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No way in Heck will I get one! | 6 | 14.63% | |
Me! Me! Me! I will! Me! Me! Me! | 4 | 9.76% | |
Maybe. It depends on the price, options, appearance | 31 | 75.61% | |
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10-05-2007, 11:18 AM | #16 |
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Perhaps a little difficult, but I'm ok with that since text input in a decidedly secondary function of the device. To me, it's for 99% reading, 1% typing. So it wouldn't bother me if the keys were small and a little awkward to use. I'd much rather it be awkward than large.
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10-05-2007, 11:31 AM | #17 | |
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10-05-2007, 11:36 AM | #18 | |
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10-05-2007, 11:38 AM | #19 | |
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Personally, I think an on-screen keyboard would be fine if the only reason for a keyboard is to shop the online store. |
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10-05-2007, 11:46 AM | #20 |
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They did make it look like a study tool. Writing on it is inherent then.
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10-05-2007, 05:01 PM | #21 | |
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Wait for one slightly faster refresh and of those fabric keyboards and you'd have a killer study device. Not only that but this approach also has the advantage that you'd make it optional thus not imposing it on all your users. That's what I'd call "flexible design" (pun not entirely intended) It's getting closer and closer... (Some day my color iLiad will have a case made from that fabric...) Last edited by BKeeper; 10-05-2007 at 05:06 PM. |
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10-08-2007, 06:19 PM | #22 |
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Will I buy a Kindle? I don't know.
I want an e-Ink reader, but price and format support will be major determinants. If it supports the formats I use and comes in at an affordable price I may get one. If it doesn't, I won't. |
10-09-2007, 09:38 AM | #23 |
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I'll buy one if
1) it is good enough 2) enough people buy my two mp3 files (see my sig) to reduce the cost to acceptable levels... |
11-16-2007, 08:27 AM | #24 |
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Since it looks like the Kindle will be announce on Monday, am resurrecting this thread.
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11-16-2007, 08:48 AM | #25 |
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You go, Nate! Actually, a new poll option could be added as we're now fairly sure what the price is going to be ($399).
I would immediately buy the Kindle, if I knew that I could use the online services also in Europe. But somehow I don't think this is going to work ;( |
11-16-2007, 08:51 AM | #26 |
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It will probably be the usual situation of the American media completely ignoring any non-US product when it comes to writing reviews. Look at the two recent reviews of the Sony 505 we've seen in the last week, neither of which (when discussing other devices) made the least mention of the Gen3 or the iLiad.
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11-16-2007, 09:03 AM | #27 |
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If it's going to be $399 that's a problem. Price is one of the things that's limiting sales on the Sony Reader and going $100 in the wrong direction isn't going to help.
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11-16-2007, 09:56 AM | #28 |
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I'm interested but will wait and see.
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11-16-2007, 11:13 AM | #29 |
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11-19-2007, 12:18 AM | #30 |
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It needs to support open ebook formats, to subscribe to and read any RSS feed as well as import my OPML file from Google Reader, read and answer my Gmail, access any other only sources for ebooks including full access to Google Books, function as an open standard for payable content so I can buy access to one newspaper article at the time using micropayments instead of being only able to read articles from a newspaper if I pay an expensive subscription, it should access to all articles from Google News as well. Especially, Amazon needs to make it available in Europe working on HSDPA networks.
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