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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 9th Feb 2009 22:41 UTC

The massive success of Amazon's Kindle electronic reader caught just about everyone by surprise. The combination of an advanced e-ink display, insanely long battery life, and easy-to-use available-anywhere wireless content delivery ensured that the Kindle made its way to the hearts of many devout readers. Today, Amazon launched the Kindle 2.

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good stuff

by poundsmack on Mon 9th Feb 2009 22:49 UTC

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2005-07-13

Engadget has some videos and pictures heree: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/09/kindle-2-first-hands-on/

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RE: good stuff

by kragil on Tue 10th Feb 2009 08:40 in reply to "good stuff"

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2006-01-04

If you are into DRM that is.

I'm really not an Apple fan, but I really want a eBook iPod event. Meaning: A cheap device that will show all my PDFs. 800x600 just isn't good enough.

Maybe the cheap OLPC-like displays from PixelQI make something like that possible.

I am really not interested in paying Amazon for everything I read.

I already have the PDFs .. just give me a cheap epaper-like reader!

(And please don't mention reading on Phone/Netbooks .. it just doesn't compare. Just try ePaper yourself.)

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RE[2]: good stuff

by Timmmm on Tue 10th Feb 2009 10:17 in reply to "RE: good stuff"

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2006-07-25

What you (and I) are waiting for is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v226DYqlbHQ

Shame it won't be available until 2010 though.

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