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29th Sep 2011, 8:43 AM #1
Kindle
I am thinking of getting a Kindle for my wife for Christmas. She reads a lot of books and was saying last night, how much room she needs to store them and asked if I would I put up some shelving.
So, searching the web, I have discovered about 4 variations of the Kindle and wondered what was the best one to go for.
Does anyone here own one? Are they any good and what version would you reccommend?I’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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29th Sep 2011, 9:01 AM #2
I love my Kindle and would recommend them to anyone. Your timing is excellent - Amazon unveiled their new, slightly smaller Kindle yesterday. It's more powerful, thinner, doesn't have the space-hogging keyboard and is £89 instead of the current model's £111. So my advice would be to pre-order one of those - you only need the wifi version unless you're away from home all the time - asap before they sell out and aren't available until after Xmas.
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If only the 28th century didn't keep popping up to get in Dennis's way...
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29th Sep 2011, 9:06 AM #3
My advice would be 'The Cheapest One'. They all do the same thing, which is store books. The more expensive ones only add colour (why?) 3G connection (why?) and sound (why?!!)
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29th Sep 2011, 9:48 AM #4
All Kindles have sound but none has colour (ignoring the Kindle Fire tablet which is only out in the US this year). Sound means you can listen to audio books which is ok and use the text-to-speach which is a reasonably useful gimmick that you'll never actually use.
Dennis, Francois, Melba and Smasher are competing to see who can wine and dine Lola Whitecastle and win the contract to write her memoirs. Can Dennis learn how to be charming? Can Francois concentrate on anything else when food is on the table? Will Smasher keep his temper under control?
If only the 28th century didn't keep popping up to get in Dennis's way...
#dammitbrent
The eleventh annual Brenty Four serial is another Planet Skaro exclusive. A new episode each day until Christmas in the Brenty Four-um.
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29th Sep 2011, 10:30 AM #5
Ah - thanks Lissa. I've heard a bit about some of the gimmicks they've proposed for their e-readers, but I wasn't sure which ones they'd put in.
Was there an issue with the Kindles with only being allowed to download books from Amazon? The Sony E-readers are also worth looking at.
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29th Sep 2011, 10:41 AM #6
There are a lot of things the Kindle doesn't like but it's mainly down to other book store's DRM protection just as Kindle books don't work on other types of e-reader.
It will read unprotected MOBI files, there are free tools online for converting things like unprotected EPUB and PDF files and you can convert text, Word and HTML files when you send them to your Kindle. So it's not the closed system a lot of people imagine it is - it's just that DRM is a curse in the e-book market like it was in the music market for many years.Dennis, Francois, Melba and Smasher are competing to see who can wine and dine Lola Whitecastle and win the contract to write her memoirs. Can Dennis learn how to be charming? Can Francois concentrate on anything else when food is on the table? Will Smasher keep his temper under control?
If only the 28th century didn't keep popping up to get in Dennis's way...
#dammitbrent
The eleventh annual Brenty Four serial is another Planet Skaro exclusive. A new episode each day until Christmas in the Brenty Four-um.
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29th Sep 2011, 11:11 AM #7
Thanks for the Link Lissa. I can't believe my timing either. I'm off to pre-order and will probably go for the £89 model as she only reads at home & at work during her lunch break. I'll spend what I save on a voucher so she can buy some books to download.
CheersI’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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29th Sep 2011, 11:25 AM #8
I've just pre-ordered for a mid october delivery.
Sorted! Thanks again Lissa and RobI’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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29th Sep 2011, 11:36 AM #9
Both myself and my wife love our Kindles - she has a second generation, I have a third. I'm currently reading my way through the New Adventures on mine, which I've converted from PDFs.
The joy of the Kindle over any other eReader (with the possible exception of the Sony Reader, which utilises the same technology) is the whole e-ink thing, which means that you're able to read it, no matter what type of light you're using (be it sunlight - direct or otherwise, or artificial light). Backlit devices like iPads or Nooks really suffer when trying to use them in direct sunlight.
