tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post1385626615118590524..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Amazon's Refurbished Kindle 2's at $219 - Apple/Microsoft news-UpdateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-64053010718362562302009-09-21T13:32:23.222-07:002009-09-21T13:32:23.222-07:00Elmo, good thing you are reading! :-)
Yes, I m...Elmo, good thing you are reading! :-)<br /><br /> Yes, I meant Sony PRS-2121, aka Daily Edition.<br /><br /> Strangely eoough, they are not discontinuing it nor the PRS-505 in Canada, just in the U.S.<br /><br /> Thanks again!<br /><br /> - AAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-10593834229268808042009-09-21T11:18:20.392-07:002009-09-21T11:18:20.392-07:00Andrys - I think you meant "Sony Daily Editio...Andrys - I think you meant "Sony Daily Edition" rather than PRS-700 (which, of course has already been discontinued).<br /><br />ElElmo Glickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872063916063824872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-13412413021520011392009-09-20T22:36:54.185-07:002009-09-20T22:36:54.185-07:00The stylus will be much preferred by many. )
Th...The stylus will be much preferred by many. )<br /><br /> The Sony PRS-600 has it, and people like it even with the delay (the iRex has a delay too).<br /><br /> To get a unit large enough for academic concerns, the Sony PRS-700 in December will be 7" (however they calculate that), and the Kindle DX at 9.7" is already on the small side for PDFs.<br /><br /> The Sony PRS-700 will be $400 for the smaller unit and one would just need to forego Whispernet of the web-surfing type, as its wireless is tied to the Sony store.<br /><br /> iRex and Plastic Logic as well as Apple iPad likely would use a stylus & touch screen but all 3 of these are already promising to make the Kindles look inexpensive, a problem for students. <br /><br /> In other words, good luck! Kindle must have more file-format capability though - in all cases, at this point - that's my take.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-40076927454730814842009-09-20T22:25:27.163-07:002009-09-20T22:25:27.163-07:00Hi Andrys,
Coincidentally, as I was doing some re...Hi Andrys,<br /><br />Coincidentally, as I was doing some research on a tablet PC last night, I saw this info on the iTwinge at GottaBeMobile.com:<br /><br />http://www.gottabemobile.com/2009/09/16/itwinge-pushes-definition-of-keyboard-and-more/<br /><br />It has a link to the product FAQs, in case you haven’t seen them yet. Interesting concept, but in line with our conversation the other day about the potential benefits of a stylus for a future “classroom Kindle,” what I should have mentioned is that my stubby fingers cause my typing to be worse than my handwriting (which is horrendous!), so the stylus might give me a fighting chance at annotating in a reasonable amount of time ;-) . So, the appeal of miniature keyboards of this type for me may be dampened by my own limitations, and perhaps the texting-almost-from-birth current generation of students wouldn’t prefer stylus input as much as I’d imagine. Hmm - I may have to do an informal poll of my students just out of curiosity… Sorry if this wandered off topic a bit, but I was going to reply to the University of Washington thread, and decided to kill two birds with one stone! Take care.Batman Jr.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-50234183104376029982009-09-20T21:51:31.336-07:002009-09-20T21:51:31.336-07:00Oh, right.
We were stuck on an Amazon forum to...Oh, right. <br /> We were stuck on an Amazon forum topic on the fact the extended warranty (by either amazon or SquareTrade) doesn't cover any accidents or drops, which is the main reason some of us get the warranty. For me, it was the only reason.<br /><br /> I'll change the wording. They are also on Amazon. <br /><br /> I am sometimes reluctant to go through a 3rd party in that first year in that Amazon WILL do instant 1-day replacements for unusual items like screen contrast and fading in direct sunlight (re-iterated to me today on the phone) so I think I'd get SquareTrade for the 2nd year and deal with Amazon direct for the first. <br /><br /> Sometimes there have been serial returns until no probs are seen but I hear the most recent refurbished ones are arriving in good shape. Some of the past probs and exchanges happened in a way I wouldn't want to depend on a 3rd party that first year.<br /><br /> And after a year, Amazon will have a more advanced version out that most will want and will be selling off older ones again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-65353739136559210082009-09-20T21:30:14.701-07:002009-09-20T21:30:14.701-07:00By the way, SquareTrade does offer 1 and 2 year wa...By the way, SquareTrade does offer 1 and 2 year warranties on refurbished Kindles. <br /><br />ElElmo Glickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872063916063824872noreply@blogger.com