I personally own a Kindle, 3 g with wifi and 3g and with offers (cause I was cheap). Its a good device, and personally, I don't have any issues with it. I download my pdf's all the time with it, and adjust the text quite easily. Anyway, its pretty cool, you could spend $79.00 I understand. Look into it.
Ralph On Sat, 2011-10-15 at 10:52 -0400, The Donald Cowart wrote: > So, I like the Kindle app, and I have bought books for my > ipad/laptop/cellphone through it... but I won't by a kindle itself. > Amazon is creating a walled garden in the Kindle where only kindle > things get in. Other stuff can be added, but it's not a straight > forward process. > > I got the Sony reader first (PRS600 at the time) b/c I wanted to be > able to add my own books via USB or SD card and not be limited (as > limited) as the kindle (at that time). For things like cbr/cbz > (rar'ed or zip scanned comic books for those that don't know) this is > important. Most of mine are my old Savage Sword of Conan's so they > were in black & white originally anyway, so e-ink is perfect for them. > > The 1st Gen Nook used a microSD card so it has the same advantage, > storage upgrade ability. It's also android underneath and It can be > rooted (with said microSD card). There are a lot more 'apps' for it > once it's rooted too. I rooted mine to get better sorting of the > library than the native Nook interface provided. When I'm reading I > really don't need to know what ppl are twittering about, or I'll check > my cell phone for that info. > > The other thing to consider, at ~$100 you're almost 1/2 way to a cheap > tablet price point. If you need color or games or a camera or a > quickie-web surfer you may want to hold out and get a tablet. There > are tons of epub and pdf readers for tablets. E-ink is great for > reading books outside in the daytime, but inside any tablet will work. > > I tend to read a lot of sci-fi & theology and for those there isn't a > lot of text that has special formatting interspersed in the books so > e-ink screen are good for them. For technical manuals & things I jump > to the ipad. I find that the e-ink screen is better for not worrying > about the device and just reading, while with the back-lit ipad I can > never forget that the web is 2 jumps away... > > One interesting thing about the Amazon vs. BN war, the low price > kindle is the new kindle version, B&N's is it's 1st gen offering... > > Sorry I got a little off topic there, but hope the info helps, > > --Donald > > PS. Yes, I recognize the irony and not wanting to get into the kindle > walled garden while espousing the ipad. But at the time I got mine > there was nothing comparable... and unfortunately not many of the > other tablet makers have gotten to where they can compete with apple > well yet in this space. > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Chad Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Amazon responds... lol. > > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ref=pe_70020_21439970_pe_hero/?ASIN=B0051QVESA > > > > If I was to pick one of these two up, what would you guys recommend? > > > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Rafael Troncoso <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you want to read technical books this is not for you. I own one of these > >> and they are great for reading novels, but when you put a pdf with some > >> kind > >> of format the text is all screwed. > >> I also have been looking for a reader for technical papers and your best > >> option is the kindle dx, but I also read some bad reviews when converting > >> such papers. > >> > >> On Oct 15, 2011 9:31 AM, "Chad Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> For those interested, here's a direct link: > >>> > >>> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook1-overview/379002696/ > >>> > >>> On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Chad Bailey <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > Thanks for taking the time to point this out, Tim. Marshall, Tim's > >>> > description says, "Primary document formats for Nook are ePub and > >>> > PDF." This tells me the answer to your question is yes, it natively > >>> > supports PDF. I'm not sure about that, just going off of this scrap of > >>> > info. If you want to know for sure, there's always Google. > >>> > > >>> > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Marshall Davis <[email protected]> > >>> > wrote: > >>> >> I am looking for a reader for PDF version books. A friend said he loved > >>> >> his Kindle (original), but it was horrible for technical books (like > >>> >> O'reilly or Dummies) due to having to convert PDF to another format, > >>> >> which > >>> >> did strange things to code snippet boxes. Does this handle PDF > >>> >> natively? I > >>> >> am wondering if I should just get a low cost android tablet, as > >>> >> battery life > >>> >> isn't that big of a deal. Suggestions? Thanks! > >>> >> > >>> >> Sent from my iPhone > >>> >> > >>> >> On Oct 13, 2011, at 8:34 AM, Tim Holloway <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >>> One more thing. This was advertised on the web, with free shipping and > >>> >>> handling. I don't know if it applies in-store or not. In fact, I'm not > >>> >>> sure if they still carry it in stores. > >>> >>> > >>> >>> Tim > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> >>> Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > >>> >>> RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > >>> >>> Unsubscribe [email protected] > >>> >>> > >>> >> > >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> >> Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > >>> >> RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > >>> >> Unsubscribe [email protected] > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> > > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > >>> RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > >>> Unsubscribe [email protected] > >>> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > > Unsubscribe [email protected] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
