Kindle Touch

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   Not for everyone, but man it is so cool!

Free 3g, wireless, very readable screen,  a variety of font sizes and formating, you can email docs to it using a variety of formats, play music in the background while you read, battery last for days, easy to turn pages with a tap, etc.

I'm impressed.  It basically does one thing and does it well.

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Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15255	Quote Reply Topic: Kindle Touch Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 8:31pm
	Not for everyone, but man it is so cool! Free 3g, wireless, very readable screen, a variety of font sizes and formating, you can email docs to it using a variety of formats, play music in the background while you read, battery last for days, easy to turn pages with a tap, etc. I'm impressed. It basically does one thing and does it well.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29264	Quote Reply Posted: 18 Nov 2011 at 3:29am
	You got one? Or did you mentioned that and my memory is flaky as usual...

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15255	Quote Reply Posted: 18 Nov 2011 at 6:55am
	Thought I had mentioned it , but it's probably my flaky memory. Yep, ordered one in October. They said it would not come until the end of November, but it cane Wednesday the 15th.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29264	Quote Reply Posted: 18 Nov 2011 at 5:25pm
	Ah....now that you mention that....it's triggered a memory. You opted for the Touch or Touch 3G instead of the new Fire... Shoot. I'd sure like to play with one (physically). ROFL I just thought...maybe next week while our plant is shutdown for Thanksgiving on Thursday and Friday. Then I thought...whoa....I don't go anywhere near stores in the big city on the Friday after T-Day.

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15255	Quote Reply Posted: 18 Nov 2011 at 8:18pm
	I'm pretty happy with this new toy so the urge to go out on Friday next week is not so strong. Now, if my oldest should come home and want to go to Microcenter, I could be talked into it.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29264	Quote Reply Posted: 19 Nov 2011 at 3:31am
	Oh sure...blame it on the kid....

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15255	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Nov 2011 at 9:00am
	Well... Sure!

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15255	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 11:49am
	Just finished "Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker". It was a fun read. Got it using a Kindle gift card the girls gave me for Christmas. Love how the Kindle ecosystem works. Still do paper though. Still haunt a favorite used bookstore with my youngest on occasion. It's a store where people come who really love to read. Even has a coffee shop if you want a good hot cup while you sit and read.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29264	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 1:44pm
	Sounds like you got a good deal on the Kindle....as in picking the right one. Just saw another less than complementary review a few days ago on the Fire.

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15255	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 3:37pm
	Yep, the Fire seemed more like a low end tablet instead of a doc reader, and I wanted a doc reader.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22200	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2012 at 8:12am
	I've never read it but I've grabbed it. Left Behind. Kindle edition is free today + no shipping. Also a good source of free/bargain Kindle stuff. Pixel Of Ink

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29264	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2012 at 10:29am
	Left Behind. You know that a series don't you? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Behind#Books Hmm....the Pub.Sequence is more accurate. I think I have all except for the "prequels" that they stuck in. I found them well written....capitulating. I'd often read them in one or two nights with very little sleep. (Found them hard to put down.)

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22200	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2012 at 10:53am
	Yup, as I understand it this is the first. I've always been curious but just have gotten around to it but for 0.00 I figure it's not much of a gamble.

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15255	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2012 at 5:28pm
	Very nice! Thanks Don. I'm like you on reading Left Behind. Just never wanted to spend the money on them but was still curious. I also subscribed to Pixel of Ink. Interesting that of the 3 books they had listed today on their site, one was about $3 on the Kindle and about $10 on the Nook, The other two were not available on the Nook.

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15255	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2012 at 5:30pm
	Karl - uh oh... Based on your comments I'm in danger of being consumed again by another series. Just went through that with the Harry Potter audio books.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22200	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2012 at 5:32pm
	I guess that Amazon is like WalMart and has more pricing power?

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15255	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2012 at 6:17pm
	That's my guess too. Seems like Amazon's Kindle hit the main stream in quick fashion.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29264	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2012 at 8:11pm
	I think I bought most of mine at Walmart...where they were a whole lot cheaper than at Christian bookstores. By the time I finished the series though, I was having some thoughts about them. Kind of along the lines of how some folks take movies, other books, TV shows...almost for real. And how folks a few thousand years didn't recognize the first Coming because it didn't happen the way they expected. Nor did the Messiah, from birth to death, fit their expectations and later demands. There's a lot of obvious "supernatural" events in the series. I just wondered how many folks may not recognize the second coming period if it doesn't fit somewhat close to the series descriptions. Just some idle wonderings.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29264	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2012 at 8:12pm
	But still excellent written and gripping series.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22200	Quote Reply Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 8:19am
	Looks like the Nook and B&N is getting ready to take a dirt nap. Barnes & Noble may split off Nook business Like the Sony e-reader the Nook isn't going to be a winner. Amazon is forgoing profits for critical mass and B&N just can't keep up regardless of the technology.