Next Kindle - backlit and full color

VydorScope · 09-03-2011, 08:04 AM

Y'all see this report ?

http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/02/amazon-kindle-tablet/

Looks like Amazon is directly attacking the Nook color. What do you think, will you upgrade to it?

Dr. Drib · 09-03-2011, 08:36 AM

I'll buy one when it's available and then sell my nook color.

Don

CRussel · 09-03-2011, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by VydorScope

Y'all see this report ?

http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/02/amazon-kindle-tablet/

Looks like Amazon is directly attacking the Nook color. What do you think, will you upgrade to it?

Yup. On my fall list, pending actual pictures and details.

DiapDealer · 09-03-2011, 09:43 AM

Quote:

What do you think, will you upgrade to it?

Tablets don't do a thing for me, plus I don't consider going from eInk to backlit LCD an upgrade, anyway.

Bratzzo · 09-03-2011, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by VydorScope

What do you think, will you upgrade to it?

No!
I want to read outside in the sun for relax. But with a glossy display, it is much more like a nightmare than relaxation.

Lalilulelo · 09-03-2011, 11:43 AM

Rumours rumours. The LCD tablet is not the successor of the e-ink Kindle. Plenty of I hears and I believes from here and there, at end of the article.

ucfgrad93 · 09-03-2011, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I don't consider going from eInk to backlit LCD an upgrade, anyway.

Neither do I. I prefer my Kindle with an eink screen to my laptop, phone, etc. with backlit lcd.

OtterBooks · 09-03-2011, 12:01 PM

It isn't really the "next" anything. It's Amazon's first tablet. Yes I know both devices are rectangular, but still.

RainingLemur · 09-03-2011, 12:02 PM

I MAY upgrade from my Nook Color to it, assuming that it's as easily root-able as the Nook Color was. Just depends on that and the price I can snag one for.

maianhvk · 09-03-2011, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Tablets don't do a thing for me, plus I don't consider going from eInk to backlit LCD an upgrade, anyway.

I'm with you there.

jswinden · 09-03-2011, 02:09 PM

Like I stated in the other thread discussing that article, I question whether that guy actually had a hands on. As @Lalilulelo stated, "Plenty of I hears and I believes." It is hard to take the guy seriously with all those "I believes". What is to believe? Can't he figure out how much memory it has or whether it has a memory card slot? If he really had a hands on then he should be able to ascertain that kind of information. And where are all the other people who should have also had hands on? I've yet to hear from anyone else making this claim and I seriously doubt Amazon would have given that bozo an exclusive!

No way Amazon would replace the eInk Kindles with a tablet. The tablet will be a new line of devices. I must admit that I sometimes read on my Android phone when in a waiting room or in a room that has dim light. It works pretty well, but I still much prefer my Kindle 3. I had a NookColor but I was not impressed with it enough to keep it. Android reader apps just are not that good yet, at least not for tablets. If Amazon merely uses their totally lackluster Kindle for Android app on their new tablet, then I think there will be a lot of disappointed Kindle fans. Amazon needs to go way beyond what B&N did with their lackluster Android app for the NookColor. The Amazon tablet reading app would need to have the following just to get my attention:

Sideloaded font capability
Exceptional margin and paragraph formatting controls
Two-column landscape view
Excellent text selection, highlighting, search, annotations
Excellent dictionary support
Whispersync capability on DRMed and sideloaded books (at least last page sync for sideloaded books)
And use page numbers rather than those gawd awful location numbers

alansplace · 09-03-2011, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Tablets don't do a thing for me, plus I don't consider going from eInk to backlit LCD an upgrade, anyway.

JaneD · 09-03-2011, 04:30 PM

I just don't like tablets. They don't have the functionality of a laptop, nor do they have the readability of eink readers. They're kind of a neither-here-nor-there product to me.

I might change my mind when the technology to switch between eink and LCD comes around, but I'm not holding my breath for that. It's been a long time since I've seen any news on it.

