What would make me buy a Kindle? - Page 3

NatCh · 09-11-2007, 09:14 PM

If they get it, it'd logically be in Mobi format, so you'd probably have access to it on another mobi reading device.

I don't see them limiting it to just the Kindle, but dumber things have happened.

HappyMartin · 09-12-2007, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

Is this what you're thinking of, HappyMartin?

Thats it, funny looking thing, like a early 1980 mac.

NatCh · 09-12-2007, 11:16 AM

The thing that gets me about it is that the way the sides slant toward the top, the rascal is going to be a right pain in the sitter-downer to pick up off a flat surface, like, say, a table. I mean, who thought that was a good design choice?

yvanleterrible · 09-12-2007, 12:17 PM

I can just imagine holes on one side to put it in a three ring binder school style.

JSWolf · 09-12-2007, 01:22 PM

If Amazon is going to have their ebooks available only for the Kindle, then this is going to put one hell of a crimp in ebooks overall. I sure hope not as that would cause the rest of us a lot of grief.

petermillard · 09-12-2007, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I can just imagine holes on one side to put it in a three ring binder school style.

That's what it reminds me of! An 80s-style calculator with holes in one side to keep it in a Filofax.

Only bigger, obviously

And for the record, if it looks like that, I can't think of anything that will make me buy it.

MikeF74 · 09-16-2007, 06:30 PM

I know it must be way too late in the design cycle, but the only way I'd buy it is if it had a detachable keyboard. I'd use it without the keyboard 95% of the time, and plug in the keyboard when needed. Also, it would have to have a dark finish and come down to the $350-$400 price range.

If it was format-locked and everything required payments (books, newspapers) to micropayments *(RSS, e-mail, IM, etc), then I wouldn't pay more than $75 for the device.

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09-11-2007, 09:14 PM	#31
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	If they get it, it'd logically be in Mobi format, so you'd probably have access to it on another mobi reading device. I don't see them limiting it to just the Kindle, but dumber things have happened.

09-12-2007, 11:16 AM	#33
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	The thing that gets me about it is that the way the sides slant toward the top, the rascal is going to be a right pain in the sitter-downer to pick up off a flat surface, like, say, a table. I mean, who thought that was a good design choice?

09-12-2007, 12:17 PM	#34
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	I can just imagine holes on one side to put it in a three ring binder school style.

09-12-2007, 01:22 PM	#35
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 76,495 Karma: 136564766 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	If Amazon is going to have their ebooks available only for the Kindle, then this is going to put one hell of a crimp in ebooks overall. I sure hope not as that would cause the rest of us a lot of grief.

09-16-2007, 06:30 PM	#37
MikeF74 Groupie Posts: 179 Karma: 28 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505	I know it must be way too late in the design cycle, but the only way I'd buy it is if it had a detachable keyboard. I'd use it without the keyboard 95% of the time, and plug in the keyboard when needed. Also, it would have to have a dark finish and come down to the $350-$400 price range. If it was format-locked and everything required payments (books, newspapers) to micropayments *(RSS, e-mail, IM, etc), then I wouldn't pay more than $75 for the device.