Anyone Own A Kindle?

[pnoon]

Originally Posted by ashtonlady

i love my Kindle.

And after just two days, I'm lovin' mine, too.

[croatan]

Originally Posted by pnoon

And after just two days, I'm lovin' mine, too.

Glad to hear it.

I decided to go the Nook route--well, getting one for my girlfriend as a Christmas present anyway. I'm looking forward to playing with it, though

I bet the odds are better than 50/50, however, that she buys me a Kindle, so we may have both to compare

[Whynot]

I'm a day late and a dollar short, but I went the Sony route. At the time kindle didn't offer any overseas support and the built in lighting on the Sony sold me. It has been great on deployment. I'm known as the guy with the e-book puffing a cigar everynight in the smoke pit.

[Beagleone]

Originally Posted by croatan

Glad to hear it.

I decided to go the Nook route--well, getting one for my girlfriend as a Christmas present anyway. I'm looking forward to playing with it, though

I bet the odds are better than 50/50, however, that she buys me a Kindle, so we may have both to compare

Are there any Nooks available right now? I was under the impression they were on back order until January 2010.

[croatan]

Originally Posted by Beagleone

Are there any Nooks available right now? I was under the impression they were on back order until January 2010.

I ordered one in the middle of November and it's supposed to ship December 11. Looks like the pre-orders they're taking now, though, won't ship until January.

From a quick search, it appears as though they sold out the initial production run on November 20, so any orders placed after that will be shipped later.

Thanks for the scare, though

[captain53]

Originally Posted by Beagleone

Are there any Nooks available right now? I was under the impression they were on back order until January 2010.

I ordered a Nook as it seemed like the best of the bunch and they charged my card then said they were out till January. I was some kind of pissed as it was for my Wife for Christmas and January is a bit late and they would have my money for a month. Got my card credited and now waiting on the next most improved version not offered by Barnes and Noble.

[ashtonlady]

My kids call me a book eater. I read a lot and this is a great way for me to do it with out piling up lots of paper. I have save enought in the diffrence in the paper version and gas to pay for my Kindle.

[Silound]

I am not by nature an ebook person, but this thread made me go out and borrow the most recent model from a friend to try out.

Honestly, I was not impressed. I could not get over the "gadget" feel as some others have described. I constantly felt like I was playing with a video game.

The prices for things that interested me where actually more expensive than hard copies of the books (7.19 for The Bear & the Dragon by Tom Clancy). I can hunt around online and come up with a paperback copy of that book for a dollar. Also, as I understand (correct me if I'm wrong here please!) but if you decide to get rid of the Kindle, you're out however much you spent on the books, and you don't have the books in hand.

The battery needed a charge somewhere between the 700-800 page range, but I can't be sure if it was a full charge when I borrowed it. If that is a full charge, I'd say that's a rather low capacity for someone with time to read and who reads quickly.

Also, I'm somewhat of a speed reader. Maybe it's just my eyes, but I constantly had to go back and re-read something because I wasn't sure if I had read it correctly. That's something I NEVER have to do with a hard copy.

I think, given enough time (I only read one book, even if it was 1000+ pages) I could develop a tolerance for reading on a Kindle, but my initial trial run didn't sufficiently impress me enough to give me a solid reason for buying one.

Obviously, others here would get more use out of it for the physical or electronic benefits, but I don't see spending 250 on a Kindle as a wise investment as of now.

The Barnes and Noble Nook looks like a Kindle killer. I used one in store the other days, and it's great.

I'm all for technology and hell, I even use it pretty much everyday. When I first saw this kind of technology I'm scratching my head like,,,WTH! What happened to just taking a bood,,open it,,,and read? For what these things cost you could buy quite a few books on Amazon and read the old fashioned way like we did growing up. Now we have texting, tweeting, facebooking, and everything in between that actually keeps us from having to interract with other like human beings. I can hardly wait for cigar herfs over the internet,,oh wait, I do that now.

[CigarNut]

I own one now! My wife and kids got it for me -- quite a surprise -- and I love it! It's not the same as reading a real paper book, but it is very good for what it is. It travels well, and it is very convenient!

