Yet another Kindle price drop... [merged]

Passepartout · Aug 2, 2010

I bit the bullet today...

And ordered a new wi-fi K3. No update on when it will ship. Hopefully in time to take it to PV in Mid Sept. I think I'll download some stuff to my PC then when the Kindle arrives I can just transfer it. Looking forward to some beach reading.

I was about sold on the Nook until the K3 was announced last week. It just has more capacity, better display, longer battery life, and (for now slightly) lower price. While I don't consider myself an 'early adopter', a casual look around the place shows I'm not the last one on the escalator either.

Merry Christmas to me!!

Jim Ricks

cindi · Aug 3, 2010

I couldn't stand it. I just ordered the new wifi/3G kindle. I absolutely love my kindle2 and this seems like it is even better.

Question now is...........do I want to order one for DH as well, or leave him with his kindle2?

wauhob3 · Aug 3, 2010

cindi said:
I couldn't stand it. I just ordered the new wifi/3G kindle. I absolutely love my kindle2 and this seems like it is even better.

Question now is...........do I want to order one for DH as well, or leave him with his kindle2?

Give him the Kindle 2 and see how much he uses it and you could always order the Kindle 3 for him at Christmas if he has Kindle envy.

I just ordered the Kindle 3 too. Hopefully it won't be too back ordered. I have been using my daughters Kindle 1 and it works great but now she can have a chance to use it again. :cheer:

pittle · Aug 3, 2010

I ordered one too!

Like others, I just couldn't stand it any longer and ordered mine this morning. I thought about waiting until they get closer to $100, but decided that I want to have one before we head to PV for a month on October 23rd. I can use a smaller suitcase!

dms1709 · Aug 3, 2010

Reading at night

How about reading in the dark? I currently have the original Kindle and a small clip on light, it is not the greatest, but in a pinch works. I was wondering if the new one has some kind of light that allows for reading in the dark.

Thank You

donna

Passepartout · Aug 3, 2010

dms1709 said:
How about reading in the dark? I currently have the original Kindle and a small clip on light,....donna

There's no backlight or built-in light. They are selling a cover that has a Kindle-powered light that emerges from the upper right corner for about $60.

I will try a clip-on for a while before getting fancy.... Jim

mo1950 · Aug 3, 2010

The new light actually runs off the power of the Kindle3, so you don't have to keep changing batteries in book lights.

Kindle does not recommend a backlight; the very earliest e-readers had them, and they had to be removed because of causing serious eye strain.

cindi · Aug 3, 2010

wauhob3 said:
Give him the Kindle 2 and see how much he uses it and you could always order the Kindle 3 for him at Christmas if he has Kindle envy.

I just ordered the Kindle 3 too. Hopefully it won't be too back ordered. I have been using my daughters Kindle 1 and it works great but now she can have a chance to use it again.

We both already have Kindle2's. And we both love them! Have gotten much use out of them already. Heck, they are probably due to retire as much reading as we both have done.

I REALLY liked having it on that 9 hr flight to hawaii.

MULTIZ321 · Aug 3, 2010

dms1709 said:
How about reading in the dark? I currently have the original Kindle and a small clip on light, it is not the greatest, but in a pinch works. I was wondering if the new one has some kind of light that allows for reading in the dark.

Thank You

donna

I'm curious about the reading in the dark issue. I don't have a Kindle but I do
have the Kindle for Android App loaded on my Motorola Droid.

With the Kindle App I'm able to read fine in the dark without any extra lighting. The white backdrop provides sufficient lighting for my needs.

My question is - with the Kindle devices - does one really need extra lighting to read in the dark? I'm assuming you've adjusted the font size to meet your reading needs.

Thanks

Richard

ownsmany · Aug 3, 2010

i just ordered the sony reader, because I could try it for 30 days. Can't wait to get it. Want to have it loaded before our trip to Hawaii in a few weeks. I'm thinking I probably will end up sending it back and getting a wifi version probably a nook.

I wanted to try risk free, in case I don't like it. Wish the nook had the "read to me feature". If they did, I'd buy the nook now.

mo1950 · Aug 4, 2010

There is no way I can read my Kindle in the dark; there has to be some kind of lighting.

Mosca · Aug 4, 2010

MULTIZ321 said:
I'm curious about the reading in the dark issue. I don't have a Kindle but I do
have the Kindle for Android App loaded on my Motorola Droid.

With the Kindle App I'm able to read fine in the dark without any extra lighting. The white backdrop provides sufficient lighting for my needs.

My question is - with the Kindle devices - does one really need extra lighting to read in the dark? I'm assuming you've adjusted the font size to meet your reading needs.

Thanks

Richard

Richard, there is no backlighting AT ALL. With the Kindle on, a dark room is totally dark.

