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Storage wasn't a PW upgrade but just a small enhancement. The new should be coming out soon as Amazon just stopped selling the normal Kindles of this gen. Gen 5? Whichever is the newest.
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noirstronaut posted:Storage wasn't a PW upgrade but just a small enhancement. The new should be coming out soon as Amazon just stopped selling the normal Kindles of this gen. Gen 5? Whichever is the newest. Only the ad supported one is not being sold right now, the one without special offers is still on sale.
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Anyone have any leads on any older model clearance e-readers? Or just a really cheap one that doesn't suck? I just want a bare bones e-reader, I found the Nook Simple Touch for $35 at Office Max online, which would be perfect, except for its sold out.
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da weed wizard posted:Anyone have any leads on any older model clearance e-readers? Or just a really cheap one that doesn't suck? The Kobo Touch and Mini have been £30 each but the Mini is now sold out and the Touch is back to £60 (if you can find it) The Touch is worth it at £30
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da weed wizard posted:Anyone have any leads on any older model clearance e-readers? Or just a really cheap one that doesn't suck? Buy the Nook Simple Touch used?
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da weed wizard posted:Anyone have any leads on any older model clearance e-readers? Or just a really cheap one that doesn't suck? This guy: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3649796 probably has some decent ones for that price range.
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Javid posted:This guy: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3649796 probably has some decent ones for that price range. Wow, how about that!? Hi everybody. I came here to introduce myself and let you know that I refurb and rehab eReaders. I started with Kindles, so they still tend to have more of a slant, but I can also do Nooks, and whatever else - including smart phones, tablets, laptops, even car parts. I can get you a Simple Touch for about $40 - but at the moment I've literally sold nearly all of my eReaders that were ready for new homes on SAMart in the last week. I also have a Kindle Keyboard (4GB, full audio subsystem, TTS) Wi-Fi unit with a lit case (no ads) that I am looking to get $50 for with a new battery, official adaptor and usb cable (the case is pretty prized amongst the KK crowd). I can keep watching, because occasionally I do get a good set of candidates to rebuild. West SAAB Story fucked around with this message at 20:55 on Sep 8, 2014 |
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Barnes & Noble sent out a survey about ereaders recently, if your email address is on file with them you'll probably get it. They ask questions about ereader preferences concerning stuff like screen size and tablet usage for reading, but this part here really interested me: So potentially these are some options B&N is considering moving forward. I really want to see some kind of new dedicated e-reader from them. I've still got the Nook Simple Touch and haven't found anything I like well enough to switch. The "waterproof" thing sounds intriguing, although I picked "D - none of the above" because not a single one of those ereaders appears to have physical page turn buttons  I wrote a mini-manifesto that I'm sure will be ignored about how physical page turn buttons and SD card slots need to stay in ereaders. If they made the Simple Touch with a decent backlight option I'd buy that in a second.
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RightClickSaveAs posted:If they made the Simple Touch with a decent backlight option I'd buy that in a second. Like... a Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight?
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I would be interested in option B above. But the fact that they are only now surveying about it means it's way too far from market. This vacation, I've actually been doing the majority of my reading on my Nexus 7 so I'm starting to wonder if I even need an eReader anymore. I've only been using the Nook on the beach in a waterproof bag. Suffice it to say, I think I'm going to have to be blown away with a design before I upgrade.
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I like the bigger screen, but don't give a poo poo about waterproof or "dustproof" (wtf does that even mean?). Agreeing that physical page turn buttons are more important.
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C is... interesting. A subscription based e-book service that comes with a free reader? And when they say any ebook do they mean any ebook in their library? How would they even work this out with the publishers?
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RVProfootballer posted:Like... a Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight?
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Mnemosyne posted:I like the bigger screen, but don't give a poo poo about waterproof or "dustproof" (wtf does that even mean?). Agreeing that physical page turn buttons are more important. You know how waterproof devices are sealed to not let water in? Like that, but with dust.
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hope and vaseline posted:C is... interesting. A subscription based e-book service that comes with a free reader? And when they say any ebook do they mean any ebook in their library? How would they even work this out with the publishers? It would be an insane Hail Mary for B&N because even charging $10/month (minus free device), I don't think they have that kind of reserves.
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10 a month for 24 months is only $240 over the course of two years. What does B&N gain from this? That's like Amazon selling two Kindles and nothing else.
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RightClickSaveAs posted:That was the best option so far, but the light is mediocre in comparison to the Kindle Paperwhite and other offerings. Also you basically have to buy them used now. Isn't the current Glowlight similar to Kobo and Kindle's lighting tech now? I know the first gen one was pretty uneven. (Unless people are attached to the original NST+Glowlight because of the hardware buttons)
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noirstronaut posted:10 a month for 24 months is only $240 over the course of two years. What does B&N gain from this? That's like Amazon selling two Kindles and nothing else.
