. It seems to me that the KDX has to support pdf without conversion. That will be nice for all of us, since it suggests an upgrade to the K2 software. It will be interesting to see if it also supports epub. My guess is not, since that would open the K platform & I don't think that Amazon is interested in supporting other ebook stores. |
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