Honestly, it's led to me doing a lot more reading.
But, I'm clearly preaching to the converted, Duncan, since you've just gone and bought one for your wife
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29th Sep 2011, 12:23 PM #10
I'm thinking that its quite an expensive way fro Duncan to avoid putting up shelves.
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29th Sep 2011, 12:27 PM #11
LOL, isn't it just!
Sadly, there's still all the existing books to deal with. So shelves it must be.
But, I'm clearly preaching to the converted, Duncan, since you've just gone and bought one for your wifeI’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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29th Sep 2011, 12:33 PM #12
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29th Sep 2011, 12:35 PM #13
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29th Sep 2011, 12:35 PM #14
Looking forward to seeing one then. Maybe it will encourage me to read more Who and Torchwood books then.
I’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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29th Sep 2011, 2:16 PM #15
I've found that since owning a Kindle I've been reading more than before.
Just the convenience of picking something light up and then deciding what I'm going to read on it and the ability to sample books on it is great!Assume you're going to Win
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29th Sep 2011, 10:54 PM #16
My Dad bought a Kindle about 2 weeks ago. So he can't believe the timing of Amazon's announcement either.
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29th Sep 2011, 11:35 PM #17
A little extra pointer about the new £89 version (although probably a bit late now) - as well as lacking a keyboard, it also has half the memory of the £109 version (and yes, it has actually gone back to £109 again now), and it also does NOT support audio books. I haven't seen the back of one in any photos yet, but it may not even have speakers at all so text-to-speech or music playing might not work either. It also has about half the battery life apparently, which (in my experience) doesn't quite live up to the claims as it is.
None of that may be important to you at all, but if it is then you might be advised to spend the extra £20 to get those features. I don't think the memory is a huge issue as 2GB will still hold thousands of books, but I use the keyboad a lot and would miss it, and I wouldn't like half the battery life either.
I definitely wouldn't spend a further £40 just for the 3G version though, as that really isn't worth the extra, unless you have no internet access at home at all.
Oh and just to quibble a bit more, it's actually thicker than the £109 version tooLast edited by Zbigniev Hamson; 29th Sep 2011 at 11:45 PM.
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30th Sep 2011, 1:11 AM #18
I think they're just trying to get something out there which is more available for people's pocket. I've found having a keyboard really useful, and went myself for the 3G option - I've occasionally bought a book at work, and wanted it NOW. Which is useful for work-based documents.
I love the Kindle, it's a very portable source of a lot of books. But I've found out even despite the search engine, when it comes to reference books a lot of the way I use it comes down to flicking through until you randomly come to the right bit. It's kind of missing from the e-versions.Remember, just because Davros is dead doesn't mean the Dalek menace has been contained ......
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30th Sep 2011, 2:17 AM #19
It's not great for reference books, and I can only begin to imagine the horror of reading/playing one of those choose your own adventure books on it, but for strictly linear novel-style reading, it's ace.
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30th Sep 2011, 3:35 AM #20Remember, just because Davros is dead doesn't mean the Dalek menace has been contained ......
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30th Sep 2011, 12:52 PM #21
Ok thanks for the tips. I've already pre-ordered and the memory size still holds up to 1400 books which is more than enough for Alison's needs. Not having one before she wouldn't mis the use of a keyboard as long as its still easy to navigate. There's no mention of using it for audio books in the description but that's no big deal as she never listens to audiobooks anyway. This will probably suit her well enough where she can download a book at home and read it at work.
I’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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30th Sep 2011, 6:29 PM #22
Yeah none of them are big problems, I just thought you should be aware that it's not just the keyboard that's been cut And when I said it was thicker it's only 0.2mm thicker, so unless you have very well calibrated fingers I doubt that's noticeable
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11th Jan 2012, 1:05 PM #23
I did get it for Alison as a Cristmas present and she loves it. She is already well into her fourth book and using it appears to be a doddle.
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