John
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Finally got one today.
Only had a quick look but it looks extremely like a bit of paper.
Device is smaller than I expected, feels ok to hold, nice bit of kit.
I've sourced The God Delusion and the Stieg Larsson trilogy (only because of the hype, I read the first page of the first one and I'm not sure already).
Stieg was mobi which is supported natively, Dawkins was epub, a site converted that in 2 mins for me, just dragged them across, you can email them over too.
Had a quick play with the browser, it would do in a push but you wouldn't exactly use it if you had a choice, that's part and parcel with the way the screen works.
I'll report back when I've spent time actually reading on it but first impressions are really good.
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Dom
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Been eying up a kindle as well, but are there decent sites to get books at five finger discount rates?
Edit - Nevermind, did a quick search on a usenet forum and found loads.
[Edited on 23-12-2010 by Dom]
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John
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On usenet and torrents.
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Hammer
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Your Christmas present?
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John
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Aye
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Hammer
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No wonder you've came first, second and third in the cunt stakes - Santa's no been yet 
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John
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I've been talking to him on skype mate, special delivery.
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Hammer
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Now I know you're lieing, Skype's been fucked for days.
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IvIarkgraham
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surely you coud have just downloaded the kindle app for your phone?
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John
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Kindle app didn't give me a 6" e-ink display last time I checked 
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IvIarkgraham
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soz
would have save you £100 though
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John
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You'd have to be interested in reading and actually see one to get it.
It's not like reading on a phone/computer screen, it's as close to a book as you can get without actually being on a bit of paper.
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Dan
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Thats where IVI gets stuck...reading
Adult GiftsClick here to vist us
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan
Thats where IVI gets stuck...reading
John, have you seen the sony reader? Would you say the Kindle is better?
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John
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I've only seen the sony one's briefly in shops, I got the Kindle purely on reviews, basically nobody has anything bad to say about it.
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Jambo
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Do you prefer it to reading a real book or it it purely for convinience?
I had a brief look in waterstones but think I prefer having a real book!
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
quote:
Originally posted by Dan
Thats where IVI gets stuck...reading
John, have you seen the sony reader? Would you say the Kindle is better?
My old man has a Sony reader, he loves it. He's always reading something on it.
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KerryP
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I got one too 
Down loading books at moment.
Was dissapointed that it wasnt a touch screen tbh.
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IvIarkgraham
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i dont read, reading is for geeks
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KerryP
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
I'm jealous of people who can read. I'm retarded.
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IvIarkgraham
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kerry you should get lessons
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Paul_J
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I'm getting one today... where can I get the books?
I use NZBRUS for my usenet movies but i dont think they have books
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Do you prefer it to reading a real book or it it purely for convinience?
I had a brief look in waterstones but think I prefer having a real book!
I like real books, I always had dreams of having a library one day, being a geek though I've fancied one of these for years, I can see the benefits of having it, even being easier to hold than a book.
Only time will tell really, I'm not 100% sure yet. I can see me potentially reading more because if I see a book I like the look of I can just download it, don't have to order, go to a shop etc.
The books I have so far were from nzbmatrix but they look to be widely available at any of the download outlets.
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Jambo
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I am tempted just wish I had more time to read 
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Robbo
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@ people who cant read a book on the iPhone size screen
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