On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 15:49 -0600, Kevin Martin wrote: > > Robert L Cochran wrote: > > I do own a Kindle and I have connected it to my Fedora 7 machine (yeah, > > I know Fedora 7 is way out of date, I hope to finally upgrade later this > > year.) The Kindle just appears to be another hard drive. I also happen > > to have a 4 Gb flash card installed in mine, and I can see that, too, as > > another hard drive. > > > > I can't remember if my Kindle can read a PDF file directly or if the pdf > > has to be converted to *.azw format. It reads HTML and I have added PDF > > books but I think I first converted those to *.azw.) I do not like my > > Kindle. > > > > The Kindle has been available for more than a year now, I believe, but > > there hasn't been one single firmware update made available to improve > > its numerous failings. > > > > It does not handle pdf's, even converted ones, correctly. > > > > It shows images only in grayscale. Not having a color Kindle when you > > can get a color netbook for close to the same price is a waste of money. > > If I had a choice (with hindsight) I'd now buy a netbook. They do more > > and are still very portable. > > > > A similar device is the iRex iLiad. It costs more than the Kindle. I > > don't know if it is still being marketed. > > > > The Kindle forums on Amazon had one guy who claimed to be a medical > > doctor and I don't understand how he was able to use his Kindle for > > study. The Kindle simply does not do text, images, or HTML tables very > > well. Doctors are expected to study books which are of extremely complex > > nature. > > > > Please note: I am saying all the above after having downloaded only one > > free sample chapter of a Kindle-ized book, and I have never bought a > > Kindle Store book from Amazon. > > > > My impression of the Kindle is that its total purpose is to give you, > > the buyer, an extremely limited experience. And give Amazon a broad, > > rewarding bottom-line experience. > > > > Maybe I really should order that netbook.... > > > > Bob Cochran > > <snip> > FWIW, I own a Kindle and, for reading the Kindle'ized ebooks it rocks > AFAIC. I was given one for Christmas (along with a gift card for > Amazon) and, to be frank, have read probably a dozen books on it since > then. For just reading books it's great...very easy on the eyes. I > wish it had a few more features than it has (like displaying time, maybe > being able to check weather) but that's not really what it's for in the > first place. I read alot (can you tell?) and have found it to be > remarkable...the only complaint (hah!) that I might have is in how easy > it is to search for a book that I want and, if they have it, download it > (takes about 10 seconds typically)...but maybe that's not really a fault > of the Kindle but my own inability to go for more than a couple of hours > without a new book to read. Sounds good, however my objection to the Kindle business model is that you can't lend a book to a friend, something I do all the time with printed books. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
