A stupid ad for the Kindle

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:49 am

Apparently the latest Kindle update adds several new features, including PDF Zooming and "Collections", which I think act like folders. Definitely a step in the right direction.

Bugs · Post by **Bugs** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:06 pm

I was skeptical about the Kindle. I was. "Reading off a screen of any kind? Fuckin whatever." That's what I told myself.

My mom got one for Christmas, as well as a couple coworkers, so after fooling around with theirs, I was intrigued.

I got a mileage reimbursement check at work for $150, so for shits and/or giggles, I ordered a Kindle.

I'm a convert. There's a spammy letter from Jeff Buzzo or whatever his name is on your Kindle when you fire it up. He thanks you for helping put a new roof on his tertiary summer home, but also writes that their aim is for the Kindle to allow you to become so engrossed in your reading, the device itself becomes invisible in your hands, or some happy horseshit like that.

Well, it's true. I haven't gotten this deep into reading in a long time. Somewhere along the line, and I regret this, reading ceased being FUN for me. Well, maybe it's the great screen that really is supremely easy on the eyes, maybe it's the consistent typeface you can customize as you wish, maybe it's having thousands of books readily available, but the Kindle has made reading fun for me again.

(I have no reason to believe the Nook is any worse, I just liked the layout and physical keyboard on the Kindle better.)

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:12 pm

I have literally held a Kindle in one hand and a Nook in the other, and they are for all intents and purposes, interchangeable. Just depends on if you want to be tied to Amazon, or Barnes and Noble.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:26 pm

Whoa, I had no idea you could change the font.

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:52 am

Flack wrote:I have literally held a Kindle in one hand and a Nook in the other, and they are for all intents and purposes, interchangeable. Just depends on if you want to be tied to Amazon, or Barnes and Noble.

And the Nook has a micro SD card slot, which expedites the placement of comics/ebooks onto the device. Mine is sitting next to me with Tank Girl on the screen and I could not be happier with the device.

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:48 am

I'm not sure why Amazon dropped that feature. The first generation of Kindles had SD Card slots, but they got dropped from the 2nd Gen forward.

The lack of an SD slot is one of the things that actually kept be away from the iPad for a while. With a jailbroken model, it's such a non-issue. Without jailbreaking it, I would imagine trying to cram things past/thru iTunes could be a pain. For the most part I use AirTrans, an app that lets you drop/drag files over to the iPad via a wireless http connection.

bruce · Post by **bruce** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:23 am

RetroRomper wrote: And the Nook has a micro SD card slot, which expedites the placement of comics/ebooks onto the device. Mine is sitting next to me with Tank Girl on the screen and I could not be happier with the device.

I bet you would be happier if tentacle hentai were on the screen.