Scarpad · 09-03-2011, 04:45 PM

I don't think Amazon will abandon the E-Ink Market for a Color Tablet, they'll probably also launch with an an upgrade to the existing Kindle 3 just as B&N has with the STR. It will live side the new tablet for those that want E-ink. The new tablet will attempt to go head to head with the iPad, and while Amazon does have the cloud with Music and movie ability, they lack the range of Apps needed to challenge Apple's Dominance. But they will sell quite a few, I hope it forces Apple to come out with a 7" version of the iPad, I'd be interested in that.

Joseph R · 09-03-2011, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Tablets don't do a thing for me, plus I don't consider going from eInk to backlit LCD an upgrade, anyway.

Agree!

E-ink colour though would be an upgrade though, like the Jetbook Colour.

09-03-2011, 08:04 AM	#1
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	Next Kindle - backlit and full color Y'all see this report ? http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/02/amazon-kindle-tablet/ Looks like Amazon is directly attacking the Nook color. What do you think, will you upgrade to it?

09-03-2011, 02:09 PM	#11
jswinden Nameless Being	Like I stated in the other thread discussing that article, I question whether that guy actually had a hands on. As @Lalilulelo stated, "Plenty of I hears and I believes." It is hard to take the guy seriously with all those "I believes". What is to believe? Can't he figure out how much memory it has or whether it has a memory card slot? If he really had a hands on then he should be able to ascertain that kind of information. And where are all the other people who should have also had hands on? I've yet to hear from anyone else making this claim and I seriously doubt Amazon would have given that bozo an exclusive! No way Amazon would replace the eInk Kindles with a tablet. The tablet will be a new line of devices. I must admit that I sometimes read on my Android phone when in a waiting room or in a room that has dim light. It works pretty well, but I still much prefer my Kindle 3. I had a NookColor but I was not impressed with it enough to keep it. Android reader apps just are not that good yet, at least not for tablets. If Amazon merely uses their totally lackluster Kindle for Android app on their new tablet, then I think there will be a lot of disappointed Kindle fans. Amazon needs to go way beyond what B&N did with their lackluster Android app for the NookColor. The Amazon tablet reading app would need to have the following just to get my attention: Sideloaded font capability Exceptional margin and paragraph formatting controls Two-column landscape view Excellent text selection, highlighting, search, annotations Excellent dictionary support Whispersync capability on DRMed and sideloaded books (at least last page sync for sideloaded books) And use page numbers rather than those gawd awful location numbers Last edited by jswinden; 09-03-2011 at 02:14 PM.

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09-03-2011, 08:36 AM	#2
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,386 Karma: 59504381 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	I'll buy one when it's available and then sell my nook color. Don

09-03-2011, 11:43 AM	#6
Lalilulelo Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 7298 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Algeria Device: Sony PRS-T1	Rumours rumours. The LCD tablet is not the successor of the e-ink Kindle. Plenty of I hears and I believes from here and there, at end of the article.

09-03-2011, 12:01 PM	#8
OtterBooks Wizard Posts: 1,262 Karma: 2979086 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 4, iPad Mini/Retina	It isn't really the "next" anything. It's Amazon's first tablet. Yes I know both devices are rectangular, but still.

09-03-2011, 12:02 PM	#9
RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	I MAY upgrade from my Nook Color to it, assuming that it's as easily root-able as the Nook Color was. Just depends on that and the price I can snag one for.

09-03-2011, 04:30 PM	#13
JaneD Addict Posts: 322 Karma: 1057749 Join Date: May 2010 Location: LA, CA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2013	I just don't like tablets. They don't have the functionality of a laptop, nor do they have the readability of eink readers. They're kind of a neither-here-nor-there product to me. I might change my mind when the technology to switch between eink and LCD comes around, but I'm not holding my breath for that. It's been a long time since I've seen any news on it.

09-03-2011, 04:45 PM	#14
Scarpad Addict Posts: 310 Karma: 1013114 Join Date: Sep 2006	I don't think Amazon will abandon the E-Ink Market for a Color Tablet, they'll probably also launch with an an upgrade to the existing Kindle 3 just as B&N has with the STR. It will live side the new tablet for those that want E-ink. The new tablet will attempt to go head to head with the iPad, and while Amazon does have the cloud with Music and movie ability, they lack the range of Apps needed to challenge Apple's Dominance. But they will sell quite a few, I hope it forces Apple to come out with a 7" version of the iPad, I'd be interested in that.

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