Are you going to buy the now $79 kindle? - Page 3

shinew · 11-06-2011, 12:11 PM

I've been very happy with K4NT. However, for some books I really wish there was the X-ray feature on it, and that's the only reason I'm still considering the Touch. I do believe X-Ray is going to land on the NT sooner or later though.
I'm also especially interested in whether they'll enable the X-Ray feature for side-loaded contents as well, or strictly for Amazon purchases. So far I've not been able to get a definitive answer from Kindle support. I guess we'll see...

patrickt · 11-06-2011, 12:38 PM

I bought one in honor of Smoke and Mirrors. Since I live in Mexico I couldn't get the one with ads but I still got the Kindle Basic without ads. I like it and I'm quite honored to know Smoke and mirrors will never have one.

BeccaPrice · 11-06-2011, 03:28 PM

I got a K4SO for my son for Christmas. He didn't want the touch screen, and the K4 seems like the easiest way to see whether he'll actually use an ereader. It was my idea, not his, to get him one, and it's my way of saving my Pratchett paperbacks from further degradation... some of them are getting pretty old and worn. If he winds up using it a lot, and if he feels the lack of an mp3 player/TTS, we can upgrade him to one of the bigger Kindles later.

I've got a K3 with wifi and 3G - and have never used TTS except to demo it for a friend, and prefer my iPod Nano (5th gen - the new ones are really just too small) for my audible books. I've only once tried using the experimental browser to look something up on FB, and the trauma from that experience may haunt me to my grave.

Thamisgith · 11-13-2011, 11:12 AM

I bought one for my son's Christmas. Cost me £89 in the UK - but no special offers over here.

At that price, I'm happy to hand it over to a 14 year old. If he doesn't like it (I think he will) it's not the end of the earth.

I'm hoping that it will encourage him to read more. He spends too much time on YouTube right now.

11-06-2011, 12:11 PM	#31
shinew Addict Posts: 309 Karma: 1008082 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NYC Device: Kindle PW, K4 Touch, iPad2, Samsung Galaxy S II	I've been very happy with K4NT. However, for some books I really wish there was the X-ray feature on it, and that's the only reason I'm still considering the Touch. I do believe X-Ray is going to land on the NT sooner or later though. I'm also especially interested in whether they'll enable the X-Ray feature for side-loaded contents as well, or strictly for Amazon purchases. So far I've not been able to get a definitive answer from Kindle support. I guess we'll see... Last edited by shinew; 11-06-2011 at 12:14 PM.

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11-06-2011, 12:38 PM	#32
patrickt Wizard Posts: 1,221 Karma: 8381518 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oaxaca, Mexico Device: Paperwhite 4 X 2	I bought one in honor of Smoke and Mirrors. Since I live in Mexico I couldn't get the one with ads but I still got the Kindle Basic without ads. I like it and I'm quite honored to know Smoke and mirrors will never have one.

11-06-2011, 03:28 PM	#33
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	I got a K4SO for my son for Christmas. He didn't want the touch screen, and the K4 seems like the easiest way to see whether he'll actually use an ereader. It was my idea, not his, to get him one, and it's my way of saving my Pratchett paperbacks from further degradation... some of them are getting pretty old and worn. If he winds up using it a lot, and if he feels the lack of an mp3 player/TTS, we can upgrade him to one of the bigger Kindles later. I've got a K3 with wifi and 3G - and have never used TTS except to demo it for a friend, and prefer my iPod Nano (5th gen - the new ones are really just too small) for my audible books. I've only once tried using the experimental browser to look something up on FB, and the trauma from that experience may haunt me to my grave.

11-13-2011, 11:12 AM	#34
Thamisgith Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle	I bought one for my son's Christmas. Cost me £89 in the UK - but no special offers over here. At that price, I'm happy to hand it over to a 14 year old. If he doesn't like it (I think he will) it's not the end of the earth. I'm hoping that it will encourage him to read more. He spends too much time on YouTube right now.

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