Bob, Thanks for the feedback. I'm sorry the Kindle has not worked out for you. I'm leaning strongly toward a netbook, but I'm really wondering if the reason the Kindle has not been restocked is that Kindle2 is in the works. If that were true I would be surprised if many of your criticisms were not dealt with in the new version. On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 05:42:49PM -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote: > I do own a Kindle and I have connected it to my Fedora 7 machine (yeah, > I know Fedora 7 is way out of date, I hope to finally upgrade later this > year.) The Kindle just appears to be another hard drive. I also happen > to have a 4 Gb flash card installed in mine, and I can see that, too, as > another hard drive. > > I can't remember if my Kindle can read a PDF file directly or if the pdf > has to be converted to *.azw format. It reads HTML and I have added PDF > books but I think I first converted those to *.azw.) I do not like my > Kindle. > > The Kindle has been available for more than a year now, I believe, but > there hasn't been one single firmware update made available to improve > its numerous failings. > > It does not handle pdf's, even converted ones, correctly. > > It shows images only in grayscale. Not having a color Kindle when you > can get a color netbook for close to the same price is a waste of money. > If I had a choice (with hindsight) I'd now buy a netbook. They do more > and are still very portable. > > A similar device is the iRex iLiad. It costs more than the Kindle. I > don't know if it is still being marketed. > > The Kindle forums on Amazon had one guy who claimed to be a medical > doctor and I don't understand how he was able to use his Kindle for > study. The Kindle simply does not do text, images, or HTML tables very > well. Doctors are expected to study books which are of extremely complex > nature. > > Please note: I am saying all the above after having downloaded only one > free sample chapter of a Kindle-ized book, and I have never bought a > Kindle Store book from Amazon. > > My impression of the Kindle is that its total purpose is to give you, > the buyer, an extremely limited experience. And give Amazon a broad, > rewarding bottom-line experience. > > Maybe I really should order that netbook.... > > Bob Cochran > > > > Dave Feustel wrote: > > Has anyone any experience transferring ebooks between Amazon's Kindle book > > reader and Fedora using the Kindle's usb connection? > > > > Thanks, > > Dave Feustel > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
