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Offline dankles

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Re: Kindle 2 - DRM to the extreme.
« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2009, 01:11:59 PM »
I found this list of ebook readers that you might be interested in:
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix

There are quite a few out there.

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In the end, I'll probably wait for some of the new multi-touchscreen linux netbooks to come out and use that as an ebook reader. That way I can control all the hardware/software in which ever way I want.
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Offline mgz

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Re: Kindle 2 - DRM to the extreme.
« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2009, 04:35:35 PM »
the e ink screens are so much easier on your eyes though
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Re: Kindle 2 - DRM to the extreme.
« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2009, 04:50:26 PM »
Mgz, have you had a chance to use the nokia n810 with its transflective lcd?

It's not quite as good as e-ink, but is far more versatile tech.  Infinitely better than trying to use something like a psp or laptop outdoors.
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Re: Kindle 2 - DRM to the extreme.
« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2009, 05:01:30 PM »
Quote from: mgz on July 28, 2009, 04:35:35 PM
the e ink screens are so much easier on your eyes though
Only problem is that its not color is it? What about when I wanna read manga that has color pages?
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Re: Kindle 2 - DRM to the extreme.
« Reply #24 on: July 28, 2009, 05:14:03 PM »
Quote from: dankles on July 28, 2009, 05:01:30 PM
Quote from: mgz on July 28, 2009, 04:35:35 PM
the e ink screens are so much easier on your eyes though
Only problem is that its not color is it? What about when I wanna read manga that has color pages?
i personally cant stand reading long things on a monitor like thing, no i havent tried the n810 but i was considering something like the kindle because i hate small screens and e ink combined with the much larger screens = quite nice.

The DRM is there on amazon purely because they would get sued to shit on some things that happened. So as long as i get my money back when they delete my book on me its not a big deal to me
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Offline Lupin

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Re: Kindle 2 - DRM to the extreme.
« Reply #25 on: July 28, 2009, 05:58:46 PM »
The incident only became an issue because it wasn't handled properly. If people were notified earlier that a deletion will take place because of some reason and that refunds will be made, nobody will complain.
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Re: Kindle 2 - DRM to the extreme.
« Reply #26 on: July 28, 2009, 08:51:58 PM »
Regardless of any sort of DRM, I'm reluctant to pay what Amazon charges for eBooks. It'd be nice if there could be some sort of bundle in which hard copies of books were offered with redeemable codes for the equivalent eBook. I can't justify paying for a text file when I can own, archive and collect a real copy.
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Re: Kindle 2 - DRM to the extreme.
« Reply #27 on: July 29, 2009, 12:21:27 PM »
the other big problem with most of the ereaders is they have much smaller book selection thats as easily available as the kindles
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Re: Kindle 2 - DRM to the extreme.
« Reply #28 on: July 31, 2009, 03:10:18 AM »
...Except what you guys say doesn't matter. No matter if you hate DRM or not (I do as well) people like the Kindle. Much like the Wii and the iPhone, the people who are buying this are the ignorant masses. They think it's "cool" and they'll buy it. That's why there will always be DRM, because people either don't care or don't know a thing about technology.

For the record, I prefer my DS Lite for manga/books. No DRM there.
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Re: Kindle 2 - DRM to the extreme.
« Reply #29 on: July 31, 2009, 01:05:22 PM »
Quote from: queenmetroid on July 31, 2009, 03:10:18 AM
...Except what you guys say doesn't matter. No matter if you hate DRM or not (I do as well) people like the Kindle. Much like the Wii and the iPhone, the people who are buying this are the ignorant masses. They think it's "cool" and they'll buy it. That's why there will always be DRM, because people either don't care or don't know a thing about technology.

For the record, I prefer my DS Lite for manga/books. No DRM there.
i think the kindles biggest selling point is that you can wirelessly purchase so many more books then with every other reader out ther
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