Reading on a Smartphone

[SeaKing]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Oh I would love one of those! I saw them during Black Friday. Now if it'd only come down in price.

That was one I had been following.
The Samsung 5.0 started at $269 on Amazon. Today, it is $239.
I am pretty sure it was less briefly, around $229 or $219.

The confusing factor is that the Samsung 4.0 started at $229. Today it is $199.

(Just looked.)

Also you have to be careful not to confuse the 5.0 with the Samsung S 5 which is very similar and I can't tell you the difference.

All these have their prices change from time to time.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by SeaKing

That was one I had been following.
The Samsung 5.0 started at $269 on Amazon. Today, it is $239.
I am pretty sure it was less briefly, around $229 or $219.

The confusing factor is that the Samsung 4.0 started at $229. Today it is $199.

(Just looked.)

Also you have to be careful not to confuse the 5.0 with the Samsung S 5 which is very similar and I can't tell you the difference.

All these have their prices change from time to time.

The Samsung S 5 isn't Android it's just an MP3 player with a screen. Samsung 5.0 runs on Android so It's pretty amazing. I just bought a Kindle Fire in November so it will be a while before I can buy anything that expensive. Maybe for next's year birthday.

[SeaKing]

Originally Posted by RainingLemur

This is...probably one of the best things I've read in a long while. It's a very fantastic point. Karma coming for that.

Early on in the Service, we were told, and then it was proven for me anyway, that motivation was the strongest determiner of our eventual fates. I decided that I wanted to be a pilot despite a poor history and a lot of past failings and long odds against it. Then when I got into pilot school finally, I decided I was going to be the best. I was second in my class. So I decided that I would try even harder. I am still doing it.

You can become accustomed to or "used to" achieving. It and almost anything can become a habit, if you really want it.

[ebusinesstutor]

Originally Posted by SeaKing

Andrew, the people here at Mobileread are not the masses that advertising is aimed at. I don't care how Amazon markets the Fire. We are, and here I use a two-dollar word "eclectic." I like that word for my wives and "others" as well.

How many wives do you have?

[SeaKing]

Originally Posted by ebusinesstutor

How many wives do you have?

I used to slough that question off by saying things like "it is complicated," "hard to tell," "not sure," or even my last favorite, "get back to me on that."

With kids, you have to be more forthright about the history or they get resentful.
3 legal marriages and 3 divorces
1 invalidated or annulled - her family
1 common law suit (I prevailed) I was still legally married. (oh happy day,
she didn't see that coming)
and many many "close friends" - like the song that Carly Simon sang.

I count 14 children as mine, legally or in effect. I try not to differentiate.

But hey, I am an old guy with lots of history,

... ,a lot of miles and a lot of ports.

My only excuse is that I loved every one.

[Filark]

Originally Posted by SeaKing

My only excuse is that I loved every one.

That's not an excuse, that's a reason!

[Steven Lyle Jordan]

O--kayy...

On another topic, I just landed a Droid 3 (my wife just got around to telling me that my phone didn't sound good, after my using it for 2 years...), and one advantage it gives me is being able to access my B&N novels on its Nook app. So I can go back to reading my B&N content on the phone, now that it's so easy to sync them up.