Re: [The Java Posse] Portable device

2011-12-12 Thread Cédric Beust ♔
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Takeshi Fukushima wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Phil Maskell wrote: > >> Thanks, never really considered the kindle ( not sure why), can you throw >> PDF, chm and ePub on it? I have a sub to oreilly books and have used my >> tokens to get a few boo

Re: [The Java Posse] Portable device

2011-12-12 Thread Takeshi Fukushima
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Phil Maskell wrote: > Thanks, never really considered the kindle ( not sure why), can you throw > PDF, chm and ePub on it? I have a sub to oreilly books and have used my > tokens to get a few books for off line reading, you can do it on the > iPhone, but it is a l

Re: [The Java Posse] Portable device

2011-12-11 Thread Phil Maskell
Thanks, never really considered the kindle ( not sure why), can you throw PDF, chm and ePub on it? I have a sub to oreilly books and have used my tokens to get a few books for off line reading, you can do it on the iPhone, but it is a little small. I think I read last night you can put web page

Re: [The Java Posse] Portable device

2011-12-11 Thread Takeshi Fukushima
It depends on what you want... i, for instance, am in love with my kindle and cannot put it down easily (and sometimes wish my commute was longer so i could read a bit more). It can also listen to music / podcast but i have yet to use it as such (currently my phone fits in that role pretty nicely)

Re: [The Java Posse] Portable device

2011-12-11 Thread Ricky Clarkson
n here. -Original Message- From: Phil Maskell Sender: javaposse@googlegroups.com Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:12:07 To: Reply-To: javaposse@googlegroups.com Subject: [The Java Posse] Portable device Hi, Leading on from the where to you listen thread got me thinking, most common answer was comm

[The Java Posse] Portable device

2011-12-11 Thread Phil Maskell
Hi, Leading on from the where to you listen thread got me thinking, most common answer was commuting, I am thinking of getting a new commute device but not sure which route to go. There is the ultra portable full blown but light weight laptop option, Macbook Air style. Toshiba and others do al