Topic: Dinosaur Alert

[Dracho]

So, maybe I'm the last guy on the planet to do this, but I finally broke down and bought a Kindle (Kindle Touch for $99), and wow.. this is pretty cool.   I'd been reading eBooks with the Kindle and Nook apps on my Smartphone and PC, but with the Kindle I get an @kindle email address and can now check out eBooks from the Public Library!  For Free!  Same with music.

Check it out for 7 or 14 days, read or listen to it (up to 10 items) and goes away when its time to check it in.  They support all sorts of eReader formats, I just preferred the Kindle.

Pretty cool.

[Kreeargh]

Please dont make us anti crap tec poeple feel guilty or worse cause we dont want to buy crap in a can or a box. Where is that damn matrix plugin that is what i need right?     If i buy it im evil flame wars on the energy used.  No win if you public buy it. It waist energy! How bout FORCE IT comeone matrix plugin? Anyone?

[Dracho]

Please dont make us anti crap tec poeple feel guilty or worse cause we dont want to buy crap in a can or a box. Where is that damn matrix plugin that is what i need right?   

Honestly, I felt the same way (which is ironic considering my line of work), but the eInk display is what won me over.  It doesn't tire my eyes like looking at a screen.. reading books on my android phone was like staring at a computer screen all day.  I also like being able to make the text bigger instead of hunting for my reading glasses. 

If it is any consolation I borrowed a tablet PC and hated Windows 7 on it (God that OS is not designed for touch screens, but maybe I'll give Metro a view when the time comes) and bought an Android tablet that I kept for a weekend before returning it.. because my phone did everything it did, only faster.

[Kreeargh]

Giive me my jetpack called for in 1964 world fair please!!! I would be happy with that alone. This tec now is an issue as its everchangeing. 

[marstone]

I do like my Kindle.  The E-Ink screen is a good tech.  It takes no energy to hod an image on screen and only a little to change it.  Battery can last for more then a month (me not so long as I read alot).

my eyes like the screen better then a back lit one.  I still do books, can;t beat holding a real book, but the price of e-books can be alot cheaper (I have been picking up tech books for about half the price). 

[NJAntman]

Dad bought mom a kindle Touch last week and I set it up for her, at 72 she can just about remember where the router is let alone the network id & password. Also impressed by the image display; setup was damn easy and I've turned her loose on the public library.