Amazon Kindle now available in Ireland (1 Viewer)

[pete]

Link: http://www.amazon.com

3G Wireless: 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle; no annual contracts, no monthly fees, and no hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots

International Coverage: Enjoy 3G wireless coverage at home or abroad in over 100 countries

Paper-Like Display: Reads like real paper without glare, even in bright sunlight

Carry Your Library: Holds up to 1,500 books

Important Product Information for Your Country

• Your international shipment is subject to customs duties, import taxes and other fees levied by the destination country. We will show you these fees upon checkout. Learn more
• Kindle ships with a U.S. power adapter and a micro-USB cable for charging your Kindle via a computer USB port. The U.S. power adapter supports voltages between 100V - 240V.
• You can transfer personal documents to your Kindle via USB for free at anytime. Service fees for transferring personal documents via Whispernet are currently $.99 per megabyte. Learn more
• Wireless download times can vary based on 3G or EDGE/GPRS coverage, signal strength and file size.
• Kindle books, newspapers, and magazine are currently priced and sold in United States dollars
• Blogs and the experimental web browser are currently not available for your country

 

[rettucs]

..and

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1007/1224256099891.html

 

[nooleen]

if you could plug real books into these yokes and transfer them on, now that would be ideal

 

[pete]

..and

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1007/1224256099891.html

wahey

most of the stuff i get from amazon.co.uk comes via an post... i do get the odd bit posted from New Zealand when i order from amazon.com though, which is fucking bizarre.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I got a package from NZ and didn't know what the hell it was. It was from my friend in VA, USA.

Oh yeah and this
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/09/30/princeton_amazon/

 

[pete]

Another student said Kindle is “a little difficult to adjust to” and expressed irritation over “the necessity to charge the Kindle”.

people like that are why i sometimes hate working in IT

GET OVER IT, JERKS

 

[rettucs]

if you could plug real books into these yokes and transfer them on, now that would be ideal

yeah, and it should display the book cover on the back of the device.

Lets face it, half the fun of reading is showing off by letting everyone see how smart you are by the really deep material you're into reading.

As Mr.Murphy says, 'Whats the point of reading Baudelaire, if that fact you're unable to share'.

 

[Jasper]

Kindle got a shit review here as well. I haven't used the Kindle but i do a fair bit of work with e-books and they don't come up to scratch at all.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I'd say in a few years they're gonna eat books alive (RIP our business) but they don't seem to be quite there yet. They seem like a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_PMP300"]Diamond Rio[/ame] circa 1998.
The Kindle in particular looks like one of those electronic executive toys that they used to try and sell ya out of the Sunday Times in the late '80s and early '90s.

 

[rettucs]

no way, books will never die.

They better not in anyways. I for one will resist getting an e-reader for as long as there are books.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

no way, books will never die.

They better not in anyways. I for one will resist getting an e-reader for as long as there are books.

Me too. I've destroyed my eyes enough by working in IT.

 

[tommytrousers]

people like that are why i sometimes hate working in IT

GET OVER IT, JERKS

eh, you can't accidentally drop it in the jacks, leave it to dry out for a few days on a radiator then return to the page you were previously on. NO SALE, NERDS.

 

[pete]

conversely, nobody can turn down page corners

COME THE REVOLUTION, FIRST UP AGAINST THE WALL: PAGE CORNER TURNERS


and even better - you can't loan an e-book to someone and NEVER GET IT BACK

 

[rettucs]

conversely, nobody can turn down page corners

COME THE REVOLUTION, FIRST UP AGAINST THE WALL: PAGE CORNER TURNERS


and even better - you can't loan an e-book to someone and NEVER GET IT BACK

eh, well you can loan a book to someone and never get it back and then at least you'll have other books.

loan your e-book reader to someone and never get it back, then what? You'll be stuck reading the graffiti in the jacks

 

[pete]

loan your e-book reader to someone

i don't think so

 

[ann post]

think about all them trees.

 

[pete]

i think i'd prefer an iProd

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-pc-manufactured-by-foxconn-shipping-in-q1/

 

[nooleen]

yeah, and it should display the book cover on the back of the device.

Lets face it, half the fun of reading is showing off by letting everyone see how smart you are by the really deep material you're into reading.

As Mr.Murphy says, 'Whats the point of reading Baudelaire, if that fact you're unable to share'.

on the other side of the coin, no-one will be able to tell when you're reading stephen king or one of your mum's maeve binchys

 

[nooleen]

...although i suppose if you had access to 1500 books of your choice, you wouldn't end up reading stephen king or maeve binchy in the first place

 

[Anthony]

conversely, nobody can turn down page corners

COME THE REVOLUTION, FIRST UP AGAINST THE WALL: PAGE CORNER TURNERS


and even better - you can't loan an e-book to someone and NEVER GET IT BACK

no, you can just email them the book and they can email it to all their friends and so on, hey! soon you can stop buying books altogether!!