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Amazon's Kindle DX: Hands-On Review

Too big; most content free online cost $$$ on Kindle; too costly (almost $500!!!), only greyscale; even pdf's cost money to convert and load to your Kindle.

See Mossberg's review.

I'm sticking with my MacBook Air, which does a lot more and I have the Kindle App on my iPhone if I really need it.

How Kindle Will Kill the Book Star

Couldn't the Kindle increase sales as it will kill the used book market?

Amazon Gaining Share on iTunes

If you're old enough to have kids, you probably can not hear the difference!

PS: If you knew what you were talking about, you would realize that AAC is better than MP3.

On Apr 10 01:04 AM anti-cranky wrote:

> Speaking of the generational differences… my kids use iTunes almost
> exclusively. I still prefer to get the actual CD from Amazon since
> I’m getting the music in a lossless format. If I do buy compressed
> music I prefer Amazon because I can get a 256kb encoding rather than
> the 128kb encoding itunes offers. I wish there was a service that
> offered lossless formats for those of us (few) that care…

Analyst: Kindle's a 'Niche' Product, Because Amazon Wants It That Way

What is to prevent the iPhone/iPod Touch to cannibalize the Kindle and eBook sales?

Kindle 2: Still Expensive

I'll take a Netbook over the Kindle any day. Why pay to read RSS feeds, newspapers, etc when you can do it for free.

Actually, I have a MacBook Air (only $999 in the Apple Refurb store) that works great for pdfs, RSS, web browsing, eBooks. Plus, I have WiFi connectivity (available almost everywhere) and G3 (ATT) tethering with my cell phone.

What's New With the Kindle 2?

Big deal - K2 has a 0.1 weight advantage over K1.

Big negative - K2 does not have SD support like the K1.

Is it true that Amazon charges one to convert files to pdf format?

Kindle: The Two's No Greater than the One

Who wants to buy this thing for almost $400 when you can get a netbook for the same price. Even the MacBook Air is a better option, albeit at $999 refurbished.

Amazon Will Stumble, Just Like Every Other Retail Company

One issue with Amazon: They are relying more and more on third party vendors, with the end result of increased shipping charges and bogus merchandise. For example, I wanted to buy a compact flash card but the ones I found were only being sold by third parties. In reading the feedback, it was clear that these vendors were selling bogus (? Chinese look-alike) cards. Ended up buying at BHPhoto!

Google's GMail Outage: Another Blow for "The Cloud"

Google and MobileMe are more reliable than any server in our office.