Amazon Announces 4 New Kindle devices...

[Enkidu of Abydos]

Originally Posted by Crusader

I also only get the option of the basic Kindle for order.

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Looks like most are US-only. Only the touch-less versions are shipped outside the US.

That's what eBay (and other online resellers) is for. Works for me.

[blue_skies]

Originally Posted by molman

Sorry for double post, but I'm curious what style of offers are there that are so attractive (not in US so havent seen)? I must say I'm not so consumption orientated that I tend to find most offers a waste of time for me personally, though I do know plenty for who adjust their buying habits around such.

There was 20% off laptop computers coupon that could save a person a lot of money if they were in the market for one. They've also had coupons for HDTVs, TV series on DVD, Kindle books for a dollar, music, video, outdoor and sports type products, Kindle covers, any physical product - save $5 on something that's $10 or more, $20 gift cards for $10 etc...

I'm not consumption oriented either... my favorite coupon so far was a 50% off groceries (which were already heavily discounted) and included a lot of natural and organic products among other things. I stocked up and saved over $200.00 with that one.

[molman]

Originally Posted by blue_skies

There was 20% off laptop computers coupon that could save a person a lot of money if they were in the market for one. They've also had coupons for HDTVs, TV series on DVD, Kindle books for a dollar, music, video, outdoor and sports type products, Kindle covers, any physical product - save $5 on something that's $10 or more, $20 gift cards for $10 etc...

I'm not consumption oriented either... my favorite coupon so far was a 50% off groceries (which were already heavily discounted) and included a lot of natural and organic products among other things. I stocked up and saved over $200.00 with that one.

Groceries from Amazon? or are the discounts for non-Amazon properties too?

Are the deals generally available anyway? A lot of those discounts sound rather similar to all the general discounts amazon tends to have going on at various times (having purchased a few $1 ebooks myself).

Anyway I can't purchase many of said items from Amazon in my part of the world (with the ad model not being offered here), nor do I think it would be for me anyway. I can't say the prospect of sitting on the beach and pulling out my Kindle with an Ad on the front of it really appeals to me.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by molman

Sorry for double post, but I'm curious what style of offers are there that are so attractive (not in US so havent seen)? I must say I'm not so consumption orientated that I tend to find most offers a waste of time for me personally, though I do know plenty for who adjust their buying habits around such.

This post has a listing of all current offers.

This post has a listing of all previous offers.

[molman]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

This post has a listing of all current offers.

This post has a listing of all previous offers.

Cheers. Interesting. All pretty short offer periods from what I saw, so still a lot of people likely buying stuff for the sake of (like groupon and other such things) unless it just happens to align with something you need/want at that point in time. Guess it keeps your economy going which seems to need it atm

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by molman

Are the deals generally available anyway? A lot of those discounts sound rather similar to all the general discounts amazon tends to have going on at various times (having purchased a few $1 ebooks myself).

These offers are generally not available otherwise. For example, there have been offers for 50% off a Roku box, 50% off Amazon gift cards, 50% off a lighted leather cover and 40% off a standard leather cover. I've never seen such huge discounts being offered to everyone.

Many members here have saved enough money from these offers to pay for their Kindles; making them essentially free. My Kindle has been paid for several times over from these offers.

[molman]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

These offers are generally not available otherwise. For example, there have been offers for 50% off a Roku box, 50% off Amazon gift cards, 50% off a lighted leather cover and 40% off a standard leather cover. I've never seen such huge discounts being offered to everyone.

Many members here have saved enough money from these offers to pay for their Kindles; making them essentially free. My Kindle has been paid for several times over from these offers.

If you were going to purchase said things anyway yes there does seem to be some decent savings, though on the flipside it can also be a rationalisation of spending more Anyway seems to work for you and others seem equally impressed. Some of them like the 20% off notebooks is rather decent with things like Apple machines that are never really on sale.

As I said I cant get said version anyway so it's a mute point for me, was just curious.

[Crowl]

Originally Posted by Andrew H.

I think that Kindle's plan is to basically blanket the 6" e-ink space with everything people might want. Touch model? Got it! Budget model? Got it! Keyboard model? Right here! It would undercut this strategy to remove the keyboard model, thereby losing those customers who prefer a keyboard. (And there may be a lot of them, since all Kindles until now have had keyboards).

Here's hoping they discover a market for a Kindle Touch 3G that includes the buttons of the cheapy one at some point as the lack of at least page turn buttons killed my interest in the touch models.

[Crowl]

Originally Posted by bhartman36

I still don't see a reason someone would pick a Kindle Fire over an iPad other than price, but maybe there are enough cost-conscious consumers out there to make the difference.

Portability is the obvious plus for these 7" tablets, it is small enough to fit in a jacket pocket and light enough to hold comfortably in one hand, whereas I tend to only use my ipad at home.

[Crowl]

Originally Posted by FerretMochaLatte

I don't want to sound like a bummer or a buzzkill, but although these new devices are impressive, I do not think that it warrants switching over to the new device unless you want a touch experience or if you do not have the current Kindle.

Most of the upgrades they have can be done with an OTA upgrade.

Just saying.

On something like an eink reader the upgraders will be a bonus since those people are already amazon customers, the primary focus for any new devices will be to attract more customers to amazon whether they are from other eink readers or completely new customers entirely.

[molman]

@Crowl: You might want to exercise the multi-quote option.

[Dulin's Books]

for posts made 35 mins apart for the 1st and 2nd and then 9 mins later for the last?

[molman]

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

for posts made 35 mins apart for the 1st and 2nd and then 9 mins later for the last?

Fair point, but seems like Crowl is/was working his way through the thread; nothing wrong with holding off clicking that post button or editing the original post since there had been no further activity, or maybe Crowl isn't/wasn't even aware of said feature.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by molman

As I said I cant get said version anyway so it's a mute point for me, was just curious.

A "moot" point, not a "mute" point. Sorry, but this is an error that I find annoying .

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by molman

@Crowl: You might want to exercise the multi-quote option.

Multi-quote breaks threaded mode. So it's not a good idea to use it for those that like threaded mode.