Amazon Kindle 2 review – Engadget review
I guess that's what’s on top of everyone's mind – do we need a dedicated reader. Deepak has sold me to the idea that we do – but not at these prices!!! Will keep an eye open for the discoun season on his one:)
You don’t need a Kindle if you can read on your mobile. Convert pdf/lit/txt/ to images suited to your phone and read off it in picture viewer. Very convenient since you can read anywhere: waiting in line, bored in a shopping mall, etc. Have already read more than 10 novels which would not have been possible otherwise due to time constraints.
Sujith
March 5, 2009 at 8:15 pm
I prefer the Mobipocket reader – currently going through the classics and a draft of Warbreaker. However cannot deny that there are times when we want a bigger screen and easier on the eyes text. Reading on mobile can start getting strenuous- of course by E71 is not bes suited for reading for a long time. Need to kick start my PDA again:)
brijwhiz
March 6, 2009 at 9:34 am
a sort of pseudo-geeky review (in video form) of iPod vs Kindle as an ebookreading device:
http://slatev.com/player.html?id=15410965001
-sarat.
Sarat
March 17, 2009 at 8:08 am
Oops. I meant iPhone and not iPod.
For me either device seems overpriced. Maybe there will be a longitudinally folding screen device of some sort sometime in the future that you could carry in your coat jacket (just like a folded newspaper!).
The key question though is – when people visit you – how do you show off to them what books you have if you can’t shelve them books anymore?
Sarat
March 17, 2009 at 8:20 am
I agree with Sujith … have read a bunch of books on the iphone using the Kindle Reader software and the Stanza software … very convenient to read text – and less bulky than the kindle.
Now if the Kindle came in color and comic book publishers started publishing comics in kindle format – that would be something to watch out for.
Of course a foldable/rollable screen(drool) doesn’t seem too far off in the future with the new LED displays …yaay to tekmology.
Venky
May 20, 2009 at 4:19 pm