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Wait... I'm broke!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!]]>Feb 9th 2009 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCJ3Oz5JVKs]]>Feb 9th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
If you read the article, rounding fail.

If you only read the above comment, judgment fail.

Either way ...]]>Feb 9th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Jun 22nd 2009 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
if you want to make people cry, you need aimbot accuracy]]>Feb 9th 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
Not that native PDF would necessarily sell me on the new one (I'd still rather have a lower price and Wi-fi-only connectivity (with maybe an option to use a cell phone as a modem)), but it would make it worth considering. I'd bet a lot of other folks in academia feel the same.]]>Feb 9th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
Making me pay to put free PDFs on this thing is absurd]]>Feb 9th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
If you send the document to BRAINS@free.kindle.com, you will receive an email back with the converted file in AZW format. It really is easy then to use the usb connection to transfer it to your Kindle.

I read many professional articles one my Kindle which i transfer that way.]]>Feb 9th 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
Still, it puzzles me that they don't have native support for the format. Almost any researcher reads dozens of papers per month that they acquire in PDF form. So many folks I know hate all the printing they do but want to be able to read their references away from the computer.]]>Feb 9th 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
Especially considering I get many of my ebooks free from, well, you know, that internet site with a ship and cassette skull and cross bones on it.]]>Feb 9th 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
The issue is the screen size. Most pdf documents (older ones) are not reflowable. They are often just scans of printed documents. This means that reading on a 6 inch screen is a pain (or should that be 'a pane'). You basically get a zoomed out image of a crappy scan. Or you zoom in and you have to page right/left and up/down. If pdf's are your thing you need to wait for the upcoming 9.7inch screens (upcoming from other vendors, don't know about Amazon's plans).

Michael

p.s. Reflowable refers to the ability to reset the amount of words based on the screen/form-factor of the reading device. Formats that are not reflowable always fit the same page image on the screen -- no matter whether you are using a cell phone or a video wall.]]>Feb 9th 2009 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
A FREE utility (Mobi) will convert PDFs to Kindle-readable files...AT NO COST!

Granted, you have an option to pay, but why would you?]]>Feb 9th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/

]]>Feb 9th 2009 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
Amazon should just suck it up and realise that not everyone wants to go through their stupid service. Some people don't like submitting their books, especially when they're likely to be mangled out of all recognition. Support HTML, PDF, RTF, LIT and all the various other common formats natively and let users discover the Amazon service for themselves. In other words make it a great device even if someone has no intention of buying a book, because the chances are they will eventually assuming it does other stuff well. The strategy worked for the iPod and it would work for Kindle.

But as long as they demand silly money for a DRM'd and hobbled device, the thing is always going to be a waste of time and money. But hey, maybe you can buy a pink version.]]>Feb 9th 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/"browse the online store"
"search for your favorite title"

You think you're going to lick the entries into the kindle or perhaps it has super advanced speech recognition or perhaps telepathy...]]>Feb 9th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
Once you are in reading mode, why do you need the extra space of the keybd there. Doesnt look right.]]>Feb 9th 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 10th 2009 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
Sorry but no thanks, as cool as it is.]]>Feb 9th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
Also, after a year of ownership, you can still sell the Kindle 2 for close to the price you bought it for. Ask the Kindle 1 owners (or former owners) or check ebay. Also, if you subsribe to any magazine/newspaper, that's where the real savings are because I admit that some books really aren't worth the $10 pricetag.]]>Feb 9th 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
1) A $99 price point for the device itself. $359 is way too expensive.

2) A subscription-based model, where I pay a subscription fee to check out books from a "Kindle Library." (A Netflix-type model where $10/month might get me "two books out at a time" or whatever.) This would put the Kindle on a more even playing field against public libraries, and open it up to a wider customer base that (like me) doesn't see the utility in buying a book that you are only going to read once.]]>Feb 9th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
]]>Feb 9th 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
Bonus points if they can figure out a way for libraries to "check out" books to them without upsetting rights/profits schema in place.]]>Feb 9th 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/I would buy the kindle today if it met those two points.
I'd even pay a little more if it could open regular PDFs as well!]]>Feb 9th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/
Ah you poor poor silly! Textbooks are an absolute profit goldmine, and are in fact changed year to year in incremental amounts to ensure you have to buy the 'new' version...no buying old copies! ]]>Feb 9th 2009 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/]]>Feb 9th 2009 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/amazon-kindle-2-announced-359-on-feburary-24/Feb 9th 2009 10:49AM