New model Kindle 4 just arrived at my home! - Page 11

hmgreen · 09-29-2011, 10:27 PM

Anyone want to weigh in on whether to spend the extra $30 to avoid "Special Offers"? I have a 3g/WiFi K3 with no special offers and love it, but don't want to pop for $189 for a K4 touch unless the ads are truly more intrusive than Amazon says they are. I might even forego 3G since I have WiFi N at home and there is always Starbucks and Barnes and Noble (as long as they don't mug me or carry me out on a rail for having a Kindle!).

If I took special offers and if I forego 3g I can get this to $100. That's an $89 saving and a great price!

Thanks!

jocampo · 09-29-2011, 10:34 PM

I'm interested on the one with buttons too, but to be honest, not sure if I will be able to tolerate typing via 5 way button only.

I like that they reduced the weight, but the physical keyboard is not a real issue to me.

jswinden · 09-29-2011, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by hmgreen

Anyone want to weigh in on whether to spend the extra $30 to avoid "Special Offers"? I have a 3g/WiFi K3 with no special offers and love it, but don't want to pop for $189 for a K4 touch unless the ads are truly more intrusive than Amazon says they are. I might even forego 3G since I have WiFi N at home and there is always Starbucks and Barnes and Noble (as long as they don't mug me or carry me out on a rail for having a Kindle!).

If I took special offers and if I forego 3g I can get this to $100. That's an $89 saving and a great price!

Thanks!

My K3 and my K4 are the SO models. I really don't notice the ads/offers much. The ad screensavers look better than the dead authors, but personalized screensavers would be best. You never see ads when a book is open. And i've saved at least $75 using the special offers to buy stuff I would have bought anyway on Amazon.

Fahad. · 09-29-2011, 10:36 PM

Hi,

Is the browser experience any better on the K4 compared to the previous model? I would assume so, given what i have read here so far about the significantly faster processor speed.

j.p.s · 09-29-2011, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hmgreen

Anyone want to weigh in on whether to spend the extra $30 to avoid "Special Offers"? I have a 3g/WiFi K3 with no special offers and love it, but don't want to pop for $189 for a K4 touch unless the ads are truly more intrusive than Amazon says they are. I might even forego 3G since I have WiFi N at home and there is always Starbucks and Barnes and Noble (as long as they don't mug me or carry me out on a rail for having a Kindle!).

If I took special offers and if I forego 3g I can get this to $100. That's an $89 saving and a great price!

Thanks!

Although I do not want to have to deal withs ads, my main objection to the special offers is that it reduces the number of books shown on the home page. Since I do not plan on putting many books at once on the non touch non keyboard K4, I strongly considered getting the special offers version.

Since one of the first things I want to do is get ssh and scp going on it, and I do not know whether that would break the special offers feature, I went with the non special offers version.

jswinden · 09-29-2011, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Fahad.

Hi,

Is the browser experience any better on the K4 compared to the previous model? I would assume so, given what i have read here so far about the significantly faster processor speed.

I rarely used it on the K3. I would expect the lack of physical keyboard would be a bottleneck on the K4. I'll try it and let you know.

Jabby · 09-29-2011, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

I'm using PMN Caecilia 86 Heavy with margins set to 16. (Default margins is 40.)

Hey Jack,
That looks like a good font for me (the heavy part). Where did you get it? I googled it but couldn't find all 4 files.

Any chance you could upload it?

Regards- John

Blossom · 09-29-2011, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

I rarely used it on the K3. I would expect the lack of physical keyboard would be a bottleneck on the K4. I'll try it and let you know.

It be great to know if the browser can now open a new window. That is the main limitation of the K3 browser.

voracious71 · 09-29-2011, 11:13 PM

Mine's coming Friday!! I'm glad I ordered it- really, at $79, you can't go wrong. It'll show up while I'm at work- so I'll have to get through a whole eight hour shift before I canplay with it. Drat!!

jswinden · 09-29-2011, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jabby

Hey Jack,
That looks like a good font for me (the heavy part). Where did you get it? I googled it but couldn't find all 4 files.

Any chance you could upload it?

Regards- John

http://fontpark.net/en/font/pmn-caecilia-85-heavy/

jswinden · 09-29-2011, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fahad.

