11-18-2007, 09:54 AM | #16 |
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One problem they might have is that unless it's available in shops where people can actually go and get a hands on with it, it may not sell all that well. Imaging spending $400 on an unknown item that all you get is a picture of and no ability have actually try it before you buy. I'd be leery of it if I was an average non-tech type person.
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11-18-2007, 10:00 AM | #17 |
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88,000 titles well exceeds what Mobipocket claims to have available right now (39,000) and far exceeds Sony's current 24,000 titles. If the new content becomes available soon in the current Mobipocket format and can be purchased to read on other ebook readers, you may want to watch this closely. Alas, those of us with Sony Readers will just have to sit back and hope this encourages Sony to catch up.
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11-18-2007, 10:04 AM | #18 |
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"Jot down a gloss" "highlighting?" Does this have a pen input? If it's a wacom style that would be so nice.
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11-18-2007, 10:16 AM | #19 | |
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And if the people who buy them don't show them off to their hordes of friends, who will buy after the geeks? And another thing: Maybe so, but if it looks like the fugly dingus we've been staring at for the past year, the design isn't very good. (Yes, I'm getting frustrated by not seeing an up-to-date version!) Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 11-18-2007 at 10:31 AM. Reason: And another thing... |
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11-18-2007, 10:31 AM | #20 |
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Another interesting statement was..
And if you or a friend sends a word document or PDF file to your private Kindle e-mail address, it appears in your Kindle library, just as a book does. This implies DOC as a file format also. And that may include pictures that the Sony's RTF does not do right now |
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11-18-2007, 10:43 AM | #21 |
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Email to other Kindle users? Is that a joke? That's just not an incentive for me to buy the Kindle.
I'm convinced that publishers will make books available in all formats, not just the Kindle mobi-pocket one so if its library is 88,000, so will everyone else's in short time. |
11-18-2007, 10:44 AM | #22 |
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I don't see any mention of a charge, or lack of charge, for the EVDO connection. Is it included in the price of the machine? Paying $400 and then a monthly charge on top of that seems a bit much to me.
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11-18-2007, 10:48 AM | #23 | |
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I think, however, that it's highly unlikely that any type of data transfer which uses mobile phone technology is going to be "free". People are happy to pay $400 for a mobile phone, and then pay a monthly subscription to use it. It is a proven business model. |
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11-18-2007, 10:56 AM | #24 | |
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11-18-2007, 11:38 AM | #25 | |
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11-18-2007, 11:48 AM | #26 | |
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If Amazon makes ~80,000 title available in MOBI format, that would be a huge advance in itself. I hope they allow 4 devices per e-book, and allow purchases without a Kindle. Even if they don't, there will still be price pressure on other e-book sellers and many of those MOBI titles will be available from other retailers. |
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11-18-2007, 12:03 PM | #27 | |
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Bezos has been known to exaggerate the importance of his pet projects, remember the hype he created for the Segway? |
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11-18-2007, 12:07 PM | #28 |
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Except it's not so proven in the ebook industry. If memory serves, the earliest ebook readers required a monthly subscription and direct-download via telephone cable plugged into the device, no computer required. Hopefully Amazon looked at the failures of those devices when developing their own direct-download ebook device and have come up with a better solution. Perhaps something like a "wireless tax" on each download, so cost is tied to usage.
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11-18-2007, 12:19 PM | #29 |
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But presumably the wireless method will not (I hope!) be the only download method. I don't see anything wrong with having an optional wireless download service for which there's a charge, as long as content can also be downloaded over the internet via a PC and transferred to the device that way.
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11-18-2007, 12:20 PM | #30 | |
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https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16122 If they came out with that design for $399 I'd be telling everyone I know to buy it. |
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