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Engadget reporting live from the Amazon event
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/l...-launch-event/
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Thanks for the heads-up - should be interesting
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The word is "live"
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Too late, the Kindle is already old news. Good Morning America has a stary this morning on the Kindle, so the cat is out of the bag already.
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Well the comments on Engadget are not exactly friendly...I guess amazon ist making some enemies today...
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When can mobileread get one and review it! This thing really looks like a mobile read killer app.
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OK..the presentation is done, but nobody said anything about the world outside the US...that's just...sad...
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An interesting tidbit:
"The side-selector appears to be LCD-based, not e-ink based. " That's a pretty clever solution to the E-Ink refresh problem. |
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I would be extremely happy to have my books stored on amazon istead of on my computer...it would be another reason for me to buy it actually...
I hate the iTunes system where a file lost is a file gone...and somebody who likes to takes his computer apart on a more or less regular basis always runs the risk of losing some files...^^ |
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The books are stored locally, so you can turn off the evdo while you read. -d |
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Presumably there is some sort of security onboard; or can someone steal yours and download amazon.com to it at your expense?
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btw, this is probably a dumb question but was that a vixiplex updated display?
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But they are only stored locally on the device, not your computer, right? E.g. if you purchase a book from Sony Connect, you actually have a local copy of your purchase on your personal harddisk.
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