Just Wondering...

[Liniya]

I think people will likely still pay for the book regardless. And hey, even if they just downloaded the book illegally, at least their stuff is getting out there. I really do just wish it was all available on the Kindle. What I don't get is some of Murakami's stuff is on there and not others. Same with Gibson. At least it's their best stuff. :3

Yeah, I heard that about .pdfs and the e-mail address. It's just that .pdfs are still quite large, and too many of those can really bog down your Kindle.

I still need to read some of the books on there...XP

[bogusar]

No, it doesn't bog down your Kindle. ((Thou shalt not use my name as a verb )) Amazon converts the pdf to a text type document. The Kindle cannot read pdf's. I've tried. You mail the pdf to your special bogusar@kindle.com or whatever, Amazon converts it for you and they send it to your Kindle. It's brilliant. By the way, you have to "allow" email addresses to send stuff to your Kindle. It won't accept emails from just anybody. That way you don't get spammed.

Besides, I have many converted pdf books on my Kindle and I'm not experiencing any "bogging down". If you need more space then there's an SD card reader on it. I don't have an SD card in mine and I have plenty of space. Any book you've ever bought from Amazon is saved by them on your account so if you delete some, or lose your Kindle, you can always re-download them. And if you have converted files you want to save you can always use a USB cord to hook it up to your computer and save them on your hard drive. You can hold tons of books on just the memory it comes with anyway.

I've noticed that too, that only some of an author's books are available. I don't know why.

--bog

[cyborg2285]

No, it doesn't bog down your Kindle. ((Thou shalt not use my name as a verb ))

Lol, even though it's the shortened version.

[Liniya]

XP

I thought I read that thenewer generation could read .pdfs? I could convert .pdfs into .txts if I really wanted to, or into HTML then .txt. They charge you to convert them is the thing.

As for extra space, the one that works in Canada with 3g, I believe, doesn't have an SD card slot, but has larger internal memory. But I guess if I have to I can just back things up on the computer. I just want the thing to be a stand-alone device. And I think there are only a limited number of re-downloads, or something. I think I read that on their site somewhere...Ah well. x.x

[bogusar]

Yes, they charge you $0.10 to convert and mail a pdf to your Kindle. It's not a big deal. It was funny to see a 10 cent charge on my credit card bill . Of course you can just do it yourself and save the 10 coppers.

It can be a stand alone device. I only hooked mine up to my computer once when I first got it just to see how it worked. I haven't had the need to hook it up since then. I delete books after I read them. If I want to re-read them I'll just re-download them from Amazon, or if I got it from Gutenburg I'll re-download it from there. There's no need to back-up something you can just re-download in my opinion.

I did some research on the limited download thing. It was a rumor. The truth is there is no download limit on downloading the same book to the same kindle over and over again. If you want to read about it here: http://ireaderreview.com/2009/06/20/kin ... geardiary/ I also looked on Amazon's site and could find nothing stated about limits. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/ ... =200386160

So for me, it's a standalone device. But that's just me and how I use my kindle. Your mileage may vary.

--bog

[Liniya]

That seems like a silly charge...Just to save the hassle I'd rather do it myself. XP

It can be a standalone device depending on which one you get. Only one of them work on the 3g network up here and all over the world. And the thing is supposed to have enough memory that it doesn't get filled up with stuffs, ya know? So deleting a book shouldn't even be necessary unless you try to hack it or something.

I'm glad that was just a rumour. I'll certainly look into buying one when I get the chance. The alternative is that stupid Apple iPad thing, which...Bleh. Maybe next month. I just want something I can also write a novel on. ♥

[bogusar]

If you want something to write a novel on wouldn't you want a proper keyboard? Get a netbook like the Asus EEE. The keyboard on the newer ones are supposed to be pretty nice.

--bog

[Liniya]

I know, I had one until it was stolen. >.>

I want a little keyboard like the one that was on my Nokia. Can type pretty fast on there, plus I have extreme portability and longer battery life than most netbooks.

I dunno, I'll come up with something. XP

[bogusar]

You could always buy another Nokia? Like you said, you get more portablitity and better battery life.

--bog

[Liniya]

But I've already had one, I want something different, ya know? Or I could wait for the price of the newest one to go down.

[bogusar]

Well, if it's the best ultra-portable computer for you then get another one. I do understand wanting to try something new though. What else is out there that would be suitable?

--bog

[Liniya]

The WiBrain. It looks amazing, but I can't find it available anywhere other than eBay.

http://www.wibrain.com/products/main.php?Top_Class=A

[bogusar]

Pretty interesting. I like that it's available with Ubuntu. With XP or Ubuntu you'd definitely be able to write on it. But the keyboard doesn't look fast enough. But hey, with USB ports on it it would be no problem to hook up a real keyboard and go at it .

Samsung makes a similar product: http://www.samsung.com/he/products/note ... np_q1_.asp

--bog

[Liniya]

The keyboard on the Nokia n810 wasn't terribly fast either, but it worked well enough. I wrote a lot on it. :3

I saw that, but the thing about that is that I HATE on-screen keyboards. I need a slide out one, and if I have to attach another large keyboard to it then i might as well just have a laptop. x.x

[bogusar]

Onscreen keyboards take a bit of getting used to. Even then, they still suck. My phone has an on-screen keyboard and I can't type nearly as fast as I could on my old phone. It's really annoying. But hey, without a physical keyboard it's a lot slimmer.

Go-go folding keyboard?



Lol, yeah, may as well have a laptop .

--bog