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Old 05-20-2012, 01:06 PM   #46
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elf wreck. Pocketbook lets you organize with multi-level folders AND has a "favorites" section. in "favorites" you can re arrange all of those books in other ways , its basically tagging. it can all be done on device or sitting at the comp with device plugged in. so you can have your regular folder for genre scifi and a favorites folder dubbed fan fic and folder in it dubbed star trek. each way is searchable
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Old 05-20-2012, 01:25 PM   #47
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elf wreck. Pocketbook lets you organize with multi-level folders AND has a "favorites" section. in "favorites" you can re arrange all of those books in other ways , its basically tagging. it can all be done on device or sitting at the comp with device plugged in. so you can have your regular folder for genre scifi and a favorites folder dubbed fan fic and folder in it dubbed star trek. each way is searchable
Is Pocketbook going to release the A62 in the USA?
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Old 05-20-2012, 01:34 PM   #48
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a62 is from Onyx. the Onyx importer for the US says

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I just ordered a sample unit of the A62 with the LG 1024x768 screen for testing. I am also working with some bloggers to review it. If it's well received, we will carry it on OnyxBoox.com for the US Market.
the sample will be in this week some time.
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Old 05-20-2012, 01:44 PM   #49
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Rupert Murdock must not have found a reader their "news" crew could hack. Everything must be put in perspective. The source is part of that perspective. When the source is "yellow" what are you viewing it through?
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Second post is a political one in a forum where political posts are not welcome. Way to kick off your mobile read career noSilicon
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He's not talking about politics. He's talking about crime.
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Old 05-20-2012, 04:08 PM   #53
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Hadn't noticed this thread was about fox news, rupert murdock, or phone tapping. Thought it was about whether this was a good time to buy an e-reader.
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To be perfectly fair... Fox News is included in the title of the thread (somewhat luridly), so it's not outrageous that people would give their opinions on the source of said news. But that doesn't mean the thread has to devolve into the typical right/left, political fuster-cluck either.
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To be perfectly fair... Fox News is included in the title of the thread (somewhat luridly), so it's not outrageous that people would give their opinions on the source of said news. But that doesn't mean the thread has to devolve into the typical right/left, political fuster-cluck either.
Hear, hear. It's reasonable to mention--in passing--one's opinions about the source of a bit of news while commenting on the news itself; it's not acceptable to let the thread turn into a debate about that source.
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it's not outrageous that people would give their opinions on the source of said news.
It kind of is. And when people wander off as they have here, the threads get uninteresting (and locked). People stop following because whatever interesting discussion may follow has to be culled from the off topic comments. The thread is about whether or not it is a good time to buy an ereader NOT about fox news, rupert murcock, or bias in the media.
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You'd be a fool to take anything Fox News says seriously. Fox gives news so slanted, that everything slides off.
So very true.
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It kind of is. And when people wander off as they have here, the threads get uninteresting (and locked). People stop following because whatever interesting discussion may follow has to be culled from the off topic comments. The thread is about whether or not it is a good time to buy an ereader NOT about fox news, rupert murcock, or bias in the media.
No. The title of the topic is exactly as it appears on Fox's page, they say you'd be a fool to buy one now. So it's perfectly on topic to discuss whether you'd be a fool to buy one now, or a fool to believe Fox News.
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Given the thread's topic, it's only foolish to buy now if you know that soon a new version/different model is going to come out. For example, don't buy a Sony Reader in September as October will be a new model. Then you can decide if you want the previous model (if it can be found) or the new model. For example, if you wanted a T1, then get one now as it's about 4.5 months until a new model.
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So it's perfectly on topic to discuss whether you'd be a fool to buy one now, or a fool to believe Fox News.
Given the thread title, yes, it's on-topic. But the thread title is inflammatory and unnecessary. The OP article originated on the LAPTOP magazine web site. The opinion piece has no more to do with FoxNews than do hard news Associated Press articles, some of which I found when, as research for this post, I used Calibre to download current FoxNews content to my Kindle.

LAPTOP itself has the offending article:

http://blog.laptopmag.com/10-gadgets...-buy-right-now

As does LiveScience.com:

http://www.livescience.com/20409-10-...adline+Feed%29

As does Yahoo:

http://news.yahoo.com/10-gadgets-d-f...185446098.html

My advice to cassidym: In the future, avoid picking up items from web sites with a strong political reputation. Instead, use google to find an identical, or similar, item from a source that is, or at least seems to be, politically neutral.

Having said that, I agree with everyone that the OP article is mistaken.
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