Amazon Kindel

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi all,

I have decided to buy the e-vrit e-reader.

I have just connected it to be charged for the first time, so I won't be
able to test it till tomorrow.

I'll tell you about my experience with it soon.

Thanks!

Amichai.

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:15, geoffrey mendelson <
geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Feb 3, 2011, at 9:28 PM, Mordecha Behar wrote:
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>  I think your best bet is B&N Nook Color.
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> The nook color is very attractive, but IMHO, it's not quite ready to be a
> general purpose tablet. Not because the hardware is lacking, but because its
> sold as an eBook reader by B&N, and nothing else. Eventually (which is often
> only months in this business), the manufacturer of the hardware will be able
> to sell a similar unit (same internal hardware, different name and case) and
> it will be for a while, the best deal around.
>
> IMHO it won't replace the iPad, or even harm sales of it. The iPad is a
> stunning piece of hardware and iOS is a very well developed operating
> system. However the market is big enough for both an iPad, and an open
> device.
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> I suggest that before you buy anything you look at the iPad to see what it
> can and can not do, and then decide if you really want it, or you want a
> different device. It is the state of the art, and will be for a while. That
> is assuming you want a general purpose pad, and not a smaller, cheaper
> dedicated eBook reader.
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> I'd love to see something along the lines of the nook, or the nook color as
> an open device, instead of the current versions which are based on open
> source software, but are just as proprietary without a "hack" as the iPad.
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> I understand you can root a nook or nook color, but that's not the same as
> it being a fully open device. But then it becomes a general purpose pad, and
> not an eBook reader, which may be very different.
>
>
> Geoff.
> --
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM
> Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to misquote it.
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