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Darqref · 04-19-2009, 02:17 AM

Wireless is growing on me

I used to think wireless connectivity was an unnecessary luxury in an ebook reader. I still don't really like Amazon or it's service for Kindle, but recent developments look more favorable for generic wireless, at least for me.

My favorite newspaper went online-only this month. Oh, it's still got a new weekly edition, but the daily one was what I regularly read with breakfast. Now, I need to use Calibre to grab a daily edition of the website, and then load it on my cybook. Seems a waste, and it means I need to connect a lot more regularly.

My past habits have been to store stuff on the SD card, and only bother to move books on or off the card when I've read a substantial amount of what I had loaded. Or when I really want the next book in the series I'm re-reading, or whatever. It amounts to only connecting about every couple of weeks. I recharge much more frequently though. Now, because I want my Monitor with breakfast, I'll need to remember to both grab the feed, and then move it onto the cybook. (And the editors of the Monitor don't have their practices ironed out yet, and the format looks a bit weird.)

Might be easier with wireless, and that thought is growing. Not enough to make me give up the cybook (yet), but it will probably influence what I buy as a replacement, whenever the screen breaks again.

04-19-2009, 02:17 AM	#1894
Darqref space cadet Posts: 334 Karma: 2999999 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Seattle area Device: Rocket PRO, gen3, Pocketbook360	Wireless is growing on me Wireless is growing on me I used to think wireless connectivity was an unnecessary luxury in an ebook reader. I still don't really like Amazon or it's service for Kindle, but recent developments look more favorable for generic wireless, at least for me. My favorite newspaper went online-only this month. Oh, it's still got a new weekly edition, but the daily one was what I regularly read with breakfast. Now, I need to use Calibre to grab a daily edition of the website, and then load it on my cybook. Seems a waste, and it means I need to connect a lot more regularly. My past habits have been to store stuff on the SD card, and only bother to move books on or off the card when I've read a substantial amount of what I had loaded. Or when I really want the next book in the series I'm re-reading, or whatever. It amounts to only connecting about every couple of weeks. I recharge much more frequently though. Now, because I want my Monitor with breakfast, I'll need to remember to both grab the feed, and then move it onto the cybook. (And the editors of the Monitor don't have their practices ironed out yet, and the format looks a bit weird.) Might be easier with wireless, and that thought is growing. Not enough to make me give up the cybook (yet), but it will probably influence what I buy as a replacement, whenever the screen breaks again.