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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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RE[2]: good stuff

by Timmmm on Tue 10th Feb 2009 10:17 UTC 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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RE[3]: good stuff

by helf on Tue 10th Feb 2009 14:12 in reply to "RE[2]: good stuff"

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2005-07-06

other than the ungodly massive boarders, thats pretty sweet. mostly what I want

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RE[4]: good stuff

by Timmmm on Wed 11th Feb 2009 10:20 in reply to "RE[3]: good stuff"

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2006-07-25

Yeah the borders are a little large. I wouldn't call them ugly though, at least noway near kindle ugly! They kind of make sense too - stuff printed on paper usually has quite large borders so there's not much point wasting display on the edges.

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RE[3]: good stuff

by Clinton on Wed 11th Feb 2009 06:29 in reply to "RE[2]: good stuff"

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2005-07-05

That looks interesting, but the screen looks like it has some serious problems. There are streaks and other artifacts all over it; especially when changing pages.

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RE[4]: good stuff

by Timmmm on Wed 11th Feb 2009 10:28 in reply to "RE[3]: good stuff"

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2006-07-25

Presumably why it's been delayed to 2010.

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