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Do you love to read but have limited room for books on your yacht.
Do you love to read but have limited room aboard your yacht for a bunch of
heavy books? I have the answer: It's called the Amazon Kindle. http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireles.../dp/B00154JDAI I got the six-inch version last month and I love it. It has built-in free 3G connectivity so you can browse the Kindle Bookstore where you can download any of about 350,000 books. When you buy one you also set up your account where downloads are automatically debited from your credit or debit card. Best sellers are about nine buck. Older books cheaper. They download in less than a minute unless you have a really weak connection. You account also places any Kindle books you buy on the Amazon servers so if you want to delete them off your Kindle they are still available for later downloading. The six-inch Kindle's memory stores about 1,500 normal size books. The display is some sort of virtual paper technology that doesn't use any power once the type is set. It reads great even with the sun shining directly on it. At night you have to use a reading lamp of some sort as it has no backlighting. Turning pages is the only time the battery (rechargeable lith-ion) is used when reading. You can also turn off the 3G connectivity when reading to save more power with the radio off. Mine lasts about two weeks on a charge and this is with reading 2-5 hours a day. It reads just like a paperback book and if your eyes aren't so good you can even make the font larger and make the width smaller for easier reading so you don't have to squint or move your eyes back and forth as much. I find myself almost speed reading. It has a built in Oxford American dictionary and if you run across a word you don't know just move the curser in front of it and the dictionary pops up at the bottom of the page with the definition. It's got many other useful features explained on the link above. Imagine 1,500 books in the palm of your hand with the ability to shop the store and search for your favorite books and download them on the spot. It's the greatest thing since sex. -- Gregory Hall |
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Do you love to read but have limited room for books on youryacht.
Funny! Wilbur posts a technology recommendation, then signs it
"Gregory Hall". He got his sock puppets confused. LOL! Sign the card yet Gregbur? LOL! |
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Do you love to read but have limited room for books on your yacht.
"pirate" wrote in message
... Funny! Wilbur posts a technology recommendation, then signs it "Gregory Hall". He got his sock puppets confused. LOL! Sign the card yet Gregbur? LOL! You dummy! That WAS Gregory Hall. He likes to spoof me, Wilbur Hubbard, but he can't spoof my account. You can tell Gregory Hall because he uses altopia. I, Wilbur Hubbard, use Octanews. Duh! Wilbur Hubbard |
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Do you love to read but have limited room for books on youryacht.
Funny! *Wilbur posts a technology recommendation, then signs it "Gregory Hall". *He got his sock puppets confused. *LOL! * Sign the card yet Gregbur? *LOL! You dummy! That WAS Gregory Hall. He likes to spoof me, Wilbur Hubbard, but he can't spoof my account. You can tell Gregory Hall because he uses altopia. I, Wilbur Hubbard, use Octanews. Duh! Wilbur Hubbard Nice try! Interesting why you go to so much trouble. You must really lead a depressing life! Sign the card. |
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Do you love to read but have limited room for books on your yacht.
In article s.com,
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: Path: s02-b73!npeersf01.iad.highwinds-media.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news .highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.co m!news-out.octanews.net!indigo.octanews.net!auth.beige.oc tanews.com.POSTED!not -for-mail From: "Wilbur Hubbard" Newsgroups: rec.boats.cruising,alt.sailing.asa Subject: Do you love to read but have limited room for books on your yacht. Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:05:28 -0500 Organization: Blue Water Cruisers, Inc. X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6002.18005 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6002.18005 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Lines: 42 Message-ID: s.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Nov 2009 16:05:27 CST X-Complaints-To: Xref: Hurricane-Charley rec.boats.cruising:107817 alt.sailing.asa:240693 X-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:05:27 UTC (s02-b73) Do you love to read but have limited room aboard your yacht for a bunch of heavy books? I have the answer: It's called the Amazon Kindle. http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireles.../dp/B00154JDAI SNIPPED for brevity It's the greatest thing since sex. -- Gregory Hall GEE, Willburr, Looks like you're full of **** again..... just look at the Path:.... Path:s02-b73!npeersf01.iad.highwinds-media.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-med ia.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.glorb.co m!news2.glorb.com!news-out.octanews.net!indigo.octanews.net!auth.beige.oc tanews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Wilbur Hubbard" Even a Morooon (Bugs Bunny Definition) like you, can Read the Headers... Which Server was the Point of Origin, could it be....... auth.beige.octanews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail That is Octanews.com, Riiight????? Busted, Again... Geeze Louise, What a Dufus.... |
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Do you love to read but have limited room for books on your yacht.
"You" wrote in message
... In article s.com, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: Path: s02-b73!npeersf01.iad.highwinds-media.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news .highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.co m!news-out.octanews.net!indigo.octanews.net!auth.beige.oc tanews.com.POSTED!not -for-mail From: "Wilbur Hubbard" Newsgroups: rec.boats.cruising,alt.sailing.asa Subject: Do you love to read but have limited room for books on your yacht. Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:05:28 -0500 Organization: Blue Water Cruisers, Inc. X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6002.18005 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6002.18005 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Lines: 42 Message-ID: s.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Nov 2009 16:05:27 CST X-Complaints-To: Xref: Hurricane-Charley rec.boats.cruising:107817 alt.sailing.asa:240693 X-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:05:27 UTC (s02-b73) Do you love to read but have limited room aboard your yacht for a bunch of heavy books? I have the answer: It's called the Amazon Kindle. http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireles.../dp/B00154JDAI SNIPPED for brevity It's the greatest thing since sex. -- Gregory Hall GEE, Willburr, Looks like you're full of **** again..... just look at the Path:.... Path:s02-b73!npeersf01.iad.highwinds-media.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-med ia.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.glorb.co m!news2.glorb.com!news-out.octanews.net!indigo.octanews.net!auth.beige.oc tanews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Wilbur Hubbard" Even a Morooon (Bugs Bunny Definition) like you, can Read the Headers... Which Server was the Point of Origin, could it be....... auth.beige.octanews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail That is Octanews.com, Riiight????? Busted, Again... Geeze Louise, What a Dufus.... Well I'll be damned. Now that sum bitch, he's forging my headers. Preloading the path. I guess I'll have to report him to altopia and see if they don't boot his sorry ass. Wilbur Hubbard |
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