Re: Cheap Asian "Kindle Clones"
jim said:
http://www.kindlecases.net/10-dirt-cheap-kindle-3-knock-offs/
geez, jim, do you even read these sites? or think about 'em at all? to save everyone else from a useless trip and 5 wasted minutes, let me tell you that 7 of the 10 "dirt-cheap kindle-3 knock-offs" don't include a price. 2 of the 10 are more expensive than kindle ($366 and $225). and the other one weighs in with a $90 price... so we've got one semi-dirt-cheap kindle-3 "knock-off". at most. but of course it's not the hardware that makes the kindle attractive, not in the slightest. it's the e-book inventory which amazon offers. and which none of these "knock-offs" can ever hope to hook up with. so don't waste your money... don't even waste those 5 minutes... -bowerbird
Didn't realize you were such a fan of Kindles BB. One might continue to hope that one of these "cheap knock-offs" offers: ePub. Adobe DRM (not that I like DRM but at least one can buy Adobe DRM books from a variety of vendors). Ability to "check out" ePubs from your local library. The option to directly download ePub files from a website. Compared to Kindle: No ePub, rather MOBI. Amazon DRM which means one can only buy books from Amazon No ability to "check out" ePubs from your local library. The option to directly download MOBI files from a website. Even if "all" one of these knock-offs did was to offer a Kindle-like feature set -- but on ePubs instead of MOBIs -- this would be step forward.
On Monday, 8th November 2010 at 16:23:09 (GMT -0500 EST), Bowerbird@aol.com wrote :
but of course it's not the hardware that makes the kindle attractive, not in the slightest. it's the e-book inventory which amazon offers.
Speak for yourself. I only use my Kindle and Kindle DX to read free books. I've never bought an e-book from Amazon, nor do I intend to. (There is the added offence to us European Kindle holders that we're even supposed to pay for downloading Amazon's "free" e-books, a couple of dozen euro-cents for every "free" e-book! And there's a rather heavy surcharge on Amazon's US price for every regular e-book, plus many of them cannot be purchased in Europe.) Still, even without ever purchasing any Amazon e-books, the Kindles are wondeful devices, and I couldn't go without them. (The iPad is wonderful, too, after it gets dark! I use Kindles in daytime, and the iPad in nighttime, and the iPhone while moving about -- Stanza app, naturally.) -- Yours, Alex. www.aboq.org [processed by "The Bat!", Version 4.2.10.12]
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