it has become
Fairly clear that I probably need to get an ereader of one sort or another. Kindle or what I don’t know. I’ve read a lot of stuff online this week and its clear a better platform than a blackberry is indicated. Thoughts?
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Those little acer notebooks (aspire ONE)look better than a kindle to me.
Seems, after I googled that, that they are coming out with an e-reader you might consider. My brother loves his notebook and it’s easy to read.
I’m a Kindle fan (as you probably already knew). And I must say that the new wifi-only model has a very attractive price point.
But I’m biased; I really like the Kindle and I really don’t like the other ones I’ve seen. My father-in-law has a Sony that he likes but I don’t, and I saw one of the Barnes and Noble ones last night and can’t imagine dealing with that touch screen; I’d be screwing up by the numbers every time I rolled over in bed with it.
On the other hand, if you want a touch screen, then you don’t want the Kindle.
If you’ve read much of the Fungus you know I picked up an Aluratek Libre eReader Pro not long ago. I like it, esp. since I only paid $120 plus tax for the thing, delivered via FedEx from Borders.com.
I am quite pleased with my Nook.
Kelly loves her Kindle and would kill for it.
Do I need to add more? Like the fact that she has over 800 novels on it at this very moment.
Just not mine, bummer.
Step-dad is starting chemo/radiation in a week, and will have a lot of downtime during the procedures. Been considering getting him either one of the Sonys or the Nook, over the Kindle, because of the open-source features available on those two. I like, and use, Project Gutenberg a lot, and I like free books. I don’t like it when the device maker can remove my content, from whatever source. Kindle probably has the best device, but Nook has more standard features and less of those proprietary issues.
One of the newer ginormous smartphones might work. The Android X with it’s freaking huge screen looks almost as if the phone monkeys are out to murder the netbook market.
Kindle fan here. Yeah, it’s a unitasker, unlike the little netbook ‘puters, but honestly, it handles like a paperback when you’re reading on the can or something.
I have over 110 books on mine right now…
MC
The Kindle is open source. Don’t let the communist propaganda fool you.
I’ve been using a Kindle (the original one) daily for over a year-and-a-half and I love it. Let’s put it this way, I haven’t bought a dead-tree book since I got the Kindle, and I used to bring home several per week. Probably saved my marriage thru not having piles of books everywhere anymore.
Most of Project Guttenberg’s stuff is available free in Kindle format from manybooks.net. I got a two-CD set of classics of the Western Canon (400 books) for $20.
As Nathan said, the $139 wi-fi only version is an excellent value (providing you have a hot-spot to use).
I’m also interested in something like the new WiFi only Kindle. I’ve tried reading on my original Motorola Droid and concluded the screen is too small.
I’m wondering if the Kindle’s screen is also too small. That, and I have a problem with the kindle being a unitasker.
The new Kindles have a 3G Wifi option for $189 with no monthly fee. Makes it perilously close to an iPad for a third of the money.
+1 on the Nook. I’ve had my unit for about a month and love it. The final test was an evening session on the couch, I read for 3+ hours and didn’t have any eye pain at the end of the read.
I haven’t had much time to check them out, but I notice that there are now evidently 7″ Android based tablets available for about $150 on Amazon.
I’d suspect the Kindle is better for a reader of black and white text with longer battery life, but that the Android based tablets are useful at more than one function. Something to think about though.