Did you already preorder the Kindle 2? (poll) - Page 7

pilotbob · 02-15-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotdrh2003

I never liked the SD slot being behind the cover, take it out of the jacket, take off the back, power down, swap the card, reverse everything.

I never powered down my kindle to insert/remove the SD card.

BOb

desertgrandma · 02-15-2009, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

I never powered down my kindle to insert/remove the SD card.

BOb

You're kidding! Page 16 of the "about your Kindle" guide (paper version) states to turn off the Kindle before inserting card.

krisk · 02-15-2009, 04:57 PM

*whew* I am so glad that the survey is over so you can quit shouting!

JSWolf · 02-15-2009, 05:19 PM

I'm not planning on purchasing a K2. I just don't have the money for it at present. Plu, I'm waiting to see what happens with screens larger than 6". Now if I win a K2 from MR, I'd happily accept it and would even use it.

pilotbob · 02-15-2009, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

You're kidding! Page 16 of the "about your Kindle" guide (paper version) states to turn off the Kindle before inserting card.

Huh... never did it, never had a problem. What does "power down" mean? The on off switch? Does that really "power down" the thing.

But still... aren't we a little melodramatic to say that turning it off, removing the back cover inserting/changing the SD card and "reversing the process" is so onerous. What are we talking about here, a minute or two?

BOb

pilotbob · 02-15-2009, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'm not planning on purchasing a K2. I just don't have the money for it at present. Plu, I'm waiting to see what happens with screens larger than 6". Now if I win a K2 from MR, I'd happily accept it and would even use it.

Who are you and what have you done with JSWolf? How did you get his login credentials to this forum?

BOb

Elsi · 02-15-2009, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by daffy4u

I don't know. There's a lot of whining on the Amazon forums about not being offered a trade-in option for Kindle 2. Seems like a lot want to upgrade if they can get a better deal pricewise.

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

I see no justification for this. You don't get a deal on a new Toyota just because you have a previous model year. People are just greedy!

Sure you do -- it's called a trade-in. Your older car has residual value and the dealer is willing to take it off your hands if you'll buy the new model. Then he turns around and sells the car he bought from you for a profit.

The trick is -- Amazon isn't offering a trade-in. Instead, you have to find a place to sell your old Kindle for yourself. Sony offered a trade-up option to owners of the PRS-500 to purchase a PRS-505, but many found that selling their older device themselves resulted in a better price than Sony was offering.

While it might have been nice for Amazon to offer a trade-in, it wouldn't really incite me to buy another one anyway.

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Originally Posted by Boston

Admittedly, I was tempted. Just because its faster and slimmer. But I can't justify the spend as the Kindle 2 doesn't offer any real reading advantages for me over the Kindle 1.

If I sell my Kindle 1 (which to me is the same as Amazon offering an upgrade deal), I'd still add the cost of a new cover , extended warranty, as well.

So I am going to keep my Kindle 1...I still have 5 months on the Amazon warranty and another 2 years from square trade after that. If my Kindle dies in that time, then I can upgrade for small money and until then it does what I need it too.

Me too. If I need/want an additional Kindle, of course it will be a K2. (And then I can get that lovely Jade Green Cover from M-Edge.

CRoss · 02-15-2009, 07:46 PM

I've never owned an eBook reader before, but when the husband offered to buy me one for my birthday rather than ship umpteen thousand pounds of books from the States to South Korea when we move there this summer I agreed. I won't be able to use the Whispernet after we become expats, but as long as I can download new books onto the Kindle from my laptop I'm happy.

Holy crap, apologies to anyone who saw that before I edited. Apparently my cat sat on my laptop at some point before I posted.

desertgrandma · 02-15-2009, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by CRoss

I've never owned an eBook reader before, but when the husband offered to buy me one for my birthday rather than ship umpteen thousand pounds of books from the States to South Korea when we move there this summer I agreed. I won't be able to use the Whispernet after we become expats, but as long as I can download new books onto the Kindle from my laptop I'm happy.