[pnoon]

Originally Posted by CigarNut

I own one now! My wife and kids got it for me -- quite a surprise -- and I love it! It's not the same as reading a real paper book, but it is very good for what it is. It travels well, and it is very convenient!

We'll have to compare notes on the 29th.

[Whynot]

Originally Posted by Cigary

I'm all for technology and hell, I even use it pretty much everyday. When I first saw this kind of technology I'm scratching my head like,,,WTH! What happened to just taking a bood,,open it,,,and read? For what these things cost you could buy quite a few books on Amazon and read the old fashioned way like we did growing up. Now we have texting, tweeting, facebooking, and everything in between that actually keeps us from having to interract with other like human beings. I can hardly wait for cigar herfs over the internet,,oh wait, I do that now.

I love mine for deployments. I hate giving books back, so I don't do libraries usually, and the e-book beats shipping a box of books home after every deployment. It fits in a crago pocket so it is easy to haul dozens of books around with me.

[Whipper Snapper]

I have a kindle myself.
I read a lot of pre 1900 literature and there's BUNDLES of it on various archive sites in the mobi/kindle format.

Free books!?
I couldn't be much happier.

[Blueface]

Just found one recently.
Totally blank.
No way of knowing who it belongs to.
Turns on.
Anyone know any way of finding out who to get it to?
Would Amazon do that or would they junk it to sell more?
I have no use for it since I have an iPad and regardless prefer to get it back to it's rightful owner.

Originally Posted by Blueface

Just found one recently.
Totally blank.
No way of knowing who it belongs to.
Turns on.
Anyone know any way of finding out who to get it to?
Would Amazon do that or would they junk it to sell more?
I have no use for it since I have an iPad and regardless prefer to get it back to it's rightful owner.

Should be linked to their amazon account. might be somewhere under menu registration etc also contacting amazon should be worth a try.

[markem]

Originally Posted by TheFool

Should be linked to their amazon account. might be somewhere under menu registration etc also contacting amazon should be worth a try.

yep, the settings menu is where you want to go to find the serial number which Amazon can use to contact the owner.

[cigarflip]

I have one that I've been using for 18 months. Absolutely love it and you can adjust the font size depending on how bad your vision is. It reads .pdf materials, does audio books and looks like a regular book especially with the grayscale and lighting that makes it look like you're reading a book. If you don't turn the wifi on, battery really lasts.

Then I started seeing the IPADs and other ebook readers like Nook Color. I decided to give my kindle to a relative when I was in Manila. I bought a Nook and although it's colored and tochscreen with internet access, I miss the kindle.

[pnoon]

Originally Posted by cigarflip

I have one that I've been using for 18 months. Absolutely love it and you can adjust the font size depending on how bad your vision is. It reads .pdf materials, does audio books and looks like a regular book especially with the grayscale and lighting that makes it look like you're reading a book. If you don't turn the wifi on, battery really lasts.

Then I started seeing the IPADs and other ebook readers like Nook Color. I decided to give my kindle to a relative when I was in Manila. I bought a Nook and although it's colored and tochscreen with internet access, I miss the kindle.

I agree, Larry.
The e-ink technology is so much easier on the eyes than the iPad or any laptop computer. I only heard about the Nook Color for the first time yesterday so I can't comment on it.

I really like my Kindle.

[357]

Originally Posted by pnoon

I agree, Larry.
The e-ink technology is so much easier on the eyes than the iPad or any laptop computer. I only heard about the Nook Color for the first time yesterday so I can't comment on it.

I really like my Kindle.

My mom got a Kindle for Christmas. I was blown away at that e-ink screen. Very cool. I know that CRT monitors/TVs cause eye strain for a number of reasons, low refresh rate, radiation, and due to a false focal point. Your eyes actually focus on a point well behind the screen. LCDs are much better, no radiation, better focal point but not perfect. I think this e-ink screen has no different focal point than paper with ink print on it, plus you don't have to worry about ambient light. Very cool stuff.