POST your K.2 thoughts here: unOFFICIAL K2 Thread:

[Benjamin]

If you read Amazon's Kindle 2 page...K1 owners only receive priority over new orders. Don't assume the world is out to get you personally until it's proven.

Since i havent recieved a k1 yet, im not an owner yet, am i.

[sjc]

Hey Scott:  What do you think?

[ProfCrash]

I wouldn't be too worried about the K1 folks ahead of you. When they stopped shipping the Kindles, they knew how many people were in line and probably projected out how many people would be in line for the K1 when the announcement was made. Toss in a decent guess at how many new adopters there would be and they should have made more then enough K2's to handle all of the people in line and all the K1 users who decide to buy one.

Keep in mind that they have the initial K1 backlog lesson and they had a really good idea about how many people were waiting for a K1. Unless the K1 folks go mad and all of them upgrade, I think you will be safe. Heck I think you will be safe even if all the K1 folks were to upgrade.

[k_reader]

It is very clear (from the Amazon Site) that Kindle 1 owners are FIRST priority.  Did we get a confirm that Amazon won't even be sending the crappy sleeve with the product?

[ScottBooks]

It is very clear (from the Amazon Site) that Kindle 1 owners are FIRST priority.  Did we get a confirm that Amazon won't even be sending the crappy sleeve with the product?

From Amazon's FAQ page for the K2:

I ordered Kindle 1 before the Kindle 2 release, but have not received it yet—which Kindle will I get?

Because you already ordered the original Kindle and are awaiting its arrival, we're pleased to inform you that we are upgrading your order so that you will receive the new Kindle 2. You will be in the first group to receive Kindle 2, and you will receive yours as soon as Kindle 2 becomes available later this month. You need not do anything.

Should you wish to view, cancel or change your order you may do so any time prior to shipment by visiting www.amazon.com/wheres-my-stuff. Post shipment, you can always return Kindle in it's original packaging with all accessories within the first 30 days of getting

emphasis mine.

It ships without a cover. It's not meant to be read with a cover on (unlike K1).

[Panjo]

While I won't be selling Cora to get a new K2, I do think that the text to voice feature would be cool, even for a gal with 20/20 vision (ok, with contacts...) I work a few days a week and have about a 30 minute drive... if I'm in the middle of a good book, I'd love to be able to turn it to text to voice and have it read to me on the way home... even if it is mechanical sounding!

[k_reader]

I'm happy to be getting the K2.  I still think Amazon was not forthcoming since they knew all this since October and kept all of us backorder people thinking we'd get a Kindle 1 all this time.  We will NOT get a brand new K1 from Amazon.  I still want the reader... but I'm concerned about the integrity of the company with the future pricing of the books etc... Plus, now that they have an extended warranty, does that mean that they will no longer be so super quick to turn around a new kindle if you have problems with your kindle (everyone has been saying how great they've been with support).. I guess the extended warranty covers accidents?

[sjc]

Benjamin:  I think you made a wise choice.  I do believe that the K has it all over the Sony.  I told you last night that my cousin returned her Sony.  The whole USB computer thing does become a pain in the A#@.  There are times that the WHISPERNET comes in very handy.  I like your thinking Benjamin...you're a straight shooter.

[sjc]

K_Reader:  Yes covers accidents; but that being said:

The warranty is only 2 years.  SquareTrade is 3 years with Accidental but MUST ask for Accidental and must be within 30 days of purchase.  (I think but don't quote me: $74.99 with ADH and 3 years) I have used SquareTrade for several high-tech items and have been very satisfied.

[sjc]

Harvey posted that the new cover (purchase seperately) looks way more secure than the original.  I hated the original cover at first and was one of those who ended up putting the small piece of velcro on it...now I like it.

[ProfCrash]

http://www.buymedge.com/p_products.html

M-Edge covers are available for the same pricce as the K1 covers. So you can get the look you want at a more reasonable price.

[Benjamin]

Medge already has thier k2 cover on thier site, and the light works with it as well.

[Benjamin]

lol prof beat me to it.

[ProfCrash]

lol prof beat me to it.

I knew what people would be panicking over. Not the price or the features but the covers. I starteda topic in the accessories board for folks as well.

Deep breaths everyone, your K2 will look very nice at a reasonable price.

[sjc]

STRAIGHT from HARVEY and he's the best:

Looks like the page-turning buttons click "inward" rather than outward, to avoid unintended page turning:

"The page-turn buttons now flex inward to prevent any accidental page turns when picking up or handling Kindle."

