http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/ Engadget Comments for 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/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/i thought the original 6 inch is a joke. cant believe how well it did in the market though.]]>May 4th 2009 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/
If they announce excellent educational resources at the keynote then I'm placing my pre-order right then and there for next school year. Otherwise, I couldn't care less.]]>May 5th 2009 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 5th 2009 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/
It also doesn't solve the situation of the Kindle being more locked down than an iPod and too expensive. ]]>May 5th 2009 2:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/What kind of textbooks do you use that are 9.7 inch diagonal?
Most textbooks are 8.5 x 11, at minimum, and many texts are even larger.

This won't work for textbooks and Amazon won't support PDF's anyway.

If they at least made it 8.5 x 11 and included PDF support, I might have considered it, even without color and annotating capabilities, but without any of those features, this is just another Amazon junk for me.]]>May 5th 2009 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/
"No ability to highlight or markup. This will be as proprietary as the regular kindle. You'll have to pay to transfer any data on it."

- You already can highlight and add notes to a Kindle book.
- Kindle reads AZW, MOBI, PRC, DOC, TXT, RTF, HTM, and PDF. This ads a new, direct PDF reader. What is so propriety about that?
- There are multiple ways to get your books onto your Kindle. Only one has a 15-cent/meg fee for the convenience of automatic conversion and wireless transfer to your device. The rest of the methods are free.

Learn before you speak.]]>May 5th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/
I own the K2, and that's the thing I can't get over. I have no desire to hoard a thousand books. I can never give them away or sell them or anything. I listen to my Amazon mp3's over and over, but how many books do you want to re-experience again?]]>May 5th 2009 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/
Mr. blurry cam sounds like a character on a kids show]]>May 4th 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/
I can't read what Engadget crossed out with a line. Anyone know what was edited out?]]>May 4th 2009 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 5th 2009 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/
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Price this model well, though, and I'll think about it. Make it a touchscreen UI and I'm sold. ]]>May 4th 2009 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 5th 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/
The best thing about the Kindle is the free access to the internet/Wikipedia/book samples. Amazon knows this, and they know that there's no way that they'll be able to convince people to sign up for a monthly contract commitment for a *book.* They'll keep it subscription-free.]]>May 4th 2009 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/
I think he means _without_ paying for books.

You know, like Safari Books Online, which I love and have used for years. It's the Netflix of tech books. 5 books at any given time per month for $9.95.

If Amazon could do something like that with the Kindle while absorbing the price in a contract I'd probably bite.]]>May 5th 2009 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/May 4th 2009 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/Eventually there'll be something like this that's also a more generalized gadget that does web and video and so on.

Until then, it will be a niche gadget. Like a Blockbuster set top box.]]>May 4th 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/amazon-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-display/
How many times do people need to be told this? The Kindle and other e-readers exist to offer the e-ink display as an alternative to burning your eyes out on a backlit LCD screen. E-ink looks like a printed page, not like an electronic display. That's why it's great for reading.

If you want a multi-purpose gadget that does "web and video and so on" then you want a netbook, iPhone, Blackberry or a tablet PC... Not an e-reader. All of those other gadgets are available right now-- Go get one and stop asking for the e-reader to be capable of displaying shows from Hulu.

As for web browsing, you can already do that on the Kindle 2. It's not going to handle flash, or anything advanced, but it works for reading blogs and checking wikipedia.

If you're not in the market for a device that is aimed at READING BOOKS then don't complain that they don't have enough features. Clearly, what you want is already on the market and doesn't need to be copied by the Kindle.


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