Holy crap, apologies to anyone who saw that before I edited. Apparently my cat sat on my laptop at some point before I posted.

OH.........no problem then.......I thought we were being invaded there for a minute.

Welcome to MobileRead, CrCross.

Be sure and take advantage of the outstanding books uploaded here for you as well. You'll want the .prc format.

You have a cat? You'll fit in nicely.......

badgoodDeb · 02-15-2009, 07:58 PM

Which is to say, you want the mobipocket format. Sometimes the extension is .mobi or .prc

CRoss · 02-15-2009, 09:59 PM

Thanks for the warm welcome!

pilotbob · 02-15-2009, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Elsi

Sure you do -- it's called a trade-in. Your older car has residual value and the dealer is willing to take it off your hands if you'll buy the new model. Then he turns around and sells the car he bought from you for a profit.

Ok, but if I recall the thread here that isn't what people were looking for. They were looking for a break just because they were previous customers.

Amazon is offering the market place for to sell your K1... so it is pretty close to a trade in.

BOb

hhdumpling · 02-15-2009, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Huh... never did it, never had a problem. What does "power down" mean? The on off switch? Does that really "power down" the thing.

BOb

It's not really a requirement. The whole idea behind powering down the device is to ensure nothing is being read/written to the card when you pull it out. That can lead to data corruption and eventually a bad card.

That's why in you have the option to "eject" a flash drive from your operating system without actually pulling it out. In the majority of cases, however, you're perfectly fine just pulling it out.

lisreed · 02-16-2009, 04:38 PM

>Me too. If I need/want an additional Kindle, of course it will be a K2. (And then I can get >that lovely Jade Green Cover from M-Edge.

You can actually get it with kindle 1. They offer this color for the executive jacket in leather for both kindles.

edbro · 02-16-2009, 06:15 PM

No, I am not going to preorder simply because I plan on winning one in the Mobileread giveaway. I'm just waiting now to be notified.

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Yes	100	52.91%
No	23	12.17%
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I am not going to	57	30.16%
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02-15-2009, 04:57 PM	#93
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	whew I am so glad that the survey is over so you can quit shouting!

02-15-2009, 05:19 PM	#94
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,796 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I'm not planning on purchasing a K2. I just don't have the money for it at present. Plu, I'm waiting to see what happens with screens larger than 6". Now if I win a K2 from MR, I'd happily accept it and would even use it.

02-15-2009, 07:46 PM	#98
CRoss Bibliophile Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: West Texas Device: Kindle 2	I've never owned an eBook reader before, but when the husband offered to buy me one for my birthday rather than ship umpteen thousand pounds of books from the States to South Korea when we move there this summer I agreed. I won't be able to use the Whispernet after we become expats, but as long as I can download new books onto the Kindle from my laptop I'm happy. Holy crap, apologies to anyone who saw that before I edited. Apparently my cat sat on my laptop at some point before I posted.

02-15-2009, 07:58 PM	#100
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Which is to say, you want the mobipocket format. Sometimes the extension is .mobi or .prc

02-15-2009, 09:59 PM	#101
CRoss Bibliophile Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: West Texas Device: Kindle 2	Thanks for the warm welcome!

02-16-2009, 04:38 PM	#104
lisreed Addict Posts: 281 Karma: 1301 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Upstate NY Device: Nook GlowLight 3	>Me too. If I need/want an additional Kindle, of course it will be a K2. (And then I can get >that lovely Jade Green Cover from M-Edge. You can actually get it with kindle 1. They offer this color for the executive jacket in leather for both kindles.

02-16-2009, 06:15 PM	#105
edbro Banned Posts: 640 Karma: 4911 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grapevine, TX Device: iPad4	No, I am not going to preorder simply because I plan on winning one in the Mobileread giveaway. I'm just waiting now to be notified.

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