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Originally Posted by Gideon
Dang.... Course Harry Potter isn't on any ebook reader, but still.... dang.
I need to check out their "book store" and see if there is anything to it. Somehow I imagine it's almost all public domain stuff.
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Yes, and that (together with the not wireless part) is the one thing I don't like about the review. No other reader has wireless (yet), he should have mentioned that the sony doesn't have it either (as he does mention the sony once or twice). And he should have looked for Harry Potter Kindle format on Amazon.com too, to do a real comparison.
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Originally Posted by Gideon
He was addressing the Cool-er AGAINST the Kindle, not against "every ebook reader ever." The kindle, because of people's public awareness and its popularity, have become the yardstick. Maybe it stinks, but it's the case. It's like every phone being compared to the iPhone now.
I like it when journalists do a thourough job as well, and the Harry Potter thing annoyed me too, but I also believe reviewers don't have to get into the minutia of a subject.
Personally, I was thrilled he mentioned the DRM stuff with the kindle. Half the time you see an article about it (like the 9.99 article) no one mentions the straps these things put you in.
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I always get a rash as soon as one product becomes the yardstick for other products that do the same yet completely different things. It makes me want to avoid those products (unless it was the first of their kind, which it almost never is). You won't see me with an Iphone or Itouch for example.