10-08-2007, 08:54 AM | #16 |
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Nice find...
But I certainly hope the AZW format is not real...what a bother it would be to have yet another format flying round when I finally got used to mobipocket... |
10-08-2007, 09:07 AM | #17 |
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I'm guessing that AZW is probably just a wrapper around an existing e-book format - MobiPocket.
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10-08-2007, 09:40 AM | #18 | |
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So long as the Kindle also reads Mobipocket, we can live with whatever other formats Amazon puts on it. |
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10-08-2007, 10:10 AM | #19 |
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I guess you have a point there...now the real question is what this "Whispernet" is all about...and whether it will really have EV-DO (and thus be of limited use in Europe) or WiFi and whether it will come bundled with some kind of subscription for EV-DO or books or whatever...the Frankfurt Book-Fair is starting soon, I hope we'll know more in a few days...
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10-08-2007, 01:22 PM | #20 |
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I googled some,
http://www.amazon.com/GENITOPE-INITI.../dp/B000F3UGMY "includes free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet" "Available for download now." Other intresting quotes "Auto-delivered wirelessly to Kindle via Amazon Whispernet." Auto-deliverd? Can you only buy from the kindle then? Sounds a bit stupid... But if it is free it would prob be allright. And notice that the book is in HTML format... Last edited by CTH; 10-08-2007 at 01:24 PM. |
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10-08-2007, 01:29 PM | #22 | |
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According to the manual, one way to get content is to buy it from Amazon while using the Kindle. Another way to get content is to load it yourself, either onto a SD card or direct from PC/Mac to Kindle via USB. |
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10-08-2007, 01:53 PM | #23 |
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A point, Nate, but it's probably best to keep in mind that the manual we have is about a year old, and things may have changed in the mean-time.
I don't plan to rely too heavily on that manual, at any rate. |
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10-08-2007, 04:28 PM | #25 |
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No it doesn't.
It means that he's read this thread from last year when the details leaked out via the FCC site. I believe the manual is still posted in that thread, but it's a year old, hence my comment. Yup, the manual is still posted there. How funny, I'd forgotten I was the one who actually posted it. |
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Well, this is actually one of the few devices where most people read the manual before they used the device...probably since the manual was leaked (on Engadget a year ago) but the device so far was not...
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10-08-2007, 05:36 PM | #28 |
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If we can trust the manual, as of a year ago the plan was to support .prc and .mobi files, so for those who want mobipocket support there's still hope.
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10-08-2007, 06:53 PM | #29 |
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I have been doing some thinking on the results of the google search site:amazon.com "kindle edition" .
http://www.google.com/search?num=100...on&btnG=Search There are now 5,670 pages in the Google cache that have the words "kindle edition" on them. It's a very diverse collection of books. There are more technical manuals and textbooks than I have ever seen outside of PDF format. This by itself could make the Kindle the market leader. |
10-09-2007, 03:05 AM | #30 |
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I don't follow you. The technical book market is far smaller than the fiction market. When I get on a train or a bus, everyone around me is reading novels, not technical books. I suspect that it's a market sector which is of relatively little importance to a bookreader.
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