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Old 10-22-2009, 03:08 PM   #46
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:10 PM   #47
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Hopefully they can crank this out pretty quickly. I think the Kindle experience is far superior to reading on a PC, I think it does open up a few interesting possibilities. (For one thing, there are periodicals for Kindle that would really benefit from a color screen.)
I agree, reading on the Kindle is a far better experience. I do have certain periodicals and other items I like to read that would be better on the PC. I don't do long term reading on the PC.
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:13 PM   #48
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I just noticed that is only for a PC! Grrr....
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:15 PM   #49
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I just noticed that is only for a PC! Grrr....
Apparently their person on Facebook said a Mac version will be coming too.
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:21 PM   #50
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Why should I go with a company who are only doing the minimum after being forced into it by their competition outplaying them?

Good question if you ask me.



My take on this is that Amazon has felt in control of the market/industry right up until the B&N announcement.
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BIG difference between 'running scared' and being competitive. And that's good... the more competitive these get the better it'll be for all of us.

But Amazon is hardly 'running scared.'
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:28 PM   #52
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I just noticed that is only for a PC! Grrr....
Neener, neener!

I'm sure they'll have a mac version soon, or maybe you can run it in emulation mode eh?
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:36 PM   #53
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Do Kindle books bought to read using the iPhone app have a different PID linked to them than books bought from the Kindle on the same Amazon account? I'm just wondering if the software apps have PIDs associated with the hardware they're running on, and not the kindles on the Amazon account. Has anyone "liberated" a Kindle book bought using an iPhone, and if so, what PID was needed?
I have liberated AZW eBooks that were purchased using the Kindle APP. What was needed was a modification to the original KindlePID Python program and then the proper string to put in to get the PID. Then from there once you are able to get the AZZ books off the iPod or iPhone, you can use MobiDeDRM to remove the DRM.
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:36 PM   #54
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:36 PM   #55
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I'd rather use this on my tablet in portrait mode than in landscape mode on a netbook or anything of that sort, myself.

Hopefully this will be better than other PC ebook reading software, which is decent, but nothing special - in my opinion the bigger issue with the PC reading experience isn't reading it on the PC, but the fact that there's no really good software for it.

And since I'd want to use it on the tablet, too bad it probably won't allow handwritten notes - only one that does that is the MS Reader for Tablets and that's just horrible software.
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:37 PM   #56
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Nice idea, but I'd much rather have Kindle for Mac. At least then I could more easily read at work during the slow times.
I guess Mac users are all supposed to have & use their iPhone or iPod Touch. Or use virtualization to run Windows.
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Old 10-22-2009, 03:38 PM   #57
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Why should I go with a company who are only doing the minimum after being forced into it by their competition outplaying them?
Thats the beauty of e-book readers. You don't have to go with any one company.

The choice is yours.
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For the Mac users out there, we will be releasing a free Kindle for Mac application in the next few months.
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Again, this has likely been in the works for awhile. And every vendor responds to the competition, that's how things work.
No, but again - why should I be paying attention to a company bring in a PC app late, which does the minimum and still has all the hallmarks and DRM of the company's control freak nature stamped all over it?
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