tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post6748187016247069403..comments2023-10-29T10:32:36.914-04:00Comments on Philosophy, et cetera: Review: Amazon KindleRichard Y Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-49707775286207847502008-05-07T11:40:00.000-04:002008-05-07T11:40:00.000-04:00This (original) review is so great that it reads l...This (original) review is so great that it reads like I would have written it myself. I was an English Lit. & Philosophy major way back when I was in College from which I graduated in 1950 (I'm now closest to age 82!! But in good health.) and it is really wonderful to be able again to read the clasics of both disciplines, and essentially for free as shown. I now have over 600 books on my 8 GB memory card, without which the internal memory would be way too little. I love the Sprint download capability, but have no problem of adding books from my hard drives. Since I travel out of the country a lot, I don't really need to download from Sprint, and my laptop which goes with me when I travel is a great way to keep my Kindle up to date.cfw123https://www.blogger.com/profile/01797897011972327888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-82867982613497926222008-05-05T10:25:00.000-04:002008-05-05T10:25:00.000-04:00Probably less - 5%, maybe? - it's hard to quantify...Probably less - 5%, maybe? - it's hard to quantify such things though. I'm not sure how much functionality would be lost outside the U.S. -- probably anything involving the wireless transmission, so not just internet access but also wireless delivery of content from Amazon. But I guess you would just use your computer to transfer data (via USB).Richard Y Chappellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-14389037743120901372008-05-05T05:40:00.000-04:002008-05-05T05:40:00.000-04:00That sounds good.But I wonder as I'm not in US, if...That sounds good.<BR/><BR/>But I wonder as I'm not in US, if I should wait for some different offer.<BR/><BR/>Richard, what would be your rough estimate of the comparative value of the free internet access of the device in relation to its value as ebook reader?<BR/><BR/>E.g. would you give 10% of the value of the reader to the free internet access? Or more? Or less?tanashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767714629020630193noreply@blogger.com