Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader Locked Up: Why Your Books Are No Longer Yours

Re:Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader Locked Up: Why Your Books A... by iamdave on Saturday March 22, 2008 @06:26PM (#143604)

I'm still looking for the point in these ebook readers. Isn't that why I have my laptop? Or if I'm on a short bus ride and I don't want to wait for it to boot up, press the little power button on my PDA, and navigate to the file that way?

What am I missing here? It really looks like a piece of technology that (like I've said before) was produced simply because someone wanted to make the next step before it was practical to do so.

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Re:Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader Locked Up: Why Your Books A... by jyu on Saturday March 22, 2008 @10:38PM (#143729)

Have you actually tried using one? I don't know about the Kindle, but Sony Reader is pretty useful. It lasts weeks due to e-ink unlike PDA or notebook. Reading books from a smart phone or PDA is difficult because of screen size / font limitations. This is great for readers that commute via MTA, or people that fly a lot.

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Re:Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader Locked Up: Why Your Books A... by iamdave on Sunday March 23, 2008 @05:22PM (#144098)

I honestly haven't, but I haven't had problems reading on my PDA before, but at the same time I don't need another accessory that can do the same thing as any other of my utilities.

To each his own

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