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"a wireless iPod for books"

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Haven't those things been around for a bit? I see them at bookstores. Is the wireless part the new "big thing" for them? I'd rather read a real book to be honest.
 
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Don't intend to be an early adopter but it looks promising. Mainly because I can get newspapers and books for cheap when they're bloody expensive here.
 
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My only big complaint here is, the joy of a book is the fact that if the power's out you can always light a candle and read a good book. If the battery goes on this, well, it's not like candlelight is going to do much. And Sony is already selling one for 100 bucks cheaper, and it's a much sexier machine, at least design wise.
 
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Ehh, I am not going to go out of my way to buy one of these things...I like to hold a normal book (I must just be weird), whats the point without some kind of backlight or any other type of light?? I mean thsts like what a gameboy is, without light its too hard to read the text, in my opinion. Like the fact it had wifi though, also this thing looks freakin HUGE it is not like I could put it in my pocket while not using it...
 
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E-ink is not like regular LCD technology, so it's presumably much easier to see without a backlight.

I think it's very promising, as well as the Sony, but I don't really see myself getting it. It's called a library, folks.
 
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Free wireless access to Wikipedia is very very cool though, and a feature that hasn't got enough press. That's worth at least a hundred bucks all by itself. For 200 bucks, I'd pick one up, so maybe next Black Friday, hmm Amazon?
 
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