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Yapyap · 11-05-2013, 01:56 AM

I get tempted a lot. A lot. Mostly by ereaders and cameras - cameras have been my weakness for years, although I haven't bought a new one in months (and that was after my last compact died) and my latest DSLR is two years old now, so I guess that's something.

Ereaders, too - I love my Paperwhite but I keep being tempted by the Kobo Aura HD for its size, and the Paperwhite 2 is tempting me as well, although the only new feature it has that actually matters to me somewhat (since my current Paperwhite has perfectly wonderful and uniform lighting at the light levels I read at) is the pop-up footnote thing.

I don't read a lot of books with footnotes, but since I had to cave and re-buy a few in paper last year, after having bought them as ebooks and being driven to frustration by the way footnotes worked on both the Kindle 3 and the Kindle iPad app, it's something I really want. On the other hand, I really don't read a lot of books with footnotes and I'd assume there is a possibility Amazon could add it to 1st generation Paperwhites in a software update, so... getting a new reader just for that feels rather foolish.

But I'm still tempted.

I've been tempted by the Sony T2 (and now T3), and the Kobo Mini, and ... so far I've managed to talk reason to myself and not buy them. Because I really don't need them.

I'm just seriously glad my gadget-desire doesn't include phones. I've only owned three mobile phones in my life and the second one was bought since my first one was stolen. I only gave in and replaced my Nokia 5140i, which had served me dutifully for six years, in 2011 when I decided to go for a smartphone, and my Samsung Galaxy SII is more than enough phone for me for a while yet, I think.

11-05-2013, 01:56 AM	#33
Yapyap Guru Posts: 861 Karma: 3543721 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Estonia Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPad 3, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge	I get tempted a lot. A lot. Mostly by ereaders and cameras - cameras have been my weakness for years, although I haven't bought a new one in months (and that was after my last compact died) and my latest DSLR is two years old now, so I guess that's something. Ereaders, too - I love my Paperwhite but I keep being tempted by the Kobo Aura HD for its size, and the Paperwhite 2 is tempting me as well, although the only new feature it has that actually matters to me somewhat (since my current Paperwhite has perfectly wonderful and uniform lighting at the light levels I read at) is the pop-up footnote thing. I don't read a lot of books with footnotes, but since I had to cave and re-buy a few in paper last year, after having bought them as ebooks and being driven to frustration by the way footnotes worked on both the Kindle 3 and the Kindle iPad app, it's something I really want. On the other hand, I really don't read a lot of books with footnotes and I'd assume there is a possibility Amazon could add it to 1st generation Paperwhites in a software update, so... getting a new reader just for that feels rather foolish. But I'm still tempted. I've been tempted by the Sony T2 (and now T3), and the Kobo Mini, and ... so far I've managed to talk reason to myself and not buy them. Because I really don't need them. I'm just seriously glad my gadget-desire doesn't include phones. I've only owned three mobile phones in my life and the second one was bought since my first one was stolen. I only gave in and replaced my Nokia 5140i, which had served me dutifully for six years, in 2011 when I decided to go for a smartphone, and my Samsung Galaxy SII is more than enough phone for me for a while yet, I think.