10-01-2013, 03:28 AM | #76 |
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Hmmm... I'm generally pretty harsh with Amazon/Lab126 and their software, because I dislike their closed-source close-mindedness.
And I can't really say anything about Kindle Fires - I've never even seen one in real life... But I do think they did a pretty good job in keeping the more or less recent e-ink Kindles up-to-date: * Kindle 3 (Keyboard) was given a rather major update a year and a half (or so) ago which brought support for KF8 (.azw3) books. That's a move that nobody really expected at the time, because most people thought the K3 was abandoned. * Kindle 5 (Touch) was given an update which makes it look and behave pretty much like the Paperwhite, again when people already thought it was no longer maintained. And it received another update quite recently. * Well okay, on the K4 front, there hasn't been much happening - but then again, the software's already quite feature-complete as it is. So I'm actually expecting the PW1 to get a few updates which will keep it more or less on par with the PW2 for the next year or two. But of course, that's just speculation - nobody here really knows. |
10-01-2013, 03:32 AM | #77 |
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I think you will be waiting a long time for Amazon to put the PW1 on clearance, it's more like it will just disappear and remaining stocks will be used for warranty replacements.
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10-01-2013, 03:32 AM | #78 |
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10-01-2013, 03:33 AM | #79 |
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10-01-2013, 03:44 AM | #80 |
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Yep . I'm actually never paying for any "extended warranty" or such. I consider it a waste of money. My personal experience is that in 99% of the cases, any kind of electronic thing either dies very fast (= within a few months, which is covered by the "normal" warranty), or survives for ages, well beyond any warranty period.
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10-01-2013, 03:54 AM | #83 |
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Yes, I've had three replacements for my Kindle Keyboard, and I do like the security of knowing if anything happens to my devices replacing them is a breeze.
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You should be able to get good prices for it, especially with still 2 year warranty on it. Assuming you haven't scratched the screen noticeably or stuff like that. |
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You'd need to check whether or not the extended warranty is transferrable. Extended warranties are usually insurance policies, and are often nor transferrable.
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10-01-2013, 04:05 AM | #86 |
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Mines perfect, but right now I am thinking of keeping it to replace my KK which gets used for a different type of sideloaded book which is not stored in the cloud.
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10-01-2013, 04:05 AM | #87 |
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Aren't people getting up to $122 for trading in their old one to Amazon? If that's the case then I don't see why everyone doesn't upgrade!
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Square Trade policies are transferable. I sold my K Touch with one earlier this year through eBay, no trouble at all.
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