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pleomax replied

11 March 2009, 11:52
Originally posted by minestrone View Post

The choir boy thread was last week.

wHOOSH, I am sure there is someone who reads this forum who understands what you have typed here.

Means tulip all to me.
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oracleslave replied

11 March 2009, 11:43
Originally posted by minestrone View Post

The choir boy thread was last week.

Are you too 'ard to read?
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minestrone replied

11 March 2009, 11:23
The choir boy thread was last week.
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pleomax replied

11 March 2009, 11:12
Stephen Fry has one and seems to love it.
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NotAllThere replied

11 March 2009, 10:52
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

The Kindle screen can stay on without power IIRC meaning you can read real slow. Laptops aren't cut out for this, they all would run out of battery if you wanted to read a whole book over a weekend...

really slowly

I read ebooks on my Sony-Ericsson p910i. Works fine, perfectly comfortable.
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fckvwls replied

11 March 2009, 09:34
Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post

Oh the irony of the US being such a doyen of literacy !

So who published your Great American Novel?
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Board Game Geek replied

10 March 2009, 22:28
Oh the irony of the US being such a doyen of literacy !
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NickFitz replied

10 March 2009, 18:37
"Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S."

This also applies to the content.

Ergo, not much point getting one if you're not in the US.
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minestrone replied

10 March 2009, 15:55
I thikn the sony reader looks better. As in, it looks smaller without the keyboard

To be honest I don't really know much about them but if I had time to read I would buy one.

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d000hg replied

10 March 2009, 15:45
Originally posted by Andy2 View Post

why not buy a small 8" laptop at the same price ?

The Kindle screen can stay on without power IIRC meaning you can read real slow. Laptops aren't cut out for this, they all would run out of battery if you wanted to read a whole book over a weekend...
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FSM with Cheddar replied

10 March 2009, 15:07
I'd give it 2 or 3 years before buying one.

At the moment they are at the same level as the first ipod. They need a few generations of improvement yet.
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voodooflux replied

10 March 2009, 14:48
Originally posted by Foxy Moron View Post

Certainly beats a porn stash

Probably wipes clean too.
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Foxy Moron replied

10 March 2009, 14:46
Certainly beats a porn stash
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voodooflux replied

10 March 2009, 14:44
I have to admit I didn't really see the potential at first, but now I have a fair collection of ebooks I can see it would be useful to have something the size of the Kindle. It's just a bit too expensive at the moment IMHO.
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fckvwls replied

10 March 2009, 14:42
Originally posted by Andy2 View Post

why not buy a small 8" laptop at the same price ?

Ergonomics of reading a computer screen as opposed to the paper-like screen of the kindle
4 days battery life
Read-to-me feature

But fair point.
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