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    Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?

    Plastic Logic's E-Reader Shown on Video, More Details Emerge

    Plastic Logic Reader Looks Like Kindle Killer
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    08/26/09

    In reply to Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?
    Ebooks are good for the environment too. They should push that aspect harder. Someone just did a study on mp3 vs cds and no surprise, mp3's are massively green compared to cds!
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    08/25/09

    In reply to Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?
    want the plastic logic, until the price comment. but i still want it... like a macbook air. but i dont read, because i am blind. so it is all cool.
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    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    08/25/09

    In reply to Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?
    How is sideloading limited on the Kindle? They will charge you if you want to send stuff via wireless but USB is free like everybody else. Maye they mean it's limited to internal memory since you can't add memory.

    Similarly, you can get RSS feeds for free on your Kindle if you use the USB and a program like Calibre. Does anyone know if Sony's feeds are free through the wireless on the new model? Is that part of the store access. Last I read the only thing you got access to with their connection was the store.
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    Image of Robusto68 Robusto68
    08/25/09

    @FigNinja: Not sure if its what they meant, but perhaps they were referring to the limited formats?
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    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    08/25/09

    @Robusto68:

    Maybe, but by that token all the devices are limited. Some more so than others. Of course that's the same with adding memory too, I suppose.
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    08/25/09

    In reply to Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?
    I always love when people say "why isn't the iPhone/iPod a reading machine" and then I think "well, I guess if you want to waste the irreplaceable battery in your precious telephone to light up a screen so that you can read, and then later wonder why you have so little talk time on...."
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    Image of Zombie Peach Zombie Peach
    08/25/09

    In reply to Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?
    E) None of the above.
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    Image of Brookespeed Brookespeed
    08/25/09

    @Crenshaw13: Yes. That is until it's free and you just pay for books on it. Oh, and until it can be dropped in the bathtub, down a stairwell, out the car window or be able to withstand me falling asleep on it and still function flawlessly. Also, you should just need power like a solar powered calculator from something like the sun or a bedside lamp. Once they have that covered, I'll forget all about bookstores and libraries.
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    Image of Animal_Chin Animal_Chin
    08/25/09

    @Brookespeed: I'm constantly falling asleep on my Sony PRS-505. I, also, fairly regularly fall asleep with it perched precariously on my pillow inevitably causing it to plummet to my hardwood floor. It hasn't been noticeably affected yet. That thing is made of pretty stern stuff. Haven't tried dropping it into the bathtub, but I don't like reading physical books there either because the steam causes the pages to swell up ruining the book.
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    Image of Brookespeed Brookespeed
    08/25/09

    @evenflow: That's good that it's sturdy. Does it have an auto shut off if you stop turning pages? (serious question)
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    08/26/09

    @Brookespeed: So I guess you don't have a laptop, a cell phone, or an iPod, none of those like being dropped in a bathtub either.
    In a few years you won't be able to buy a book except in second hand stores and that is a very good thing.
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    08/26/09

    @evenflow: It's only a matter of time until these things are waterproofed, thus obviating yet another Luddite argument. It's the environment that will benefit the most from ebooks.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    08/26/09

    @Brookespeed: eink draws no power until you refresh the screen.
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    08/26/09

    @Brookespeed: Last time I checked regular books doesn't exactly like being drowned in bathtubs or hurled out car windows ;P
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    Image of shalegac shalegac
    08/25/09

    In reply to Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?
    Am I loosing my geek cred? I couldn't care less about having an e-book.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    08/26/09

    @shalegac: Yes.
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    Image of Queyssel Queyssel
    08/25/09

    In reply to Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?
    so, giz, which is best?
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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    08/25/09

    @Queyssel: Carved stone. Battery never dies, ink never runs!
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    Image of Queyssel Queyssel
    08/25/09

    @matt buchanan: System error: That wasn't on the list above!

    Not that portable though, hmmph. I'm sure Steve Jobs will find a way around that
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    Image of Acemann Acemann
    08/25/09

    In reply to Wireless Ebook Readers: Which One'll Burn Down the Bookstore?
    its nice how the Sony Reader is "7 talllllll inches" while other readers are just X inches
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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    08/25/09

    @Acemann: Cause it's tallllll. Or wiiiiiiide. Depending on how you look at it.
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