Comments on: Kindle Dust Still Settling

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:10:19 +0000

Avagee, isn’t reading on a cellphone screen pretty awful?

By: avagee

avagee — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:49:53 +0000

um, I’m sure you can load books via usb and such. It’s just that to get Amazon content you have to be connected over the air. You can load up non-DRM content from your PC.

Another option if you have not already spent $400 is to use the cell phone you already have as an eBook reader. Many (most?) cell phones are java enabled and make a fine book reader. I use http://www.booksinmyphone.com – they have selection for free (gratis) books you can install on your phone.

The reading experience is pretty compelling, its just you and the book. If you have the internet on our phone you can install from the mobile version of their site, otherwise from your PC. If all the stars are aligned right (phone model and carrier) then it can be a great way to carry a little library.

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:56:38 +0000

but I don’t think you have to be connected once you’ve downloaded the book…

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:56:10 +0000

yeah, requires a wireless connection… am wondering if I could use it from my home… no wireless here but was experimenting with a friends laptop and could connect through the closest starbucks… for free?

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:54:22 +0000

Here’s how thick I am – I had no idea you had to be connected in order to use it. I thought it was like the Sony reader in that you upload a book, then go off somewhere and read it. So it’s more like an Internet connection, is that it?

Off to Amazon. I must investigate.