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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I expect this statement is patently false and only said because you know Amazon won't give Kindles away anytime soon based on their current sales.BOb
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OK, you got me. If someone offered me a Kindle for free, I would take it. Then I'd sell it and apply the proceeds toward a more useful reader. I REALLY have no interest in a Kindle.
Of course, my original statement was hyperbole, and should be read that way, but it isn't far from the reality: about eight months ago, when I was shopping for a reader, an acquaintance, who had upgraded to a K2 offered to sell me his old Kindle for for $50. I declined, and bought a Hanvon for $189. I was quite happy with the Hanvon even at nearly quadruple the price.
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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Also, if you did get that free kindle you would be able to read those 50k ebooks you have on it just as well as any other reader.
BOb
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If you consider unformatted text-only a pleasant reading experience. When the Kindle supports EPUB or even HTML or LIT I absolutely promise I'll take another look (OK, it has PDF, but PDF is hardly ideal for leisure reading.)
But you didn't comment on my other point -- licensing vs. ownership.
Thanks for the reply,
Nathanael