Comments on: Kindle 2

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:56:20 +0000

JG — I agree they’re important variables to throw into the mix. And I fully concede that I’m speaking without having owned or even ever touched a Kindle! I will link to your Techsource post for counterpoint. :)

I guess for me it’s mostly the price — like Kristina says, for the same money I’d buy a netbook that could do more stuff. If the Kindle were half the price I’d probably be all over it.

Kristina, what netbook did you buy? I have half an eye on the Dell Mini.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:14:49 +0000

I was also frustrated with all the DRM junk and the lack of sane support for PDF, so I bought a netbook.

Now I read PDFs, CHMs, and DJVUs in bed, waiting for car repairs, at the pharmacy, whatever. Plus Emacs so I can kid myself I’ll ever be productive on the go.

Bigger than an e-book reader, yes, but 20x more useful (at least at this point). Also cheaper.

By: Jason Griffey

Jason Griffey — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:46:14 +0000

You know, every single story I read uses the “$10 on books” line, without two other pieces of info:

1. You can put TONS of other books on there. Literally thousands of free books are out there, and not just public domain books. There are tons of free books available from publishers out there.

2. $10 for a NYT bestseller is 1/3 the cost of the same book in paper.