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    dog Guest

    dog, Nov 22, 2007
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    Geo Guest

    Damn. This is worse than I imagined.
    You think most buyers bothered to chck what their rights are when using
    these devices? They tell them it's an electronic book, they think it's a
    book minus the paper.

    Anyhow, no e-book readers will ever be worth their money until they improve
    their fly-killing abilities.

    Geo

     
    Geo, Nov 22, 2007
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    dog Guest

    i think there's a tide turning slowly though as people increasingly
    associate

    gadget + drm = brick
     
    dog, Nov 22, 2007
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    Lady Nina Guest

    Lady Nina, Nov 22, 2007
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    Ferger Guest

    dog secured a place in history by writing:
    It's a gadget. A new, overpriced gadget. Sheep the world over will buy it
    in order to demonstrate a) their technical eptitude b) their forward-
    looking approach to technology and c) their wealth. cf. the iPhone
     
    Ferger, Nov 22, 2007
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    Ferger Guest

    Ferger, Nov 22, 2007
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    Ferger Guest

    Bear secured a place in history by writing:
    I'm with the Guardian: Give me a device that does everything reasonably
    well - I really can't see me every carrying a device just for reading
    eBooks. My PDA / Phone does a half reasonable job.
     
    Ferger, Nov 22, 2007
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    Pete Fisher Guest

    Oh FFS, no-one in their right mind would read a fucking book off a
    PDA/phone.[/QUOTE]

    I wouldn't mind listening to one. Say "Lake Wobegon Days".

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    Pete Fisher, Nov 22, 2007
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    Ferger Guest

    Bear secured a place in history by writing:
    Indeed - but I have used one for eBooks in the past. Something small,
    tablety and with general internet / office capability would suit me fine.
     
    Ferger, Nov 22, 2007
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  10. Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear
    Oh FFS, no-one in their right mind would read a fucking book off a
    PDA/phone.

    Sorry, I'll rephrase that; no-one *who isn't a clueless nerd* would read
    a book off a PDA/Phone. I'm staggered the Guardian were dim enough to
    think such a device could present reading pleasure.[/QUOTE]

    I have a reasonable library on mine.

    Just right for reading in the shitter at work.

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    Wicked Uncle Nigel, Nov 23, 2007
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    CT Guest

    I need a book cull - mostly old paperbacks that are getting damp &
    musty in the garage at the moment.

    Charity shop or dump?
     
    CT, Nov 23, 2007
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    Ferger Guest

    Bear secured a place in history by writing:
    Not so many years ago I would have considered that an unknowing compliment
    from a luddite ignoramus...
     
    Ferger, Nov 23, 2007
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    darsy Guest

    Charity shop. Otherwise, the ink will come off on your arse.
     
    darsy, Nov 23, 2007
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  14. I'm not sure it's as simple as that; the *concept* strikes me as an
    excellent one, it's just that the limitations & constrictions of it are[/QUOTE]

    The only concept that is good about it is the digital paper idea (ie
    persistent images that only require power to change and not to
    maintain).

    The rest is just a device to empty wallets and lock in consumers. And I
    *still* don't see why an ebook costs the same (or only very slightly
    less) than the equivalent real book when the cost of production is
    basically zero.

    Phil.
     
    Phil Launchbury, Nov 23, 2007
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  15. *Ding*

    I read ebooks on my nokia n770 - it has a decent-sized screen so I can
    use it for other stuff too (VoIP, web browsing etc). I wouldn't use my
    current phone because the display isn't large enough and my reading
    speed is high enough that I find myself being constantly interrupted by
    having to get the next page of text.

    But single-use devices are (largely) a waste of time *unless* they do
    that thing very well - or are cheap.

    Phil
     
    Phil Launchbury, Nov 23, 2007
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  16. *Ding*

    My Clie lasted me 3 years. My current ebook reader (n770) is about a
    year old and still going strong. But neither is particularly big and
    they are both well made.
    The ergonomics *have* to be right. Sure - holding a book makes my hand
    ache eventually (but then holding them in any one position for any
    length of time does too) but at least a book is soft. Holding a
    hard-edged device against (even healthy) hand-joints is going to hurt
    quite quickly.
    And that's the biggest flaw. I'd be happy to put up with an ugly bit of
    hardware (as long as it decent battery life!) as long as I could recoup
    the cost of buying it by having cheaper ebooks. But the ebooks cost the
    same as the real thing. And you can't lend them to people. And you
    can't (legitimately) copy them [1]. Or convert them to another format
    [2] for a different reader (my nokia n770 uses fbreader which supports
    all sorts of formats - pretty much everything *except* .lit).

    Phil.

    [1] Unless you remove the DRM. Which is easy enough generally.
    [2] Which is easy enough - once you have removed the DRM.
     
    Phil Launchbury, Nov 23, 2007
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    Geo Guest


    About time really, some companies have lost almost any sense of decency in
    the meantime, which of course leads to more publicity when something goes
    tits-up (see iPhone or Sony's brilliant attempt at drm-ing your music a
    couple of years ago) which makes more people realise what you said. Still, I
    think we're still a while away from the point where the majority of
    consumers will *actively* avoid drm.


    I pretty much stopped buying CDs when I accidentally bought my first (and
    last) "copy protected" one. Paid around 25 Euros and my CD player and 2 of
    my 3 optical drives couldn't read it correctly.


    Geo
     
    Geo, Nov 23, 2007
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    Geo Guest

    I have a reasonable library on mine.

    Just right for reading in the shitter at work.[/QUOTE]

    I hope I never see the device on eBay.


    Geo
     
    Geo, Nov 23, 2007
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  19. Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear
    One rests one's case.[/QUOTE]

    Well quite.

    HEY WAIDDAMINIT!

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    Wicked Uncle Nigel, Nov 23, 2007
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  20. A full-house on the nerd vote. Priceless.[/QUOTE]

    Pah. You're just jealous because your nerd genes got lost in the post.

    Phil.
     
    Phil Launchbury, Nov 23, 2007
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