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Is that just necessary?
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Well Kindle is especially famous for it's E-ink skill. And the functions aim at electronic books, magazines, newspapers but less in movies, games, etc. Generally kindle is much more professional.gali wrote:I have a kindle and satisfied with it.
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Well the life is becoming easier and easier. We need to have fun when doing board business. It's reasonable. And we don't have to bring up the mp3 player or wireless tv while washing.npandit wrote:Yeah I find it kind of weird, but then I have a tendency to cling to traditional things when it comes to technological advances. However, I think this is the way the world is going--everything is going to be combined into one thing. Pretty soon we'll have washing machines that can play music and download our favorite tv shows.
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I know and I bought it for reading purposes. Movies I prefer to watch on T.V.pulldatrigger wrote:Well Kindle is especially famous for it's E-ink skill. And the functions aim at electronic books, magazines, newspapers but less in movies, games, etc. Generally kindle is much more professional.gali wrote:I have a kindle and satisfied with it.
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Can't see myself sitting watching the washing machinenpandit wrote:Yeah I find it kind of weird, but then I have a tendency to cling to traditional things when it comes to technological advances. However, I think this is the way the world is going--everything is going to be combined into one thing. Pretty soon we'll have washing machines that can play music and download our favorite tv shows.
I have a Kindle but I've been reading on an iPad the last few weeks & I did think that the easy access to tab across to a twitter/facebook or whatever would have been a major temptation but actually it wasn't .... nothing takes me away from a good book in whatever format I'm reading.
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It's true, I guess you have to be invested in what you're reading though. If the book doesn't hold my attention, then I'll probably go online but I'll usually end up perusing through more books, rather than checking my email or doing something unrelated. So maybe in my head there's a compartment that says "E-reader for reading only".
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Personally, my original Kindle Fire is great and I'm still using it. When Amazon came out with the Kindle Fire HD, so many of my friends flocked to Amazon like a moth to flame, to be the first to get it. As far as I'm concerned, once I buy the electronics I like of my choice, I don't give a damn what these companies come out with, I'm sticking to what I have until I am satisfied I have used that device to its full potential. It's because these companies know people will flock/run to get these next new gadgets, thereby creating a market, and hence, you have these super e-Readers! It's just crazy to me, but hey, it's affecting Big Conglomerates bottom line.
As long as there is a market, they are going to put it out! The question should then be, do you run out and buy it just because it's thrown in your face? Now, that's what we should be addressing!
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I have often watched the laundry confident it would hop into the machine itself .... eventually (hasn't worked yet though)AMP76 wrote:I don't know, if my washing machine had an e-reader attached to it, all the laundry would always get done!
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While I certainly enjoy the convenience of electronic devices in the context of my reading, I still think that hard copies of books will be around for a good long while.