New Kindle with WiFi announced

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Originally Posted by Truth

I think those declaring Amazon's victory are still forgetting something key: the older, nontechnical demographic.

Statistics have shown for some time now that the most prevalent eBook readers are the older(50+) non tech folks and middle age women.

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[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Josieb1

Thats why its called consumer choice.

Wow... you really like to tell me things I already know.

I would not disagree with anyone that said the Kindle doesn't fit their needs. More power to you. However, let's not invent issues that don't exist as reason why the Kindle is bad or others shouldn't want it. Let them make their choice with valid and practical information.

BOb

[fjtorres]

Here's ZDNet market impact analysis on the new Kindles:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/amazon...48?tag=nl.e539

Basically, they expect sales to go through the roof.

[Josieb1]

Originally posted by -X- - Statistics have shown for some time now that the most prevalent eBook readers are the older(50+) non tech folks and middle age women.

I am not quite there, but not far off it either

[Kumabjorn]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

Next up is Japan; the new kindles support cyrillic and Japanese text.
(Now we know why Sony is trying to bring their readers back into the japanese market.)

Was that in the press release? I have missed that information. If that is really the case I shall return my K2 for a K3.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

Uh, guys, if I may be so crass as to point out the thread is supposed to be about the release of new Kindle hardware not about library lending or epub support?

discussion of the Kindle as a valid reading device and eco system are actually perfectly on topic in this thread. Believe me, this is nothing when it comes to topic drift.

As a moderator let me say that this long and fast moving thread is great... everyone has been very polite and mostly on topic.

BOb

[krischik]

Originally Posted by Fbone

According to the USA Today interview with Jeff Bezos the kindles won't have epub support because they are moving too fast tech-wise and can't wait for 3rd party standards to catch up.

That's rich. Wow is he a swell-head.

Martin

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by krischik

That's rich. Wow is he a swell-head.

Martin

Perhaps... but whatever he is doing has certainly got him a swelled wallet.

BOb

[Kevin2960]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

So where has she been hiding lately?

She was Away for a while, but back and still wonderful

[texasnightowl]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Well technically you can, but...

You have to have to either a) have a library that offers Mobi books (which are fewer and fewer) and then hack them or you have to b) remove DRM from PDF ebooks or remove DRM and then convert ePub ebooks. That's beyond the scope of things for most general users.

Not to belabor the point, but this is absolutely spot on.

My library is going to start offering ebooks on Monday. And they will be EPUB only. No mobi. Because of this, I had started considering purchasing an epub comp. device to go along with my K1. But the K3 is very tempting ... very, very tempting ... despite the fact I'll be giving up on epub support.

One of my colleagues at work...a very techie person at that...will not buy one of the new Kindles because of the epub issue. He's going to buy a Sony or Nook. He doesn't care about wifi or 3G...but being able to read a book obtained from the library is important. And he doesn't want to have to fiddle with scripts to remove DRM. And I can't blame him. I do it, but that doesn't mean I like having to do it. But as long as there is DRM (either Amazon's or Adobe's) I will continue doing it. But like my colleague, or like my father, general users are not going to.

[krischik]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Pre-ordered. Amazon won the format war and are now the de facto standard. It's over now for ePub (much to my disappointment), but I'm not bitter. Well played Amazon, well played.

In the USA. They did not win anything here as there are non German books for Kindle:

http://de.androlib.com/android.appli...jzBpi.aspx?p=2

Monopolizing USA might make him loose the world.

[Crowl]

Originally Posted by EowynCarter

Amazon allowing e-readers makers to use their stuff ? Nah.... Amazon switching to ePub is more likley

They wouldn't simply be allowing people to use their stuff though, they would be licensing the right to make the hardware, it would expand the range of kindle hardware available in much the same way that the apps for idevices, android or blackberry already does.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

she checks in periodically, lurks occasionally. terribly missed but having a blast being a Grandma

She's not been on since May 27, 2010. That's a long time to be missing in action.

[krischik]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Amazon is doing everything that the customer wants, from price point to availability

Only for the 5% of the human population living in the States. Even Brits and Australians are “regionally restricted”. The format ware might still be decided in the other 95%.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by TheJohnNewton

Kindles are widely available in Target stores.

Next time i'm at Target, I'll have to check out the Kindle display. If it's as bad as the Sony display is/was, they may as well not be carrying it.