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Posted by (PeteCresswell) on May 21, 2008, 5:16 pm
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Per Zombie Elvis:
>but I have a
>problem with shelling out extra cash for a device when I've been able
>to read e-books on my PDA/Smartphone for years. I still carry both a
>PDA and a cell phone and at one point also carried an iPod. And now
>Amazon wants me to carry an e-book reader? No, I'll stick to my Palm
>TX for the time being.
I wasn't thinking so much about the eBook reading capability.
In fact, illiterate clod that some tell me I am, I could care
less about it.
What got my attention was the 24-7 3g (4g?) network access that
comes with the purchase. "Free"... no monthly payments until
they change their mind..... and it was pretty quick on the one a
friend demo'd to me.
I don't have such service on my cell phone and can't justify
paying for it.
But that no-charge (except that it's undoubtedly partially built
into the purchase price...) service, plus the fact that it has a
web browser built in means to me that I could do web mail any
time any place - and with a reasonably-large screen to do it on.
Being able to check a couple of weather sites and do the
occasional GoogleMap inquiry wouldn't be too bad either.
Seems a little analogous to having a credit card and never, ever
allowing an interest-accruing balance to develop: you get the
convenience, the protection, and a little float basically for
nothing - since it's funded by the people that deem it rational
to carry balances and pay interest. In this case, I'd be riding
on the revenue generated by people who actually buy books with
the thing.
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PeteCresswell
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