What do you think?

ScottBooks says: 
Page turns may require a bit more pressure.  I tend to agree.  K1 users are going to have to make a few adjustments in using K2 and break some habits.  Waiters receiving K2 will adapt more easily with page turns.  (as they haven't been tilting outward and now having to adjust and learn to tilt inward.) Thanks Scott.

[sjc]

ANYONE keeping K1

[ProfCrash]

I am

[vlapinta]

I personally am very excited about the Kindle2. I have a Kindle on order for @ 2 months and can't wait to receive my Kindle2. A good friend of mine lent me her Kindle for a couple of weeks to try it out. I was hooked, but I prefer the slimmer Kindle 2, JMHO. Now my biggest decision is what cover to buy!
If you read the fine print from Amazon, anyone who was in line with orders waiting for a Kindle will receive the Kindle 2, and anyone who already had the Kindle 1 can upgrade and will recive priority over anyone NEW placing an order, not people already waiting with orders in Que.

Vicki

[Leslie]

ANYONE keeping K1

I am. I'll have both.

L

[sjc]

I believe that I am as well.  I will wait until mine dies and cross the K7,8,9 bridge when I come to it. 

Though I am like Benjamin and prefer to read; I do think that the text to speech will help many.  I did listen to it (Amazon demo page on their site) and it does sound robotic sort of like that of a GPS voice. 

Wouldn't it be nice if Amazon donated some of the K2's to the school for the blind?

[Linda Cannon-Mott]

I am happy with K1 and the buttons were never an issue for me. I like the text to voice feature, that is the biggest con for me in version 2 since I have a 90 minute round trip commute everyday. I plan to keep my K 1 and enjoy it until I get some feedback from Harvey and some of you other members that have upgraded from a K 1 to the K 2. I have to hear it form the "horse's mouth" so to speak before I will order a K 2.

[Mikuto]

ANYONE keeping K1

Oh yes. Keeping it until it there's no hope of repairing it. Hopefully by then the Kindle 3/4/5 will be out, so I don't have to "upgrade" to the Kindle 2.0.

[Panjo]

I'm with Linda- I am keeping my original, and the only thing that has really made me think twice is the text to voice feature. I have an hour commute to work a couple times a week and I think it would be cool to be able to continue to "read" my book on the way to work. But all in all, I love love love my original Kindle, am waiting for my custom designed Tego skin to arrive any day now, and only just named her yesterday... I can't get rid of her now!

[chobitz]

Oh yes. Keeping it until it there's no hope of repairing it. Hopefully by then the Kindle 3/4/5 will be out, so I don't have to "upgrade" to the Kindle 2.0.

Me too
Personally I am willing to bet within 6 months a K2.5 will be out with more on board memory AND I bet colors. Why else did King have a pink one??

[Brian]

The rest of it just doesn't matter to me. With an SD slot, I can carry as many books as I want so I don't need the extra internal memory space. I like my replacable battery. I am going to be flying to New Zealand for my honeymoon and I can see where having a replaceable battery could be a very good thing. Never mind power outages and the like. I have never had a problem with how quickly the pages turn so increasing that speed is not a big deal. I guess the increased grey scale would be nice for images but most the books I read do not have omages so I am not all that worried about it.

OK, I have had enough.

I'm not sure I follow all the demand for the replaceable battery. It isn't like a camcorder where you use up one battery and then plug in the other. It is replaceable for when it dies - as in completely dies and will no longer re-charge dies. So when that happens with your K2, you just send it in and let Amazon or some other third party replace it for you. It will probably cost a little more than the K1 replacement but it probably lasts twice as long before requiring replacement.

As for SD Card, the K1 will hold more books than you can read in a year and the K2 will probably hold more than you can read in 5 years. Just because you can put every book in the world on a SD card doesn't mean you have to.

Folders, I kind of get that but it isn't a make or break deal. You can either sort by author, by name, do a search OR DELETE some of the stuff you aren't going to read in the next decade. Take the iPod approach. Create a "playlist" of what you plan to read on your upcoming trip and put those on your Kindle. If your like me you won't get through half of it until your back home and can change what is on your device anyway. And if you do, just turn on Whispernet and buy something.

I know I'll probably get blasted for this but all this battery, SD Card and folder stuff has finally gotten to me. It starting to sound like the Amazon boards. I understand there are some of you who are truly upset about this but we get it. You don't have to post it 100 times.

Flame on.

PS - I apologize for any typos and grammatical errors to the "grammar error" thread.