It's not a big deal. I bought a $20 gooseneck LED light. It is supposed to go in a $50 Kindle cover; I taped it to the Kindle with $.01 of Scotch tape. It's held for almost a week; when it tears, I'll retape it, NBD.

laura1957 · Aug 4, 2010

I ordered mine, went back and ordered for both my grown daughters. May cancel my oldest daughters since she really does not read as much, but I know when she sees her sisters she will want one too

Why is it when I have waited so long to order one (because I really havent wanted one) and yet now that it is ordered I want it NOW??:annoyed:

mo1950 · Aug 4, 2010

I know what you mean, Laura. I held out for a while when my husband had a Kindle. Then when I finally ordered one, I thought about it every day.

Talking about book lights - the new Kindle3 has one that attaches to the Kindle and runs off the Kindle battery. Wish I had that - I have the Kindle2.

But there is really no need to have to use tape. For my Kindle2, I ordered a Multi-Edge Kindle cover from the Amazon site for about $45. Then I ordered the matching Multi-Edge light from Amazon for about $20. The light slides into a pocket on the inside of the cover. So it just stays there all of the time with the e-reader. When you close the cover, after finishing reading, the light closes up too on the inside right next to the e-reader. When you open it, you push up the gooseneck light and position it anyway you want for reading. It takes a AAA battery which you might have to change once a month.

laura1957 · Aug 4, 2010

I was going to order the covers with the lights - but that would have been an extra 180 for the 3 of us!! I know BooksAMillion has different kinds of booklights, so I can check there while at Massanutten next week. I am sure I can find something cheaper than $59. If not - I guess I will break down and order one for my younger daughter at least.

Passepartout · Aug 4, 2010

I didn't order the cover or light with mine. There was no price incentive to do so. I will try it sans either for a while, and if I find the need to read in the dark without a light on is just too big a temptation to resist, I'll do something about it. OTOH, if my reading in bed with the nightstand light on bothers the LOML, her Christmas shopping list just got shorter.

Jim

mo1950 · Aug 4, 2010

Oh, sorry, Mosca, I should have read your post better. Just now realized you have the light, but not the cover.

Before we had covers, my husband and I tried the clip-on booklights. They worked well, and we did use them for a long time.

The cover and light together is expensive, especially since we were buying for two Kindles. We travel so much that we finally bit the bullet and bought the covers. So we have quite an investment in our Kindles. I would love to buy the Kindle3, but can't justify it at this time, especially with the Kindle2s working so well.

Mosca · Aug 4, 2010

mo1950 said:
Oh, sorry, Mosca, I should have read your post better. Just now realized you have the light, but not the cover.

Before we had covers, my husband and I tried the clip-on booklights. They worked well, and we did use them for a long time.

The cover and light together is expensive, especially since we were buying for two Kindles. We travel so much that we finally bit the bullet and bought the covers. So we have quite an investment in our Kindles. I would love to buy the Kindle3, but can't justify it at this time, especially with the Kindle2s working so well.

Yep; I didn't want to spend the $45 for a cover that I knew I wasn't going to like, I've never liked covers on devices. For me (not everyone, I understand that), it just makes it larger and heavier, negating two of the things I cherish most in a device of that type.

MULTIZ321 · Aug 4, 2010

Mosca said:
Richard, there is no backlighting AT ALL. With the Kindle on, a dark room is totally dark.

It's not a big deal. I bought a $20 gooseneck LED light. It is supposed to go in a $50 Kindle cover; I taped it to the Kindle with $.01 of Scotch tape. It's held for almost a week; when it tears, I'll retape it, NBD.

Mosca,

Thanks for your reply. Now I understand better about some Kindle readers wanting separate lights.

Richard

MULTIZ321 · Aug 4, 2010

6 Portable Amazon Kindle Reading Lights - from Bestebookreaders.com

Richard

wauhob3 · Aug 8, 2010

Anyone get a shipment date yet after the main shipment ran out? I ordered mine about 6 AM Tuesday, August 3rd and haven't received an email yet when to expect a shipment.

Passepartout · Aug 11, 2010

wauhob3 said:
Anyone get a shipment date yet after the main shipment ran out? I ordered mine about 6 AM Tuesday, August 3rd and haven't received an email yet when to expect a shipment.

I'm kinda anxious to hear also. The first shipments aren't even scheduled til the 27th. I'd suppose that Amazon doesn't even know when subsequent shipments will go out. There could be cancellations in the first bunch that would move those on a wait list up, or there could be delays in manufacture or shipping that would delay them. It's anybody's guess at this point.

I'd bet it will be general knowledge here when the notices are sent. Meanwhile, I've bought a few books, games, and stuff to transfer onto mine when it arrives.

Maybe it's time to start a 'Kindle Reading Reviews' thread here in the TUG lounge?

Jim Ricks

Nancy · Aug 27, 2010

Got it Yet

Has anyone got their's yet? Mine is currently in Louisville, scheduled to be delivered on Monday.

If you have yours, how do you like it? Did you order an Amazon cover and if so, which one and color, and do you like it?

Nancy

laura1957 · Aug 27, 2010

I dont have mine yet - but it has been shipped and should arrive Monday also!! i didnt order a cover - I will check locally for something that will work.

cindi · Aug 27, 2010

Same here! Monday delivery.

Waiting to buy a cover for it.

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