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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Okay, I give up. It must be just me that feels people, men or women, are fully capable of doing their own basic research for something they think they need. After that, getting opinions of different devices is another matter. When we went to buy our first (and only) digital camera, I wanted as much input as my husband had, since I would be the one using it most. Ditto for phones, furniture, house, etc. I don't want someone else, even my beloved, to tell me what I need.
So, you watched Oprah, and now you "ThinK" you need the device, for whatever reason. Fine, go for it. A simple visit to the Kindle home page would have answered all of their questions. Case closed.
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I think that's exactly where the husband would come in,because not for all the kindle is a good choice.
I for one, really don't need wireless, and hated the Kindle's design.
And if there is one thing that really not makes me want to buy a device,that would be sales talk!
The whole Amazon kindle thing is full of people glorifying the kindle, while when doing a little research it is not at all that great of a device as portrayed (that's why I went for a Sony which better fitted my needs and desires). It does have flaws, and it does take a while to figure them out!
(Every reader has btw..)
I've learned over time (being a salesman myself in the past) not to trust or fall for those talks, since they are all one-sided (only the good about things).
Really, put a salesman in a shop and he'll convince you to buy the kindle, but if he gets payed more by selling a Sony, he will be able to sell you the sony!
I also think that okay, the remark about dispatching the husbands was funny, however like mentioned,some people just want to read books (be it romance or fiction or whatever); not everyone likes science,and just wants to read.
If I'd be using an ebook reader to read science it's only obvious I'd do the whole research myself (which I am doing, and why I chose the prs-505 for my specific needs).
Not all are scientific minded, and not all have the time to spend researching online. Especially not those having businesses or kids.
I can 100% agree,and correlate to Rhadin. My wife is great in shooting photo's, but knows little of which brand of camera she uses.
I make sure she's got the best of the best we can afford, simply because it takes me one day to know what she needs, and it takes her a whole week only to see the basic differences between models and lenses.
She just takes the pictures, something I've not found the time for learning...