Actually, when I looked into it... it appeared as if you were being charged $10 for the power adapter, making it effectively $89 like the nook. Not sure if I was mistaken, but kinda shady business practice if I'm right about my suspicion.
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Ralph <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]
