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Originally Posted by Atunah
It is a good question overall. For me though, by the time I got the next kindle, after K1, it would not have been worth a lot of money. I got the K1 in 2008 and then got the K3 in 2010. So it was already 2 generations behind by then. I did like the K3, the screen had much better contrast, but I still used the K1 at the time and shared the K3 with a family member.
I held on to it mostly though because I just like it. It was the first e-reader for me and I am attached to it. I didn't read much at all in the 5 years leading up to getting the K1. My eyes just couldn't do the small and often yellow print of paperback anymore. I lost the joy of reading. When I got my K1, it was like someone turned the sun on again for me. I read 200 books on it in its first full year. I can't put that in words how much that meant to me.
So yeah, nostalgia. I do not feel any of that for my paperwhite for example. But the first, yeah. 
I still have the pristine book shaped box it came in. The days before the flat box shipping and all that. It was just such a experience unpacking that thing.
And that magical bar it has still intrigues me to this day.
As to the battery, I replaced it twice. I wish all devices could do that. Its just unplug the old and plug the new one in under the back cover. The SD card is under there too.
I don't miss waiting 5 minutes for a search. Yep, 5 or more minutes. I had 1000's of books on it at the time. 
I would like to know more about other e-readers that were out before the kindle. I had never heard of e-readers before I heard of the Kindle right before Oprah had it on her show. I missed the coupon at the time, it was expensive and I had to save up.
But who used e-readers around here before that. I am curious how the e-book market looked like BK. What devices where out there, what screen did they use. Anyone still have those around? |
I still have my old Franklin ebookman somewhere around here. It had a dot matrix type lcd screen, took 4 batteries that drained in about 4 hrs, and used the old kindle format. After Mobipocket.com stopped supporting it I put the thing away. I couldn't get new books to load and be readable on it after that.