anybody been using one? pro's? cons? Looks pretty cool, just now charging it. Been having too much fun with the remote control fart generator. Hey, boys never really grow up do they?
-JD-:-S
> Been having too much fun with the remote control fart generator. Hey, boys never really grow up do they?
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> -JD-:-S
Wendell would be doing the same EXACT thing!! He'd take it to our local Sharis and do it! You guys...I swear... KIDS!!! 😛
JD,
I like mine. You can even view web pages with it.
Haven't bought any books yet, but it is nice for reading pdf files in bed. Previously here, someone linked to AC Mulford's Boundaries and Landmarks, and I read it the pdf on Kindle. You can also read other things lying comfortably instead of sitting up and looking at your computer.
Takes a liitle while to get used to, so that you don't feel you are getting lost in the maze.
I think that everyone that has one really likes it. Fla/Ga should check in when he shows up.
I still prefer actual flatulance if given a choice. (MY OWN THAT IS). Why do I think that last statement is going to be totally misinterpreted?
E-readers are good and books are good. I wouldn't want to give up either.
Don
Will there ever come a time when a certain type of hardware is accepted as the standard, even for a short time? Or will we keep on this track where some people have kindles, ipads, iphones, droids, laptops, notebooks, and whatever comes out next? For a long time PC's were the standard, although the operating systems upgraded regularly so the old software would become obsolete requiring us to buy upgrades to stuff that worked just fine last year.
Sure, call me a fogey, but you know what? Typewriters were in style for 100 years or more in basically the same configuration. This technology boom we're in strikes me as a big scam sometimes. But I still have a PC, a laptop and a flip-phone as my cutting-edge technology and I know I would have fun with some of the new stuff.
I hesitated a long time because I like the feel of a real book, but my wife has one and she let me read some of Ben Franklin's autobiography, which was fascinating. I bought one too and it is everything I could want in an e-reader. I've downloaded lots of classics from Project Gutenberg, all free, and I'm devouring them now. I like the easy-to-use attached dictionary, so all I have to do is put the bar before the word and the definition appears, like today's "Niobe." We both have the WiFi only version - no need to spend extra on 3G. The Kindle is definitely a must have for every serious reader.
I gave my wife one for Christmas, she latter told me she thought it was dumb and why did she need it. Fast forward a few months, I can't get it away from her, she reads on it constantly. I really think she likes getting books for free as much as the reading, like beating the system. You have to check out the older books a little before you download as many are really old and written in "old english" making them harder to read. She did tell me that the form factor, thin and light, was really good. Overall for the $$ it is a pretty slick piece of equipment, now if they could only make data collectors with e-ink displays.
My son got me the Barns & Nobel version. Makes a 63 year old feel good to talk about his new Nook eReader (say that real fast!!). I have always loved books, so I was not so sure about a "non-bound" book. Now I am hooked. You can carry ALL of your books with you where ever you go. The books are generally cheaper than the hard copies. I find that I am reading MUCH more than before I got this thing.
