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shadowkatJust watched the worst movie - Tony Gilroy's Duplicity - what is it about Clive Owen and bad movies? Julia Roberts isn't doing so hot herself at the moment. Was bored. And it kept jumping about in time, without spending any time whatsoever giving us a reason to care about any of the characters. Basically too clever for its own good.
On the Apple Ipad vs. Amazon Kindle thing? I have a kindle. I've seen the Ipad. Read a comparison in the paper. My Kindle was about definitely cheaper than the Ipad - which clocks at well over $400 with the additional $130 for 3G and for AT&T wireless, which are included in the Kindle's base price, which is half the price of the Ipad's base price. (My Kindle was a Xmas gift, or I wouldn't have it.) The battery lasts a week without charging. Little recharging period actually. And you can read fanfic on it. Actually you can read the NY Times, the New Yorker, and subscribe to blogs and anything else on the net. It has a keyboard which allows you to key in links, and little buttons that provide browsing, plus dictionary capability. It's also small, light, and easy to hide - so less likely to be grabbed out of your hands by people on the subway. The Kindle also has a screen that replicates the page of a paperback book - so you don't go blind looking at it. The IPAD like everything Apple appears to put out is pretty, lots of flash, lots of funky things, but little practicality. This is why I own a Dell PC and ignore the Macs. Asked a computer expert who fixes computers and taught marketing for a while, he told me that Steve Jobs is a marketing genius, but don't believe a word. He knows exactly what to do to sell. True. I've read my flist - my computer crashes less than the Imac does, it has gotten less viruses, it has lasted longer. Granted I don't watch movies on it - but I don't want to. Overheard an interesting conversation on the train between two guys, who owned a Kindle, the Iphone, and the Smartphone. Apparently the Iphone is the most fragile, the most expensive, has the worst battery average, and doesn't have the capacity of the others. My bro who owns an i-phone says its' broken twice on him. Also, people are sort of underwhelmed over the ipad.
As for how Amazon treats content? I've worked in the publishing industry - amongst many others, including finance, utilities, music, video games, railroad, and health insurance. The publishing industry is by far the worst. They are all assholes. ;-) I currently hate Barnes and Noble.
Anyhow...with the Kindle? You aren't limited to Amazon's content, like I said, I'm reading fanfic for free on it. And you can subscribe to news sources. Also they haven't edited or deleted any words - from the fanfic I'm reading, which can be pretty lurid.
Anyhow, depends on what you want it for? I desperately wanted it so I could read fanfic without printing it off, read classics and books like Butcher's Harry Dresden without forking over $25.
The e-book version for Butcher is $9, the classic's - $0. Plus I'm getting overloaded by books.
The ipad is for people who want to watch movies and tv shows...although why anyone wants to watch it on that small a screen is beyond me, but I know you all do. ;-)
On the Apple Ipad vs. Amazon Kindle thing? I have a kindle. I've seen the Ipad. Read a comparison in the paper. My Kindle was about definitely cheaper than the Ipad - which clocks at well over $400 with the additional $130 for 3G and for AT&T wireless, which are included in the Kindle's base price, which is half the price of the Ipad's base price. (My Kindle was a Xmas gift, or I wouldn't have it.) The battery lasts a week without charging. Little recharging period actually. And you can read fanfic on it. Actually you can read the NY Times, the New Yorker, and subscribe to blogs and anything else on the net. It has a keyboard which allows you to key in links, and little buttons that provide browsing, plus dictionary capability. It's also small, light, and easy to hide - so less likely to be grabbed out of your hands by people on the subway. The Kindle also has a screen that replicates the page of a paperback book - so you don't go blind looking at it. The IPAD like everything Apple appears to put out is pretty, lots of flash, lots of funky things, but little practicality. This is why I own a Dell PC and ignore the Macs. Asked a computer expert who fixes computers and taught marketing for a while, he told me that Steve Jobs is a marketing genius, but don't believe a word. He knows exactly what to do to sell. True. I've read my flist - my computer crashes less than the Imac does, it has gotten less viruses, it has lasted longer. Granted I don't watch movies on it - but I don't want to. Overheard an interesting conversation on the train between two guys, who owned a Kindle, the Iphone, and the Smartphone. Apparently the Iphone is the most fragile, the most expensive, has the worst battery average, and doesn't have the capacity of the others. My bro who owns an i-phone says its' broken twice on him. Also, people are sort of underwhelmed over the ipad.
As for how Amazon treats content? I've worked in the publishing industry - amongst many others, including finance, utilities, music, video games, railroad, and health insurance. The publishing industry is by far the worst. They are all assholes. ;-) I currently hate Barnes and Noble.
Anyhow...with the Kindle? You aren't limited to Amazon's content, like I said, I'm reading fanfic for free on it. And you can subscribe to news sources. Also they haven't edited or deleted any words - from the fanfic I'm reading, which can be pretty lurid.
Anyhow, depends on what you want it for? I desperately wanted it so I could read fanfic without printing it off, read classics and books like Butcher's Harry Dresden without forking over $25.
The e-book version for Butcher is $9, the classic's - $0. Plus I'm getting overloaded by books.
The ipad is for people who want to watch movies and tv shows...although why anyone wants to watch it on that small a screen is beyond me, but I know you all do. ;-)
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Date: 2010-01-31 01:21 am (UTC)Except for actual Flash, of course. ;-)
I'm pretty sure the iPad is going to sell a lot. I'm also 100% sure there's no way I'm reading entire books on a backlit screen. And the last thing e-books need right now is yet another copy protection scheme...
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Date: 2010-01-31 01:28 am (UTC)Oh yeah. It's pretty. And it is a bit like having a superlarge iphone without the phone. Great for movie and youtube watching. But not so great for reading.
I'm also 100% sure there's no way I'm reading entire books on a backlit screen. And the last thing e-books need right now is yet another copy protection scheme...
Yep. The Kindle isn't backlit - which is why it is great for fanfic reading. That and the fact that I don't have to deal with white lettering on black screen, which people love to do.
Amazon has also figured out the copyright issue - has all sorts of protections - like the inability to send books to other people.
But yep, completely agree.