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mcramer · 02-10-2009, 07:27 PM

I'm such a simple man

And being in New Zealand the whole whispernet functionality is moot.

1) Looks way nicer than the Kindle 1 and would look lovely if the keyboard wasn't there.
2) In regards to the keyboard the reason I'm not a fan is that I have never been reading a book on my Sony and though "I wonder what that word means" and have never felt the need to annotate.
3) Before anyone gets up in arms about the last point - this is my view and related to the specific way that I use the reader. Fiction only and a pretty good (but not perfect) grasp on the English language.
4) Surfing, MP3's and pictures - don't care.

So all in all I think it's a nice device if your are in the US and like the immediacy and the ability to purchase over the air.

Otherwise I'm not so fussed.......

02-10-2009, 07:27 PM	#31
mcramer Kiwi reader Posts: 107 Karma: 349 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Device: iPad, iPhone	I'm such a simple man And being in New Zealand the whole whispernet functionality is moot. 1) Looks way nicer than the Kindle 1 and would look lovely if the keyboard wasn't there. 2) In regards to the keyboard the reason I'm not a fan is that I have never been reading a book on my Sony and though "I wonder what that word means" and have never felt the need to annotate. 3) Before anyone gets up in arms about the last point - this is my view and related to the specific way that I use the reader. Fiction only and a pretty good (but not perfect) grasp on the English language. 4) Surfing, MP3's and pictures - don't care. So all in all I think it's a nice device if your are in the US and like the immediacy and the ability to purchase over the air. Otherwise I'm not so fussed.......