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Nick
04-11-09, 01:21 PM
Fact or Fiction - You Decide

As wannabee Kindle kopy kats gear up to enter the e-reader market,
there is some speculation that Amazon is coming out with a larger-
screen version

Links:
Engadget.com (http://www.engadget.com/tag/kindle)
WSJ.com (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123939695884009359.html) (requires registration)
Drew2k
04-11-09, 04:37 PM
Heh. I just bought the Kindle 2 a month ago and have no problems with the screen size, but think that the software could use some updates.
thestaton
04-11-09, 06:13 PM
Can you sell your kindle books? I would assume it's like MP3's, which offer no tangible value.
P Smith
04-11-09, 07:51 PM
Give me FCC ID of new K-3 and we will speak;
for now it's just someone personal specualation: text-to-speech, big, color, touch, smart, etc ... it's like asking your wife reading the books for you ;).
Nick
04-11-09, 08:18 PM
I'm selling off my shares in the bookcase market. :sure:
Grentz
04-11-09, 10:16 PM
I really like the Kindle, I would love to get one if I could justify it (I just dont read enough books right now though...)
djlong
04-12-09, 08:28 AM
It's well known that Amazon has been working on a 'university' version of the Kindle that is more geared towards college textbooks. It's supposed to have a larger screen because of the nature of textbooks, especially technical ones. The last I'd heard from Amazon is that they wanted to come out with it in time for the Fall 2009 semester.
Grentz
04-12-09, 09:45 AM
It's well known that Amazon has been working on a 'university' version of the Kindle that is more geared towards college textbooks. It's supposed to have a larger screen because of the nature of textbooks, especially technical ones. The last I'd heard from Amazon is that they wanted to come out with it in time for the Fall 2009 semester.

This is what I REALLY REALLY REALLY want. It would be so awesome to have for text books.

The only issue will be it will not be very useful if they only have a few textbooks, they really need to have most of them on there so students can get all their required books (or at least most of them).
FHSPSU67
04-12-09, 09:59 AM
This is what I REALLY REALLY REALLY want. It would be so awesome to have for text books.

The only issue will be it will not be very useful if they only have a few textbooks, they really need to have most of them on there so students can get all their required books (or at least most of them).

It's well known that Amazon has been working on a 'university' version of the Kindle that is more geared towards college textbooks. It's supposed to have a larger screen because of the nature of textbooks, especially technical ones. The last I'd heard from Amazon is that they wanted to come out with it in time for the Fall 2009 semester.
All I can say is AMEN!:)
P Smith
04-12-09, 10:03 AM
As I'm aware you can send for conversion any of public domain book for $0.10 or ask Amazon add copyrighted book to Kindle store, or write it itself and convert it to Kindle format ;).
TSR
04-12-09, 11:10 AM
As I'm aware you can send for conversion any of public domain book for $0.10 or ask Amazon add copyrighted book to Kindle store, or write it itself and convert it to Kindle format ;).

Does sound pretty cool, seeing as how I still haven't gone to college yet, haha...
Drew2k
04-12-09, 01:11 PM
To my knowledge from various blogs, Amazon to date has not yet charged anyone for the conversion and wireless delivery of personal documents directly to the Kindle. There is definitely a free method to send documents to an altered personal Kindle address and then transfer via USB cable (not wirelessly) and so far the only restriction in the TOS is that all documents must be "personal". Despite that, I've transferred several PDF reference documents to the Kindle (Oracle, ClearCase, ClearQuest, etc.) and the only problems so far is that content links in the PDF are often lost in the conversion, and diagrams in the PDF are often mangled.
Nick
11-13-09, 03:55 PM
From BetaNews.comUniversities reject Kindle DX as a textbook
replacement; text-to-speech DRM an issue

By Tim Conneally | November 11, 2009

Two universities running Kindle DX pilot programs have rejected the device as a potential textbook replacement, citing a poor feature set and the controversial accessibility issues. Primary among these is the text-to-speech capability.

This capability came under fire shortly after the Kindle 2 debuted, as the Author's Guild wanted writers to be compensated for the spoken "performance" of books, or otherwise have the text-to-speech function disabled.

Meanwhile, equal rights groups like the American Council for the Blind, the International Dyslexia Association, and the National Center for Learning Disabilities wanted the feature to be kept free and available as an aid to the visually or cognitively impaired. ...More @ BetaNews.com (http://www.betanews.com/article/Universities-reject-Kindle-DX-as-a-textbook-replacement/1257968058)
Marlin Guy
11-15-09, 11:45 PM
I'm leaning towards B&N's nook, mostly for its support of the EPUB format, but I also like the virtual keyboard and color toolbar.