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spear · 08-20-2009, 04:32 PM

Thank you Robert for all your information and work on the Pocket Pro. I pre-ordered a maroon one about a week ago (its for my brithday on October 3rd so I hope it gets here in time, I also hope I didn't wait too long so I can get one of the first maroon ones) and its a BIG step for me. I don't normally buy brand new, untried products. I'm still in love with my eBookwise (keeping for couch reading, there's nothing having the power go off (which it often does here on the Georgia coast during violent storms), continue to read with my backlighting, and hearing the disembodied voice of my husband saying "I hate you".) I even have an old eBookman which despite its mechanical issues, I liked because it seemed to be the perfect size (4" screen) for traveling (Pocket Pro will replace it).

I am excited and nervous over this purchase (thanks to Alex to creating this forum, because I'm probably going to have stupid questions when I get my new baby), my husband had been promising me a Kindle for Christmas (isn't he sweet?), but I have been holding back because even though I love Amazon for its pbooks, music, and other stuff, the way they have handled ebooks has been depressing. As a museum person who handles archival material, I can say the biggest fear is for our future digital archives. There have already been cases where tons of research has been lost, not because it doesn't exist, but because there is no way to access the information (ie. boxes of punch cards with a decade of dolphin studies on them). Digital migration is a growing problem. Anyway off my soap box...I'm putting my money where my mouth is and supporting the device with the most formats and no DRM.

So thank you Robert for your work, for listening to our ideas, and for putting up with some abuse that you have received!

08-20-2009, 04:32 PM	#445
spear Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 175420 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mostly In My Head Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thanks Robert (and Alex too)! Thank you Robert for all your information and work on the Pocket Pro. I pre-ordered a maroon one about a week ago (its for my brithday on October 3rd so I hope it gets here in time, I also hope I didn't wait too long so I can get one of the first maroon ones) and its a BIG step for me. I don't normally buy brand new, untried products. I'm still in love with my eBookwise (keeping for couch reading, there's nothing having the power go off (which it often does here on the Georgia coast during violent storms), continue to read with my backlighting, and hearing the disembodied voice of my husband saying "I hate you".) I even have an old eBookman which despite its mechanical issues, I liked because it seemed to be the perfect size (4" screen) for traveling (Pocket Pro will replace it). I am excited and nervous over this purchase (thanks to Alex to creating this forum, because I'm probably going to have stupid questions when I get my new baby), my husband had been promising me a Kindle for Christmas (isn't he sweet?), but I have been holding back because even though I love Amazon for its pbooks, music, and other stuff, the way they have handled ebooks has been depressing. As a museum person who handles archival material, I can say the biggest fear is for our future digital archives. There have already been cases where tons of research has been lost, not because it doesn't exist, but because there is no way to access the information (ie. boxes of punch cards with a decade of dolphin studies on them). Digital migration is a growing problem. Anyway off my soap box...I'm putting my money where my mouth is and supporting the device with the most formats and no DRM. So thank you Robert for your work, for listening to our ideas, and for putting up with some abuse that you have received!