Borders has an e-reader for $149: [link]
Available June 17.
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tommyrot - May 13, 2010 8:24:33 am PDT #13782 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
le nubian - May 13, 2010 8:49:24 am PDT #13783 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
This is getting to be like Oprah:
and YOU get an ereader, and YOU get an ereader, and EVERYBODY gets an ereader!
NoiseDesign - May 13, 2010 9:54:59 am PDT #13784 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
In flight WiFi + iPad = win.
This formula brought to you from 30,000 feet.
Tom Scola - May 13, 2010 10:24:47 am PDT #13785 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Good lord. One group of users at work just asked us to get a price quote for a server with 1TB of RAM.
That's not a typo.
omnis_audis - May 13, 2010 10:27:41 am PDT #13786 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
NoiseDesign gets 10 house Geek points.
NoiseDesign - May 13, 2010 10:28:47 am PDT #13787 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Yeah but if those guys get a server with 1TB of RAM they get at least 1024 geek points.
Gris - May 13, 2010 11:10:06 am PDT #13788 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Border's was already stocking the Sony readers in-store, but I guess this is a new attempt to compete.
The Kobo is nice-looking, but reviews of the interface have been mixed at best. And the inability to buy books directly on the device (no WiFi or cell antenna) marks it down for me. Before actually using one I wouldn't have though that was such a big deal, but the convenience of being able to buy a book anywhere without a cord is impossible to give up, now that I've had it.
Still, more competition = more better, so go them.
(I dropped my Kindle and lost the screen, sadly. Toyed with the idea of getting another reader, but the only one with the Kindle features I want is the Nook, and the glowy screen at the bottom feels weird in my peripheral vision, though otherwise the reader feels excellent in hand.)
NoiseDesign - May 13, 2010 11:11:30 am PDT #13789 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
So far I have been very happy with the iPad as an ereader. The Kindle app for it is great.
Gudanov - May 13, 2010 11:14:39 am PDT #13790 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I think something coming out at that price point is great news. The more options the better.
Gris - May 13, 2010 11:25:16 am PDT #13791 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I've been using the Kindle app on my iPhone more often since the death of my Kindle, and it's pretty nice (especially with the brightness turned way down and white-text-on-black-font at the second-to-largest size) though I still ended up with a headache after a marathon 5-hour reading session the other day. I hear the iPad screen is even nicer than the iPhones, so I'd be interested in checking it out, but at over twice the price of the Craigslist Kindle I've got lined up, I just can't justify it. I honestly don't think I'd use it for enough "other" stuff - I don't have that niche. Which doesn't stop me from kind of wanting one, but I could get a Mac Mini to use as a media PC for the same price, which would have far greater utility for me if I feel a compulsive need to give Apple another $600.