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ProDigit · 10-18-2008, 08:35 PM

I think the stylus pen is some real nice addition to an e-book!
Especially for annotations!
If people could use this device as their personal notepads would be awesome!

However I do agree that the swiping of a page is a bit off...
I mean, I'm not going to connect a Wii to my PC to scroll through my .PDF document neither.
But I'm still able to use the knobs, so the addition really won't bother me.

As far as getting the kindle to the European market, you must know that the majority of Belgium, sweden/Finland/denmark and that area perhaps, and the Netherlands speak English. Also UK is English.
Germany, France, Spain, Hongary,Ex-Yugoslavia and other Eastern europe countries like poland parts of russia, not many people speak English.
And amazon mainly sells books in English,with the occasional german and french book.

There are too many countries and languages in europe. I fear that might be one of the reasons Amazon as well as most of the other electronic manufacturers see Europe as the last boundry.
If it works in Asia, works in the US,then it'll work in Europe.

Besides I heard rumors about Sony going to release their ebook readers in Europe in 2009!

From the way I see things,people wanting to buy an e-reader will no longer buy a kindle 1 if they see the second gen. (Kindle 2?)
I can believe that,since I find the Kindle 1 ugly as hell.
Give or take 3-4 months after the release of the Kindle 2 in the US, it'll be sold in Europe as well (provided if they find enough carriers to carry their signal; lots of cellphone companies in Europe).
Europe being slightly larger? than USA, has way more countries, and therefor way more carriers to send the signal.

10-18-2008, 08:35 PM	#21
ProDigit Karmaniac Posts: 2,553 Karma: 11499146 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Miami FL Device: PRS-505, Jetbook, + Mini, +Color, Astak Ez Reader Pro, PPW1, Aura H2O	I think the stylus pen is some real nice addition to an e-book! Especially for annotations! If people could use this device as their personal notepads would be awesome! However I do agree that the swiping of a page is a bit off... I mean, I'm not going to connect a Wii to my PC to scroll through my .PDF document neither. But I'm still able to use the knobs, so the addition really won't bother me. As far as getting the kindle to the European market, you must know that the majority of Belgium, sweden/Finland/denmark and that area perhaps, and the Netherlands speak English. Also UK is English. Germany, France, Spain, Hongary,Ex-Yugoslavia and other Eastern europe countries like poland parts of russia, not many people speak English. And amazon mainly sells books in English,with the occasional german and french book. There are too many countries and languages in europe. I fear that might be one of the reasons Amazon as well as most of the other electronic manufacturers see Europe as the last boundry. If it works in Asia, works in the US,then it'll work in Europe. Besides I heard rumors about Sony going to release their ebook readers in Europe in 2009! From the way I see things,people wanting to buy an e-reader will no longer buy a kindle 1 if they see the second gen. (Kindle 2?) I can believe that,since I find the Kindle 1 ugly as hell. Give or take 3-4 months after the release of the Kindle 2 in the US, it'll be sold in Europe as well (provided if they find enough carriers to carry their signal; lots of cellphone companies in Europe). Europe being slightly larger? than USA, has way more countries, and therefor way more carriers to send the signal. Last edited by ProDigit; 10-18-2008 at 08:40 PM.