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rebmetpes



Joined: 30 Oct 2006
Location: Geoje-Si
PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:52 pm    Post subject: WTB Kindle Reply with quote
WTB Kindle.
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oskinny1



Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Location: Right behind you!
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
No you don't.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/
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Auslegung



Joined: 14 Jan 2009
Location: MB, SC
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Agreed. It is far from the prettiest looking eReader. It is far from the most open eReader. It also likes to steal things that you bought from them, and it likes to sell things to you that you will never own. However, if you do want one for whatever reason they've just released international Kindles, though as of a month ago they weren't available in Korea.
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rebmetpes



Joined: 30 Oct 2006
Location: Geoje-Si
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Any suggestions which ereader to buy?

Thanks for the replies
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PIGFACESOUPWITHRICE



Joined: 17 Nov 2009
Location: Electron Cloud
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Books, eh?
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climber159



Joined: 02 Sep 2007
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Get the Sony Touch Edition or wait for the Barnes and Noble Nook. I have the Sony and I love being able to make hand-written notes on the documents. But, no wifi connection. A friend has the Kindle...too restrictive.
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tatertot



Joined: 21 Oct 2008
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
climber159 wrote:
Get the Sony Touch Edition or wait for the Barnes and Noble Nook. I have the Sony and I love being able to make hand-written notes on the documents. But, no wifi connection. A friend has the Kindle...too restrictive.


I have the Sony PRS-300 (one step below yours) and I love it. It is quite small. I can fit it in my jacket pockets. It doesn't have any features, though. It just displays books! Unfortunately, you can't get it in Korea. I had my mom bring it when she visited last month. They go for $200 in the states, but you can get them on eBay for about $150-$175.
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tatertot



Joined: 21 Oct 2008
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
One thing I recommend is that you use Calibre to manage your e-book library. It is great. You can edit meta-information easily and it will auto-convert formats for you if your device doesn't support the format that your books are in.
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Auslegung



Joined: 14 Jan 2009
Location: MB, SC
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's funny you ask this question, because my coworker has asked me the same questions and I'm compiling some information for her. Here's the info I have so far. It lists some of the most common (relatively speaking) eReaders, then the functions that I think are important, along with the name of the eReader in parentheses that does the function best, again in my opinion.

Kindle
Nuutbook
Sony PRS
Samsung Papyrus
Zii MediaBook
EnTourage eDGe Android
Spring Design's Alex Android
Pocketbook
B&N Nook
BeBook

-Supported Formats (Sony)
-Book support (Kindle/Sony with google books)
-Easily available in Korea: Kindle (soon), Nuutbook, Samsung, BeBook?
-WiFi
-Screen size
-pdf reflow
-Touch screen
-LCD screen

Some of these aren't quite out yet, and every week reveals a new one coming soon. Just know going in that you are going to get a cool eReader that you wish you hadn't bought in about a week or two's time because something shinier just came out. I've only owned the Nuutbook, and I've played with the Samsung. However, from the specs, I think the Sony PRS 505 is the best. It's the older edition. I think Sony is pushing for the most open standards, they've got a decent bookstore, and add to that the google books project.
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piratebryan



Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Location: Nonyeon
PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
barnes and noble does not allow the purchase of ebooks to non us ip addresses...

so unless you're planning on just reading pirated books, the nook is just a large paperweight.
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zstar5000



Joined: 23 Feb 2009
PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
FWIW, we've had a Kindle for 7 months now and love it. It supports a wide range of titles that you can dow