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Sep 17, 2014 12:48
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Kindle Voyage on November 4th? http://thenextweb.com/media/2014/09/17/kindle-voyage-amazons-next-e-reader-launch/
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noirstronaut posted:Kindle Voyage on November 4th? Please please please. I've never gotten used to touching the screen for page turning on my paperwhite. It always feels like a reach.
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noirstronaut posted:Kindle Voyage on November 4th? Haha, that's the rumored version I posted months ago. Looks like TechCrunch was dead on. liliputing posted:•6 inch, 300 ppi front-lit display 
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I'm mostly curious as to how it will work. I rest my hands on the bezel most times.
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Please tell me that is waterproof. I want a waterproof ereader, but it's easiest if it's a Kindle.
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Here's the original rumor from November for the people who don't want to dig through my posts to find it.quote:Amazon is now preparing a new Kindle Paperwhite for release in early Q2 of next year, TechCrunch has learned. The marquee feature of the new device is a high-resolution 300 ppi screen that will bring the company’s e-reader displays back into technical parity with devices from competitors like Kobo. http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/24/am...28TechCrunch%29
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A 300 ppi 6 inch screen would be a bit over 1400x1050. That'd be crazy nice to have.
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Erwin posted:You know how waterproof devices are sealed to not let water in? Like that, but with dust. Yes, I understand that, but since when has dust getting into an ereader ever been a problem?
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It's just marketing speak. If you've sealed the system from water you're also sealing it against other things such as dust. Though really they should have just outright said sand. Because the main use of a waterproof e-reader is going to be at the beach. (and in your filthy skin-flake infested tub)
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Mnemosyne posted:Yes, I understand that, but since when has dust getting into an ereader ever been a problem? "Dustproof" is a thing in other fields, where being waterproof isn't so important. Things you want to use in a factory floor say or a construction site you might specifically want to be dustproof cuz there'll tend to be a bunch of stuff in the air that can mess up electronics if it gets in them.
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Pressured to announce it, I'm guessing. http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/17/6353785/amazon-kindle-voyage-e-reader-price-announcement
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noirstronaut posted:Pressured to announce it, I'm guessing. drat it. I just bought a paperwhite a couple months ago. Guess I can sell that and my old 3G keyboard model to cover some of the cost of this new one.
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Nice! I've been waiting for the next Kindle to replace my Touch. Surprised at the $199 price tag though, but am still pre-ordering.
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I would preorder right now, but I really didn't expect a $199 base price. I'll probably just buy one later. The fact that Amazon was pressured into announcing this a month before release is enough time for me to think about its usage. Realistically, all it practically adds is semi-haptic buttons to the sides.
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$199 is a price for people who want to upgrade. They are not going to sell Voyage to new people. I guess it makes $99 for a Paperwhite look like a good deal.
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:$199 is a price for people who want to upgrade. They are not going to sell Voyage to new people. I guess it makes $99 for a Paperwhite look like a good deal. I know many, many people who held out from purchasing the Paperwhite to buy the newest Kindle with whatever newness it was bringing.
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I don't know why people are saying they were pressured to announce this. It's obvious that all the sites were shown these a bit ago and the embargo expired. The flub earlier today was just a premature launch. The micro etched screen sounds really interesting.
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bull3964 posted:I don't know why people are saying they were pressured to announce this. It's obvious that all the sites were shown these a bit ago and the embargo expired. The flub earlier today was just a premature launch. Because there's no real reason to announce something a month ahead of time. It's entirely (if not moreso) possible that Amazon saw the leak, announced it, and then let sites know they can go ahead with their reviews within the same stretch of time. Hell, didn't the same thing happen with the Paperwhite or Paperwhite 2?
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noirstronaut posted:Because there's no real reason to announce something a month ahead of time. There's plenty of reasons, chief among them to let people preorder and gauge demand so they can actually get product in hands without frustrating people with backorders. There's no real con, to announcing it this early either since it's not replacing an existing product so they aren't as worried about cannibalizing sales. The flub earlier today was pretty much 12 hours exactly from when the embargo expired. I think someone in amazon Germany just got am and pm flipped. They announced a whole shitton more stuff than just this. There's a bunch of new Fire tablets as well and none were leaked ahead of time.
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:$199 is a price for people who want to upgrade. They are not going to sell Voyage to new people. I guess it makes $99 for a Paperwhite look like a good deal. To be fair, that super high res e-ink screen has to be super expensive.
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It's also worth mentioning that they replaced the basic $79 Kindle. It now has a touchscreen and 4 GB of memory. -------- Also, if you haven't used deferred payment on a Kindle yet, it seems to apply to the Kindle Voyage. 5 interest free monthly payments of $39.80 is a bit easier to swallow than $199 upfront. Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Sep 18, 2014 |
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Wow, I'm also really surprised at the $79 price tag to add 3G. I thought it was something like $30 extra back when the Touch was first released?
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