05-18-2009, 12:09 AM | #151 | |
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05-18-2009, 12:16 AM | #152 |
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505 would be good too!!! I love mine.
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05-18-2009, 03:45 AM | #153 | |
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You know a lot of books belong in multiple areas...but I might now see a bit of a circular argument here. Not sure, but I am basically considering what is easier for the hardware to manage quickly. I just have an intuition it is tags/sub-tags with a proper index and database system which might be faster. Even if the folders are built in assembly. I sense the tags would be easier for people to grasp and retain over time. I know people tend to lose track of folder structures they create. |
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05-21-2009, 10:49 AM | #154 |
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more pictures
I found some more pictures of the device on wired.com
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/...s-up-the-heat/ Amy |
05-21-2009, 11:00 AM | #155 |
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Now that Amazon has apparently started charging for emailing documents, I don't think Wispernet is that big of a deal. I get most of my books and all of my newspapers from vendors other than Amazon.
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05-21-2009, 11:45 AM | #156 | |
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05-21-2009, 06:32 PM | #157 |
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i'm thinking of pickin one of these up once they are able to be ordered for Canadians...
anyone know what the protective cases look like? are they around the same as the bookeen, sony, and kindle cases? |
05-21-2009, 07:09 PM | #158 | |
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I have not seen any examples of protective cases yet. I am not sure that any are available currently? Hopefully they will soon, but since they are not on the shelves yet, its not entirely surprising that we have not seen cases yet. Amy |
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05-21-2009, 08:29 PM | #159 |
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awww that's what i figured but still
i don't want to order one if the protective case ends up being too thin or tacky looking... or plasticy... I sent a message to support today to ask about the cases and also about a release date and shipping prices for Canada (since pre-orders have been available there's been a notice that for countries outside the US and UK prices and shipping will be up soon). No word so far... |
05-21-2009, 09:20 PM | #160 |
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I believe Amazon has always said they charged a fee for mailing documents via Whispernet, but they never actually started charging that fee until recently.
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05-22-2009, 02:06 PM | #161 |
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I really like the colours options of this. although the only question I have is what are the costs of the e-books in the UK? as I can't see anyway of finding that out and I'm not good at maths :P
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05-22-2009, 02:13 PM | #162 |
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The good news: most books can be bought directly from US-ebookshops (except for Amazon). There are some regional restrictions, but they are not very frequent yet. The UK books are slightly more expensive than their american counterparts.
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05-22-2009, 02:19 PM | #163 | |
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a variety of places
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There are also other vendors. Occasionally there seems to be regional restrictions, but making the purchases through PayPal seems to bypass that problem. Amy |
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05-22-2009, 04:28 PM | #164 |
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Thanks for the replys. I wasn't expecting them to come so quick
One place I've noticed regional restrictions was on the UK Iliad website here's a link for example http://www.iliadreader.co.uk/book.3561.htm |
05-22-2009, 05:07 PM | #165 | |
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I did apologize and meant it
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Somewhere on this thread I did profoundly aplogize. This caught me as a real shock. Kind of like my own factory stabbing me in the back. To say I was surprised is an understatement. Again, I do apologize for being out-of-line. You hopefully can realize that Astak works very hard to put out a quality device... our products have been rock solid. I do not mind the competition... I was more worried about how I am going to explain the differences to people between the Cool-er and the Mentor Lite. It looks so much the same but the guts, I have been told, are very different. I will let it go at that. I do know that PC Magazine is doing a review on the Cool-er right now and that will be out soon enough. Please, all, understand that even I can wake up and speak wrongly. As a Sagittarius we are prone to "foot in mouth" disease. I occasionally choose the wrong time to speak out. I am sorry! |
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