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![]() ![]() MobileReader Studio717 has pointed out that CNET is reporting that they have word from "an industry source" that Amazon will announce their long awaited Kindle Reader on Monday, November 19th, at the W Hotel in New York. Attached to this report are a few details, mostly not new to us, but still interesting: Quote:
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So what do y'all think? Genuine inside info, or just more rumors and speculation? Full source. |
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this of course is interesting and great news. But the crucial detail is missing: when will it be for sale?
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Heck, I'll settle for a actual comment of any sort from Amazon at this point. I expect they'll tell us when it'll be for sale once they finally admit that it exists.
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Since we are back into the wild speculation mode again, here is the trademark description of the Kindle:
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The "between 50 and 100 newspaper publishers" thing is a big deal if it's so.
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Well, I don't care much about wireless or even newspapers but anything that makes more content available in e-form is a good thing. Just hope that long suffering image was a decoy. That thing as shown is big and ugly.
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If they want to sell many Kindles they might do a version with just wi-fi and a possibility to use existing wi-fi networks to connect to the amazon store.
Then I would be pretty intrested, specially if someone hacked it and made it possible to dll books from like a ftp server. (access to my personal e-book library from all over the world is nice ![]() |
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Gizmodo's Brian Lam also received word about the immediate launch of the Kindle reader.
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Is it still fugly?
Since I first saw a picture of it, I thought did they really intend it to be so awkwardly repulsive. Ugly I can put up with if it is functional. I am unsure whether a mini-keyboard is the best option, but I am open to argument. I look forward to see the release version. In the end if it functions well it will soon enough be seen as a thing of beauty. |
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Do we know the cost of the Kindle?
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CNET says $399 (as you could've read in the article).
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It would be great if it is true. The story seems to hang together, and the arguments make sense. For Amazon, the timing is about right -- if I can order it from their website on Monday and it turns up a day or two later then it makes the Christmas/Festive season. But that would mean boxes sitting in the warehouse now, and I've not noticed any rumours at all on that.
As for the appearance, I wonder if the pictures released were deliberately of a less than beautiful device to make the real product look good? |
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more rants on teleread
http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7649#comment-626127 |
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