http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/ Engadget Comments for Kindle coming to the UK in October? Amazon might just tell us next week 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/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/Oct 1st 2009 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/Oct 1st 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/
It would be great if Amazon could sign an agreement with a partner such as Vodafone, thus launching the device across dozens of countries at the same time, not just most of Europe but Australia and New Zealand as well. I can dream, can't I?]]>Oct 1st 2009 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/Oct 1st 2009 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/
No matter how you try and spin it, e-ink devices will be better than TFT ones for reading, and thats exactly what the kindle is meant for]]>Oct 1st 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/
No, really.]]>Oct 1st 2009 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/Oct 1st 2009 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/
@ Phil Perman: I agree with you. eInk is the way to go to read on a digital device. However, I do not think that the kindle is a professional device, nor it is meant for scholars or students. I wonder why AMAZON is trying to get into college with this thing when it's so complicated and awkward to take notes and bookmark. Isn't that the purpose of reading when you are a professional student? I don't get it. ]]>Oct 1st 2009 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/Oct 1st 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/
Sony have a more flexible option, as they are using ePub instead of a hacked about and unique mobi file format, so you will not be limited to Amazon for everything. And if you go with anything that uses Adobe's ePub DRM, providing you are ok with DRMed books, then at least you can choose what reader you use. next time. Go Kindle, and you can't go for any other without dumping all your books. ]]>Oct 1st 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/Oct 1st 2009 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/Oct 1st 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/Oct 1st 2009 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/
Plus I was able to get all of my ebooks through Callibre onto it, one way or another. As in, some didn't like converting into .epub (.html for example in one case, though another .html converted just fine), but was able to turn those into .rtf and get them on there.

The only important difference besides the 1 inch screen size (not really missing the other inch btw), is the 3g connection Kindles have. That simply wasn't important to me, since I'm the type to just pack the ebooks onto my device and go.]]>Oct 1st 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/I know my question might be a little annoying, but I really want an eInk device for school! I teach and am a scholar, and it is imperative that I am able to take notes and put bookmarks... It seems like a big pain to be able to do so on the Kindle2 and DX. Could I get your opinion, please? ]]>Oct 1st 2009 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/
DON'T.

Walk away now. Avoid Kindle, Irex, Sony Bookeen.. Anything with an e-ink display!!!

You will be disappointed. Current generation e-book readers are not a good tool for text books. Try a netbook or something if you want portability.

PDF support is so-so at best, awful at worst.
Pages are slow to update.
Searching is slow and awkward.
Those with keyboards are slow to enter text.

They are not good for school work. End of story. You will be impossibly impractically slowed down using an e-book over a paper text book. Assuming the right books are even available. Why pay to be less efficient.

E-book readers are fantastic for reading fiction. And within the confines of what they are designed to do, they do their job very well. I have had one for almost a year now, and I am still a very happy customer. But please. Do yourself a huge favour.

Avoid e-book readers for non recreational reading. ]]>Oct 1st 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/
PDF support is just fine on my Reader.

"Pages are slow to update."

Turning a hard copy by hand is usually slower than my reader.

I agree with everything else you said though. Just get a netbook for school. ]]>Oct 1st 2009 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/
I purchased a Kindle 2 right after they dropped the price to $299, and I ultimately returned it during Amazon's free trial period (note that for all the crap they get about closed formats and book deletions, Amazon's customer service was exemplary). Ultimately, the screen contrast wasn't sufficient for my needs. I think Nicholson Baker nailed it in the New Yorker when he compared it to reading a wet newspaper. I may have gotten a bad screen - I've seen reports elsewhere of users who went through multiple units to find one they liked. I'm still really interested in an ereader, so I stopped in the local Sony Style store the other day. I thought the screens on the PRS-300 and even PRS-600 were better than my Kindle's had ever been. I think this might be a personal preference thing. ]]>Oct 1st 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/
So you can load up a big thick manual in PDF, formated for A4, flip pages as fast as a paper book, zoom, cut and paste? and it has a table of contents that you can use to skip to specific chapters or headings?

Don't get me wrong. My criticisms were strictly aimed at using the reader for school work. Not at e-book readers in general. I have a Cybook myself, but read up on most of the readers out there.

For fiction, great. I love my Cybook. And I firmly belive it is superior to paper books when it comes to reading for pleasure. I have not regretted buying it for a second.

For reading reference material, you gain so little at the loss of so much. It just isn't worth it yet, and I hate to see a good gadget get such bad reviews because people are using it for the wrong thing.

I have gigs of PDF files. Everything from printed out web pages, to recipes, to manuals downloaded from the net. All incredibly useful, but only on a device capable of doing them justice. ]]>Oct 1st 2009 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/It appears to be superior to the kindle in every way.]]>Oct 1st 2009 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/
When this drops in the UK I am definitely going to buy one!]]>Oct 1st 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/Oct 1st 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/The page swipe thing - not a problem. The buttons on the Sony Readers - not a problem (on the 505 they were perfect). Glossy screen - would prefer it more matt, but it's not a deal-breaker. Most importantly: open-format books, which HAVE to win this, and Calibre-delivered Economist and Guardian on demand. And have you ever picked up a Sony Reader? The build quality is better than any gadget I have come across in the last 8 years. It's such a beautifully designed and built device, you just WANT to use it. I haven't once found myself wishing that it had wireless- though I will be in the market for a Plastic Logic reader when they come out, for a4-size PDF reading.

Anyone who says 'the iphone is better' hasn't used one of these. I've read a couple of books on my iphone, and yes, convergence is great, but there seriously is no comparison. One is for reading a lot in one sitting, the other is not.

]]>Oct 1st 2009 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/Oct 1st 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/01/kindle-coming-to-the-uk-in-october-amazon-might-just-tell-us-ne/http://www.americanlisted.com/competition/ where you could win this Kindle.
Free stuff...I like]]>Nov 24th 2009 6:43AM