Whats your thoughts? Thinking about picking one up for my sons 25th Birthday....
Thanks
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
If it is the reader you are going for I recommend the iPad. We looked at them all and loved the clarity of the screen in the iPad and also the versatility of the device. They are certainly pricier than just a reader but we have no regrets.
-grampa dan
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
Yes I thought of the Ipad but he does'nt have the need for that right now, he has all the gear as it is , just a reader, we went and bought a Kobo... we like the screen for reading in Daylight... the reflection is kept to a Minimun...and we also bought a cover with built in light when he wants to read in bed... he does a lot of Reading, Thanks for responding!
Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
anything with electronic ink is pretty cool ... using Kindle, myself ... hope he likes it ... plus battery life is crazy long. It took a while before my battery on the kindle starting holding it's charge for a month plus ..... so don't get discouraged if the battery life seems dismal at first. After a few charges everything will hopefully be OK.
now considering the kindle fire, mostly because of needs, size and PRICE ......
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
He Loved it! I told him if he wants to exchange it he could... he said nope this was the one I was looking at. Thanks!
Posted by Mike O'Neill (Member # 470) on :
Been reading ebooks on my blackberry phone for at least 5 years, reading books on playbook since I got it. The thing with me is not to be locked into one source for books which unfortunately seems to be the way things are going.
With pads or readers today that means if you have a kindle are you locked into Amazon? If you have an Ipad are you locked into the Apple store? If an author makes an arrangement with one publisher but not another, are you sh*t out of luck? If you change devices in the future, can you take your library ( which you've purchased ) with you? ....
Ebooks today truly need a commonopen sourced format, and a single standardised open sourced DRM protocol, and unfortunately, until this is done, it is the consumer who bears the brunt of the risk.
Posted by Michael Gene Adkins (Member # 882) on :
Mike O ---
I've been reading stories online about the very issues you discuss, and it's getting pretty hairy out there, along the lines of what you are asking.
But if we're all just reading TXT files, then everyone will just share and pirate, the way they do fonts. It is crazy.
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
With our iPad we can access anything from the Kindle bookstore or from amazon as well as any others including the iStore.
-grampa dan
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
Killing Lincoln by Bill Oreilly is amazing! Not at all political. I felt like I was there. Good naration.
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