Comments on: Amazon Announces Kindle DX

By: Christopher Gavula

Christopher Gavula — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:20:16 +0000

I agree that I would have liked to have seen a reduction in the current pricing, but I also think that would have angered people who just bought the device in February!

By: Brandon (aka netsyd)

Brandon (aka netsyd) — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:34:36 +0000

I read a lot of stuff that isn’t Amazon. I have a bunch of ebooks and PDFs and I’d love the larger screen Kindle. But its just too expensive when there really is no price benefit to buying it. I don’t see Pearson on Wiley charging $100 for a $200 book just because you’re buying the Kindle version. Actually in some cases I’ve found eBooks that cost more than the paper version.

Amazon would have done good to launch this at the same price as the current Kindle and drop the price of the current model by $100. This alone would have been a HUGE win for Amazon and brought them a much larger number of customers and made today a huge news day. Alas it was just another day of over priced gizmo meets crowd of “meh”s.

By: techwatching

techwatching — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:04:51 +0000

geardiary: Amazon Announces Kindle DX – http://bit.ly/1apVRQ

By: Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:21:18 +0000

“Lifetime Wireless” … yeah, which started with a non-Amazon charge, and has now increased in the charge, and will likely continue expanding in what and how much is charged. In other words, if you read mostly non-Amazon stuff (i.e. had your own eBook library), the Kindle got more expensive recently …

By: Christopher Spera

Christopher Spera — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:00:43 +0000

There’s also no refund when you sell you books BACK to the bookstore at the end of the term… I agree with you, it could be a huge value add IF AND ONLY IF the price of the text book was insanely on the cheap side. Otherwise, the only thing I’m saving is the amount of books I have to haul around campus, and that’s not that big a deal…

By: Christopher Gavula

Christopher Gavula — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:26:47 +0000

You know, it IS a lot of money for a single-purpose device – even the Kindle 2 is a lot of money for what it is, but you have to remember that you are also paying for a lifetime wireless subscription.

I got to thinking about this, and it may become more of a value proposition if you end up paying less for the actual textbook than you would for the paper copy. Those text books can get to be EXPENSIVE! And let’s not forget the convenience of not hauling around a huge bag full of books. But how are you going to scribble your notes into the margins?

By: Joel McLaughlin

Joel McLaughlin — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:18:15 +0000

Would be GREAT for viewing PDF’s at work.

By: Brandon (aka netsyd)

Brandon (aka netsyd) — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:30:42 +0000

Sorry but at $359 it was expensive. At $489 its just wasting money.

By: Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:53:47 +0000

What a lackluster event … and even the struggling newspapers only call it an ‘experiment’ and said “We will offer the Kindle plans where our paper is not available to provide our readers with what they want, and where they want it.” (according to the Engadget transcription)