Hmmm...could this be the Kindle 3? - Page 2

brecklundin · 02-03-2010, 07:04 PM

daffy:

I was playing with the pixel aspect ratio in PS and when I drop thepixel aspect ratio to 0.4 then it does indeed look like a normal K2...it could very well be squished...still I sure would like a landscape orientation reader like the possible squished version...btw, we have a couple of those covers as well...mine if going up for sale because of the left edge making it harder for me to turn the pages...better half loves hers...but she is, well, just not right anyway.

brecklundin · 02-03-2010, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by The-eBook-Reader

ziplizard is spot on; it's just a distorted K2. But it makes you wonder about how a Kindle would look with a 5" screen turned longwise with the keyboard underneath it.

me too...one of my complaints about the K2 is now that is supports different screen orientations, I really displike the location of the page nav buttons. As I mentioned in another post, the balance is also not quite right. but I would LOVE a native landscape device that has the buttons on the short side though they need to be the same buttons on both sides so people can navigate easily with either hand. I would also not mind 3-buttons on each side (next og./prev. pg./home)...the "joy" stick can be whever it wants to be...

Here is to hoping it is not just a goofed up image and a real prototype...but after playing with it deeper, I could manipulate the image of the reader itself to look close to normal.

Sonist · 02-03-2010, 07:15 PM

This thing is butt-ugly!

It looks exactly like what it is, which is a vertical image of the K2, resized by the website to fit the horizontal placement box.

LDBoblo · 02-04-2010, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

I hope not. I am waiting for eink color!

I'm pretty sure E-Ink in color still won't be as good as Mirasol. Much as I hope to avoid Kindle, it would be great if they tossed the E-Ink for Mirasol, and could possibly make a customer out of me.

David Derrico · 02-04-2010, 02:33 AM

I own the jacket pictured, it hinges at the top. I can 100% verify it is simply a squashed image - someone just messed up the img height tag. =)

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02-03-2010, 07:04 PM	#16
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	daffy: I was playing with the pixel aspect ratio in PS and when I drop thepixel aspect ratio to 0.4 then it does indeed look like a normal K2...it could very well be squished...still I sure would like a landscape orientation reader like the possible squished version...btw, we have a couple of those covers as well...mine if going up for sale because of the left edge making it harder for me to turn the pages...better half loves hers...but she is, well, just not right anyway.

02-03-2010, 07:15 PM	#18
Sonist Apeist Posts: 2,126 Karma: 381090 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The sunny part of California Device: Generic virtual reality story-experiential device	This thing is butt-ugly! It looks exactly like what it is, which is a vertical image of the K2, resized by the website to fit the horizontal placement box.

02-04-2010, 02:33 AM	#20
David Derrico Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 510132 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: South Florida Device: Kindle 3 & Kobo Wireless	I own the jacket pictured, it hinges at the top. I can 100% verify it is simply a squashed image - someone just messed up the img height tag. =)

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