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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Buying...
1. You can return any Kindle books "accidently" purchased within 5 days I think it is.
2. Turn of 1-Click ordering on your account. Granted that disables your purchase of it also.
3. Unregister the reader. It requires your Amazon credentials to re-register it to your account. Of course, if you get periodicals auto-delivered this isn't the best choice.
Deal breaker fixed. Go forth and buy.
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You're kidding right? These are supposed to be "fixes"?
My thoughts on the 2.0 version of Kindle:
1. No epub, no way. Deal breaker.
2. Ergonomics seem OK now. Would have to hold it to make sure, but I don't see a problem here anymore.
3. Not in the US, so no Whispernet and no Amazon store. But I can't really hold that against it, Amazon isn't targeting the international audience.
4. Extra for the cover? Seems like a dick move, but I wouldn't really mind. I'd buy the cover, curse at Amazon, and then shut up a about it a week later.
5. Not really ugly anymore, but not pretty either. But it crosses the acceptability threshold, and after that point I stop caring.
6. Better screen. Niiiiice.
7. Text-to-speech? Yeah, like I'd ever use it.
8. Larger dimensions: actually, I rather like this. It would probably make it easier to hold, as long as it's light, and it seems it will be.
Possibly a few other things I can't think of right now. Bottom line, an improvement over 1.0. Would still go for the PRS-505 though. If I were living in the States, then we could
maybe talk about it, because I doubt Amazon won't be bringing epub support in a subsequent firmware update. Not supporting the industry standard (and Amazon is a founding member of the IDPF) would be a ridiculously stupid thing to do, and Bezos is not stupid.
A dick? Perhaps... But stupid? No.