http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/ Engadget Comments for $249 Kindle 2.0 significantly thinner and Frog stylish? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/
Ryan Trevisol, spot on. I'm indeed a studying at a University ;) And textbooks aren't even the single reason why I think this is interesting. I commute a lot, and having todays newspaper with you without any hassle and without having to boot up the laptop is great imho.]]>Aug 26th 2008 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/The display on the Kindle is E-ink. It provides a reading surface almost like paper, and spectacular battery life, because it only draws power when the display is redrawn. This sort of display is a long way from being ready for a netbook, and even then would loose most of it's benefit because of the constant refreshing. So, you'd loose the nice reading surface (it is supposed to be a book, you know) and the battery life.

Then there's the free hi-speed internet that the kindle lets you download ebooks on. You'd definitely loose that, because it would be too easy to hack and use for general purpose on a netbook.

I really hope devices like this catch on. Imagine if nobody printed newspaper anymore, just automatically downloaded it to a pocket device that reads like paper every morning.]]>Aug 26th 2008 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/
Somehow the Kindle has completely defeated the purpose of the E-ink.]]>Aug 26th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/
Tell your girlfriend to call Amazon again. She must have gotten a bad customer service rep. Most kindle owners do NOT see that kind of battery drain. Even with wireless on, she should get 2-3 days reading. Browsing the web wirelessly will cut into that. If you are in a weak signal area the wireless connection will draw more power. I normally keep wireless turned off unless I need to use it. That way I get most of a week on a charge. (my iPhone and Laptop are jealous)

Some people have had bad batteries and when Amazon replaced them their problems cleared up. Others have had bad kindles which Amazon replaced and the then had normal batter life.]]>Aug 28th 2008 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/
In the past few months, I've been setting aside money for a Kindle and as of today, taking into account shipping, I'm about $5 shy...of the $350 model, that is. If the news of a $250 model is accurate, then I just ended up saving enough money for a Kindle AND $100 worth of books!

I love news like this. If there's an official announcement from Amazon by next month, I'll be even happier.]]>Aug 26th 2008 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/
By keeping it simple (like Sony's eBook), they can go much further than wherever they can tue up a mobile partner. (and pass on the savings in the form of cheaper books.)]]>Aug 26th 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/
Why color? Consider reference books in sciences. Figures, graphs, illustrations, etc. Many of these require color. Scientific papers often do as well. Plus pictures of naked women just aren't as interesting in b&w.]]>Aug 26th 2008 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/(where amazon does not even have an online store, but they will ship most things here)]]>Aug 26th 2008 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/May 12th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/
Note to Kindle store: fill annoying gaps in library, allow me to send books to other readers from my kindle.]]>Aug 26th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 27th 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 27th 2008 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Sep 1st 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 26th 2008 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Ebooks are vastly cheaper to produce, distribute, and store. They can be easily indexed, shared, carried, and disposed of. Their impact on the environment will be astronomical given that there's no trucks to deliver thousands or millions of books and no trees chopped for paper. And let's not forget that the marginal cost of producing each ebook is next to nothing so profit margin is huge. More profit means more books!]]>Aug 27th 2008 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/
But of course there are advantages even without a backlight....]]>Aug 28th 2008 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/So Amazon's firmware page will list firmwares for Gen 1, Gen 5, Gen 6...]]>Aug 27th 2008 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/Aug 27th 2008 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/26/249-kindle-2-0-significantly-thinner-and-frog-stylish/
IF gen4/5 allowed color, and had a backlight (plus the lower price) it would be REAL hard not to go with the Kindle, since it's a "one handed" device.
THAT's why I was envious of the little netbook on a hanger, touchscreen full flip..but is a NOTHING in the spec range

As for the stack of books.. I did not even look, it is a generic stack of best sellers, what they are selling is the thing in FRONT of the books


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glad I have my Kindle in hand! ]]>Nov 17th 2008 11:53AM