11-16-2007, 08:46 PM | #46 |
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That's it!! It looks like one of those 'pads' that Yeoman Rand kept giving to Captain Kirk!! I knew it looked familiar.
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11-17-2007, 12:21 AM | #47 |
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This is making me nostalgic for my VIC-20.
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11-17-2007, 08:23 AM | #48 | |
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Scobleizer has a lot to say about the Kindle, but he cannot
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11-17-2007, 09:03 AM | #50 | |
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Reuters has updated their initial news reporting on the rumored Kindle release. They added the following statement (emphasis mine):
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11-17-2007, 10:00 AM | #51 |
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So, I guess I shoud start looking for a religion, then learning how to pray to that particular god and then do it, all between now and monday so that maybe that deity can influence Amazon in such a way that they launch their Kindle and associated delivery platform in Europe...
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11-17-2007, 10:03 AM | #52 |
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Okay, now I am holding my breath.
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11-17-2007, 10:05 AM | #53 |
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I would not recommend that NatCh...even if they Do announce the Kindle on Monday, you won't hear because the max. time a person can hold his/her breath is only a few minutes...
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11-17-2007, 10:10 AM | #54 | |
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11-17-2007, 10:15 AM | #56 |
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I meant that metaphorically
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11-17-2007, 10:22 AM | #57 |
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Well...you could have said so...
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11-17-2007, 10:30 AM | #58 |
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Is there any actual size mentioned in any of the rumors? I would think the screen would not be useful if much smaller than the Sony. If the screen was that size, that would make the whole item, as shown, much bigger as well as somewhat thicker than the Sony. That much bigger probably also means that much heavier. If it is that size, it is no longer "hold with one hand", which is what one expects from most books, so it no longer is a book in the casual reading sense of the word.
So what we have then is a sorta small tablet PC that does not do nearly what a tablet PC does. I think there is great danger in trying to make a reader that does so much that it is no longer really a reader. Doing one thing well is better than trying to do a lot lot of things and winding up doing many of them badly, which is what the design as we know it now seems to imply. I sure hope I am wrong. Last edited by CCDMan; 11-17-2007 at 10:33 AM. |
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I believe last year's leaked manual specified a 6" display ....
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11-17-2007, 10:47 AM | #60 |
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This photo of the Kindle on Amazon's site suggests that it is quite large indeed. Okay, I'm going to stop it with this joke - I promise.
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