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![]() My point still stands. Why are you trying to shoehorn the Kindle into being an MP3 player? Also, go buy one of the dozens of specialist devices that are meant to play music and audiobooks and come with SD card slots. Why force a specialist ebook reader to double as a music player? And once you take audio out of the equation, even the old 2 GB was more than enough to hold a years supply of books, as I explained HERE. |
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The 1st Kindle had SDCards they took it away! The K3 Has Touch to Speak they took that away! I don't get it they get Great ideas then That's it they decide Not to use them again! UGH! O Fire HD had the ability to connect to TV they Dropped that too!
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The Kindle originally came with an SD slot and audio capability. Kindle also had audible compatibility. Amazon has been dropping useful features from Kindles. When Apple puts in an SD card slot and then takes it away, I'll complain about Apple. When Apple takes away audio capability, I'll complain about Apple. |
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And most people don't complain about the lack of an SD card on the Kindle, because they don't need such a frivolous feature. I will listen to your complaint about the lack of an SD card when you also complain about the lack of an importance-conferring $300 price tag. |
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I am very much for Amazon's right to take away a feature that costs more for them to create than it earns them profit. Including by way of goodwill, which this doesn't particularly engender, on account of the people who know it exists are in the minority and even they mostly don't care. |
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And you are ALWAYS subject to the whims of a service provider. If not a mobile network provider than an ISP at your house. I mean... you can't have ebooks delivered to your devices by magic... some sort of provider is required at some point! Quote:
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If you are talking something like Netflix, well... you never own any of that, you just "rent" access to their library. For something like Amazon storing the ebooks you license from them in an online cloud archive, well... they stipulate the rules in their TOS. And you are allowed to download the actual book files to keep a local cache. |
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![]() Only thing I miss is the Imersion Reading when they 1st started I could do it on the K3 ... Now its only on the Fires. Last edited by Barbara1955; 09-24-2014 at 03:41 PM. |
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Once again, tablets are the superior device (in both the ability to render audio, and the ability to hold the files), and Amazon recognizes that. Tablets are geared towards audio, e-ink ereaders are NOT! I was unaware that the K3 ever offered Immersion Reading. As this is a feature of the firmware... |
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Right now I have 2 Jean M Auel & 700+ eBooks! When I can read I read when I driving I listen! BTW Fire die in 10 hour the K3 with Audio on last 1-2 days!! Like I said I loved it with the immersion Switching back & forth can get annoying.
My 1st Audibles were 31 FREE Ebooks & their matching Audibles ALL Free whent they 1st introduced the Imersion! I Only had the K3... 6 months later they stopped it ![]() Last edited by Barbara1955; 09-24-2014 at 04:42 PM. |
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I would rather have More onboard space than SD Card ... Every time I use the dang SD on my Sansa Clip the books become scrambled! Even when I have more than 1 audible no others on the Clip they scramble. At least the K3 keeps them straight & with decent speakers & battery life!
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Oh yeah. The e-ink Kindles should all be bumped up to 16 GB storage just so a minority of people can listen to audiobooks on their all-handheld-devices-must-have-the-full-capabilities-of-a-tablet ereader. Quote:
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