Reply to: Amazon.com cock up

[d000hg]

The storage is ludicrous as well. The advert says it can store 1400 books?? Who really needs that? Divide the storage by 3 and knock £50 off then I might consider it.

Well it was £150 with 4Gb. Now it's £90 with £2Gb. So they basically did exactly what you asked for.

[TheFaQQer]

yeah but I want something to play angry birds on too!

You can play minesweeper on a Kindle! It's almost the same.....

[Churchill]

A holiday for me these days would be spending long durations splodged out somewhere reading. Heaven.

Reading is a sh!thole. Second only to Bracknell.

[MaryPoppins]

I don't understand why people go on holiday and take loads of books. One, at push, in case you're held up at the airport.

I go on holiday to 'do' things and go places, not just sit and read - I can do that at home.

A holiday for me these days would be spending long durations splodged out somewhere reading. Heaven.

[yasockie]

In short, when it works, Kindle is really good for reading.
I got the latest, small and cheap one and while I already have a tablet - this serves a completely different purpose - it's is a moment of bliss and focus, also smaller and lighter than many of the books I've read, so a very pleasant thing...

[original PM]

yeah but I want something to play angry birds on too!

[TheFaQQer]

Having said that I will probably go for a tablet and get the app.....

Tablet and e-Ink do not really compare. I find it a strain on my eyes to read a screen for too long, but the Kindle is no different really to reading a book.

Add on the (admittedly crappy) browser, which is enough to pick up BBC news and my Gmail anywhere in the world for free, and I think it's great.

I bought one for my mum for Christmas when I was in America in the summer as well.

[original PM]

I got one for the missus and she thinks it is the dogs danglies it is incredibly conviencience (sp) and there are also shed loads of free books to download

Having said that I will probably go for a tablet and get the app.....

[jmo21]

My Calibre library has 4158 books in it. I probably have 1000 on the Kindle at a time - lots of reference books and technical manuals which I like to have handy, since many clients don't have them available.

Fair enough, all the stuff I need is on the web. Ref and tech I can understand, but pointless to have that many fiction books.

[TheFaQQer]

The storage is ludicrous as well. The advert says it can store 1400 books?? Who really needs that? Divide the storage by 3 and knock £50 off then I might consider it.

My Calibre library has 4158 books in it. I probably have 1000 on the Kindle at a time - lots of reference books and technical manuals which I like to have handy, since many clients don't have them available.

[jmo21]

I haven't seen the point yet.

I prefer to get books from the library, or buy them then give them in to a charity shop.

The kindle removes this ability as you cannot 'donate' books when your done.

I also just like the feel of a book.

The only thing it might be good for is my tech library but I don't buy anywhere near as many tech books as I used to as it's all on the web anyway, and I'm never not connected.

The storage is ludicrous as well. The advert says it can store 1400 books?? Who really needs that? Divide the storage by 3 and knock £50 off then I might consider it.

[PorkPie]

No, I Googled it and found it appropriate.

[TheFaQQer]

They probably do not want to admit that they made a mistake.

Each to their own, but I reckon the Kindle is the best gadget I've bought in years. Probably the one that gets the most use as well, apart from my mobile.

[fullyautomatix]

I was of the same opinion. But everyone who has (an unbroken) one has nothing but good to say about them.

They probably do not want to admit that they made a mistake.

[TheFaQQer]

FaQQer did you take that avatar pic yourself?

No, I Googled it and found it appropriate.