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Originally Posted by 20LEgend
I really don't want a Jack-of-all-Trades machine. I love my master of one, Kindle.
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That's fine, but the 3G Kindle selling point for me was ability to reading text-heavy news web sites without having to pay a monthly fee. As I hoped, the browser has gradually gotten better and better for this, partly because of firmware upgrades, but mostly because of techniques I read about here, and Kindle-friendly web sites.
Like it or not, the Kindle is a handheld computer, just like the Palm PDA's I previously used for similar functionality -- reading downloaded news and public domain books. News downloads using Calibre have turned out to be quite similar to what I used to get on the Palm via the old avantgo service -- a great feature I learned about from this site.
I could say that I don't want a Jack-of-all-Books machine that tries to get me to pay money for literature that I can, for free, take out of the good traditional public library two block away. But I see no point in finding the true essence of any particular computer model. The essence is whatever you decide to use it for.
As for the Kindle as a music player, although I don't know from experience, it apparently is worse than some Apple products. However, it is superior to the record and tape players I used the first half of my life.
Sorry if I am verging on a rant, but, on several other threads, people have seemed to criticize me for not recognizing the true inner essence of my device. Hopefully you don't feel similarly victimized, but, if so, I apologize.