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Lexx87 wrote:I can't read for much more than half hour at a time on standard mobile / laptop etc screens.
With say iBook on the iPhone and whatever it is that lets you read e-books on Android (must be something?) just built in to a device why would people continue to buy a device that only does that?
Actual question actually interested
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Alastair wrote:Libaraies are starting to lend ebooks as well...
Well that's something I guess.
The missus reads more than I do, and I'm sure she's see it as a waste of money when she can get books from the library for nothing.
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www.hatchetjob.com - more than games. "Seemingly trivial, surprisingly deep"
BurnoutJunkie wrote:Sort of. Amazon are supposedly trying to improve it though.
Doesn't it have a web browser built in also?
BurnoutJunkie wrote:Well it isn't that sort of screen -- it's kind of what makes it an eReader. The display uses reflected light like a normal printed page, meaning that you can read it in the sunshine, but need a reading light at night.
I was interested in this until someone told me that it doesn't have a backlight.
mwtb wrote:Yeah the lack of backlight is kind of one of the big Features, giving it a considerable edge over something like the iPad for actual comfortable lengthy reading on the screen, not to mention the insane battery life it has.BurnoutJunkie wrote:Sort of. Amazon are supposedly trying to improve it though.
Doesn't it have a web browser built in also?
BurnoutJunkie wrote:Well it isn't that sort of screen -- it's kind of what makes it an eReader. The display uses reflected light like a normal printed page, meaning that you can read it in the sunshine, but need a reading light at night.
I was interested in this until someone told me that it doesn't have a backlight.
www.hatchetjob.com - more than games. "Seemingly trivial, surprisingly deep"
Please don't use the delete button, think of the children.
www.hatchetjob.com - more than games. "Seemingly trivial, surprisingly deep"
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JohnnyWashnGo wrote:Hi when did you order ? I have ordered one for the little lady, but I have to wait to be told when they will be getting their next stock, she is not happy
Woooo - just got the email from Amazon that my new Kindle has been shipped. I can't wait to have a play with it
Hurry up postie !!
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem! Oh, yeah!"
DUFFMAN5 wrote:Ordered on 29th July - as soon as it was announced I think.JohnnyWashnGo wrote:Hi when did you order ? I have ordered one for the little lady, but I have to wait to be told when they will be getting their next stock, she is not happy
Woooo - just got the email from Amazon that my new Kindle has been shipped. I can't wait to have a play with it
Hurry up postie !!
1Dgaf wrote:No data charges? For ever? How on earth is that sustainable from Amazon's perspective?
Amazon's reply:
"Yes you can browse the web in the UK using 3G, this is a free service.
FairgroundTown wrote:I'm guessing its 'free' i.e. you dont have to pay amazon?1Dgaf wrote:No data charges? For ever? How on earth is that sustainable from Amazon's perspective?
Amazon's reply:
"Yes you can browse the web in the UK using 3G, this is a free service.
androidave wrote:Aye, I have been using the Android app since they released it and it rocks.
I use this on Android, works really well imo, I've just noticed you can buy the books from .co.uk now in £ rather than from .com
JohnnyWashnGo wrote:I have bought Lynda the case with the light...£50 odd fookin wedge as well!DUFFMAN5 wrote:Ordered on 29th July - as soon as it was announced I think.JohnnyWashnGo wrote:Hi when did you order ? I have ordered one for the little lady, but I have to wait to be told when they will be getting their next stock, she is not happy
Woooo - just got the email from Amazon that my new Kindle has been shipped. I can't wait to have a play with it
Hurry up postie !!
As for backlight - I don't think those e-ink screens are capable of having a backlight. A frontlight maybe possible similar to the old Gameboy SP.
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem! Oh, yeah!"
Pissy pants.
mowgli wrote:Pretty decent choice of newspapers
Need to get paper subs on there that I'm interested in and I might gravitate back to an ereader. I love having the Times sent to me every morning on the iPad.
Onny wrote:£10 a month but I've only payed for the first month and had the past 4 or 5 free.mowgli wrote:Pretty decent choice of newspapers
Need to get paper subs on there that I'm interested in and I might gravitate back to an ereader. I love having the Times sent to me every morning on the iPad.
Some grumbles about price, though. How much is your Times sub on iPad?
Pissy pants.
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