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China Sailor
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Amazon is pushing a new electronic book-reader that is being called 'the new iPod.
A handheld wireless device that has a 4Gb memory, it can hold approximately 1000 electronic books. This would be especially handy in my business where I usually have to reference several PDFs in my work as well as my daily recreational reading.
You can read more about in in this article from CNN:
The Kindle
The real scary thing in this article is a comment made by a Mr. Robert Jenkins (scroll to the bottom of the article) :
reading is old and busted
Damn, the Luddites are taking over  ...
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 7:49 am on May 21, 2008
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ThaidUp
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This is a loser product. It has been done before and was a loser and this one will be a loser. No one wants to carry a PC tablet around and reading it as a book. This item should give the buyers a free pocket protector. I predict its demise by the end of the year.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 10:02 pm on May 21, 2008
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DaffyDuck
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Apple Tablet Rumors?
Funny.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 11:05 pm on May 21, 2008
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China Sailor
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Dunno about that TU,
If you look at the specifications it is about the size and weight of a paperback book so if you are a reader, and I see plenty of readers hanging around coffee shops, such a product would be a god-send.
Kindle - Specifications
The only downside it that it uses a moblie type connection to connect to the wireless and that might get expensive.
By the way it is not just Amazon but also Sony is jumping into the business:
Sony Reader
The Sony closes like a book but does not have wireless connectivity yet.
All-in-all, I suspect bookreaders will be around for a long time to come...
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 9:19 am on May 22, 2008
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ColoradoGuy
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Quote: from China Sailor on 10:14 pm on May 21, 2008
This would be especially handy in my business where I usually have to reference several PDFs in my work
I don't think the Kindle reads.PDF files. You would have to convert them first.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 3:49 am on May 23, 2008
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DrLove
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I do not see why a Kindle is called a new 'Ipod'.... the two have nothing in common.... the Ipod is a music device, the Kindle is a Ebook reader.....
I see the Kindle only as an effort by Amazon to sell the wireless content created for it... and yes, there is NO native pdf support.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 6:45 am on May 23, 2008
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China Sailor
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CG,
You are correct but the Sony does.
However due to US law neither Sony or Amazon can sell me a book unless I have a credit card with a US billing address and a US shipping address.
I am beginning to get real pissed off at the treatment that expats get from the US in general. We pay taxes, we are not represented, Customs and Border Protection treats us like shit, and laws are put in place that complicate our lives when we are back home...
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 8:52 am on May 23, 2008
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DaffyDuck
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Oh my goodness, he's calling the 'Kindle' a 'new iPod'. What a maroon!
There is so much wrong with the Kindle, but its not surprising that a certain demographic flock to it. Lack of PDF support is only the beginning.
At the price they charge, it's a non product.
This isn't to say that ePaper is doomed - far from t, it's just waiting for someone to take the technology, and make the perfect eReader out of it, and sell it at the right price.
Actually, it would not be difficult to create such a product, it's just that most producers (Amazon and Sony) seem to extraordinarily lack a clue (plus, we need larger and more flexible media.)
I have a feeling it will, once again, end up being Apple that refines that concept. They had a vision once before...
http://www.billzarchy.com/clips/clips_apple_nav.htm
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/movies/knowledge-navigator.html
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 1:47 pm on May 23, 2008
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DrLove
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If you need PDF support, you'll need to take a look at the Sony Reader PRS 505.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 10:57 am on May 28, 2008
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Mel Gibson
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Sony,, Sony,, fark I thought there was only Apple solutions in this iDaffy world.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 8:44 am on May 31, 2008
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