Hi,

Is the browser experience any better on the K4 compared to the previous model? I would assume so, given what i have read here so far about the significantly faster processor speed.

Much quicker at scrolling around to web page. Lack of physical keyboard is a bottleneck though.

jswinden · 09-29-2011, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blossom

It be great to know if the browser can now open a new window. That is the main limitation of the K3 browser.

I couldn't figure out how to open another window. It probably can't do that.

Blossom · 09-29-2011, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

I couldn't figure out how to open another window. It probably can't do that.

What I meant is there are some sites like Gmail, Dropbox Mobile, Amazon Library page that doesn't work because the links open in a new window. I was wondering if they fixed it finally so you can download your library books straight from your Kindle.

jswinden · 09-30-2011, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

What I meant is there are some sites like Gmail, Dropbox Mobile, Amazon Library page that doesn't work because the links open in a new window. I was wondering if they fixed it finally so you can download your library books straight from your Kindle.

There is a built-in bookmark for Gmail. I was able to log into my Gmail account and check mail with no problems. I never tried to do that with the K3 so I'm not sure if it would have been possible. The built-in bookmark is to m.gmail.com.

I hope this helps.

EDIT: Give me a specific url and I will try it out.

flourish · 09-30-2011, 12:21 AM

I got mine this morning and I'm in love. Can't really compare it to anything else as it's my first e-reader, though.

If anyone is looking for a case to tide them over until official cases are released, you should be able to hack a case built for a Sony PRS300 size e-reader. I picked up a $10 case at Walmart today, pulled out a plastic spine on the inside, attached 4 pieces of velcro to the case and back of the kindle, and boom, workable case. So far my sister has accidentally spilled something on the case and my cat's tried to sit on it 3 times, and it's holding up fine.

....I'll turn the thread back over to the more experienced users now

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09-29-2011, 10:27 PM	#151
hmgreen Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505, -600, -900, Kindle 2, Touch, PW1 (all gone), PW2, Voyage	Anyone want to weigh in on whether to spend the extra $30 to avoid "Special Offers"? I have a 3g/WiFi K3 with no special offers and love it, but don't want to pop for $189 for a K4 touch unless the ads are truly more intrusive than Amazon says they are. I might even forego 3G since I have WiFi N at home and there is always Starbucks and Barnes and Noble (as long as they don't mug me or carry me out on a rail for having a Kindle!). If I took special offers and if I forego 3g I can get this to $100. That's an $89 saving and a great price! Thanks!

09-29-2011, 10:34 PM	#152
jocampo Layback feline Posts: 3,034 Karma: 6980745 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Oasis 2nd gen, Sony DPTS1, iPad Pro 10.5"	I'm interested on the one with buttons too, but to be honest, not sure if I will be able to tolerate typing via 5 way button only. I like that they reduced the weight, but the physical keyboard is not a real issue to me.

09-29-2011, 10:36 PM	#154
Fahad. Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kindle	Hi, Is the browser experience any better on the K4 compared to the previous model? I would assume so, given what i have read here so far about the significantly faster processor speed.

09-29-2011, 11:13 PM	#159
voracious71 Addict Posts: 384 Karma: 1360936 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Quahog, RI Device: Nook, Kindle PW4, Kobo Clara	Mine's coming Friday!! I'm glad I ordered it- really, at $79, you can't go wrong. It'll show up while I'm at work- so I'll have to get through a whole eight hour shift before I canplay with it. Drat!!

09-30-2011, 12:21 AM	#165
flourish Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 4296 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: somewhere in Dixie Device: kindle NT, Samsung galaxy reverb	I got mine this morning and I'm in love. Can't really compare it to anything else as it's my first e-reader, though. If anyone is looking for a case to tide them over until official cases are released, you should be able to hack a case built for a Sony PRS300 size e-reader. I picked up a $10 case at Walmart today, pulled out a plastic spine on the inside, attached 4 pieces of velcro to the case and back of the kindle, and boom, workable case. So far my sister has accidentally spilled something on the case and my cat's tried to sit on it 3 times, and it's holding up fine. ....I'll turn the thread back over to the more experienced users now