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« Reply #75 on: February 09, 2009, 07:17:38 AM » |
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Engadget seems to be having the most information at the moment...
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« Reply #76 on: February 09, 2009, 07:18:37 AM » |
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10:14AM "More than 10% of the units we sell are Kindle book sales -- that's astonishing. So what happened? 230,000 things happened, and that's Kindle books. Even the best device without selection is useless." - Engadget
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« Reply #77 on: February 09, 2009, 07:19:14 AM » |
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I'm trying to post what Bezos is saying, but I keep getting errors. Trying again.
10:17AM Bezos is detailing what they had to do to make the Kindle compete with actual books. This is similar to the story we've heard before. He's also listing off the ways it's unlike a book (whispernet, dictionary, font size changes)
10:16AM "When we set about designing Kindle, we wanted the book to disappear. When you're reading books, you don't think about the pages or the cover, all your left with is the author's world."
10:15AM "We've gotten thousands of emails from users -- they're not all tech savvy. They're grandparents, parents, kids, travelers, even cat lovers."
10:14AM "More than 10% of the units we sell are Kindle book sales -- that's astonishing. So what happened? 230,000 things happened, and that's Kindle books. Even the best device without selection is useless."
10:14AM "We've been selling ebooks for years, and guess what -- it didn't work... until fourteen months ago." Laughter...
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« Reply #78 on: February 09, 2009, 07:19:57 AM » |
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And we have Kindle 2
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« Reply #79 on: February 09, 2009, 07:20:15 AM » |
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10:18AM "Today I'm excited to introduce the Kindle 2."
It's official
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« Reply #80 on: February 09, 2009, 07:20:56 AM » |
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Thought I had missed it .....staff having issues this morning. I should have locked my door.
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« Reply #81 on: February 09, 2009, 07:21:00 AM » |
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Here it is:
10:19AM 0.36-inches thick... the iPhone is 0.48!
10:18AM "Today I'm excited to introduce the Kindle 2."
10:18AM Wow -- a customer submitted image -- a minister reading wedding vows from a Kindle. "I love the Kindle, it's a gateway drug!"
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« Reply #82 on: February 09, 2009, 07:21:52 AM » |
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d*mn 7 times more storage then K1
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« Reply #83 on: February 09, 2009, 07:21:57 AM » |
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10:19AM 0.36-inches thick... the iPhone is 0.48!
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« Reply #84 on: February 09, 2009, 07:22:55 AM » |
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10:21AM Automatic newspaper and magazine delivery...
10:21AM 7 times more storage than the original.
10:20AM Yeah -- this is the exact device we've seen. Minimal, grid keyboard, new button placement, and no slider (boo!).
10:19AM 0.36-inches thick... the iPhone is 0.48!
- Engadget
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« Reply #85 on: February 09, 2009, 07:23:33 AM » |
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10:22 AM* John Biggs - whisper sync - kindle 1 and kindle 2 AND OTHER MOBILE DEVICES will keep your current page across devices.
New five way controller. Can use device with either hand. Latest eink. 16 shades of gray. 7x storage. 25 percent longer battery, 2 weeks of reading.
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« Reply #86 on: February 09, 2009, 07:23:54 AM » |
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Amazon page just updated.
Text to speech capability.
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« Reply #87 on: February 09, 2009, 07:24:13 AM » |
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10:23 AM* John Biggs - 5 way controller.
10:23 AM* John Biggs - Longer battery life
10:22 AM* John Biggs - Faster screen update.
10:22 AM* John Biggs - Pageturning buttons flex inward.
10:22 AM* John Biggs - .36 inches. ultrathin
10:22 AM* John Biggs - whisper sync - kindle 1 and kindle 2 AND OTHER MOBILE DEVICES will keep your current page across devices.
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« Reply #88 on: February 09, 2009, 07:25:00 AM » |
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Faster screen update.
Pageturning buttons flex inward.
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« Reply #89 on: February 09, 2009, 07:25:16 AM » |
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It's up on the amazon web page now!!!
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« Reply #90 on: February 09, 2009, 07:25:35 AM » |
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Automatic newspaper and magazine delivery? How is that different than what we have now? Hmmmm....
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"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." -Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird
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« Reply #91 on: February 09, 2009, 07:25:48 AM » |
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Kindle 2 is up on Amazon, but when you click on it the link says not available
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« Reply #92 on: February 09, 2009, 07:25:55 AM » |
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Who wants to buy my Kindle 1? SD Card included.
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« Reply #93 on: February 09, 2009, 07:25:57 AM » |
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10:24 AM* John Biggs - The grey sort of melts in and out rather than that big black screen
10:24 AM* John Biggs - Much faster than in Kindle 1
10:24 AM* John Biggs - The screen changes are very speedy.
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« Reply #94 on: February 09, 2009, 07:26:21 AM » |
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Thanks Harvey
Crowning
Can see the head
Its a Kindle
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« Reply #95 on: February 09, 2009, 07:26:52 AM » |
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The text to speech feature is going to kill Sony. A decent number of folks have been asking for that. It will be great for the blind, visually impaired, and people with dyslexia.
NOw if he says we can get folders on K1 I will be very heppy.
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« Reply #96 on: February 09, 2009, 07:27:04 AM » |
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Just ordered it!
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« Reply #97 on: February 09, 2009, 07:27:16 AM » |
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« Reply #98 on: February 09, 2009, 07:28:41 AM » |
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for kindlers-in-waiting, Amazon page says: "If you have previously placed an order for Kindle 1, and have not yet received it, your order will automatically be upgraded to Kindle 2. You need to do nothing. " Some are gonna be angry!! I'm HAPPY!!!!!!  |
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