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The Kindle DX especially is over the top in pricing ! - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

I have the kindle and kindle 2 ... Awesome for travel. - Jonathan Greene from iPhone

Jonathan, how does it handle PDFs ? Zoom or Reflow of text ? - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

I now use the Kindle for iPhone. I had the original Kindle, but didn't like carrying the extra device. - Jeremy Malin

i listen to tons of podiobooks & serialized podcasts - but i also read via kindle app in my iphone which i love - i own a sony reader, have for years but i don't carry it when traveling anymore... - mike "glemak" dunn

mike, Jeremy, I don't have an iphone but I wonder if it would be as comfortable for reading novel-length books ? Isn't _e-ink_ the differentiating factor for ebook readers ? - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

i have zero problems reading novels on my iphone but yes for dedicated ereaders, eink is the key (disclosure: my company has an investment in eink so biased i suppose)... - mike "glemak" dunn

Mike, that's interesting. Do you have some insights into why the readers are so expensive ? Is it something to do with the cost of e-ink technology ? - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

will never use one until the books are cheaper than paper books e,g, half price ? - Adrian

lol ahsan, no comment on specifics but all devices are the sum of all components & associated biz models to support them - mike "glemak" dunn

Thanks Mike - that can be interpreted in several ways, but let's leave it that ;) - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

So Kindle DX is 359$ (only US) and books are priced 50% cheaper than print (most popular books seen on http://www.amazon.com/dp...). Would consider it with cheaper device although higher prices on books. - Bertrand Doux

The biggest issue with reading on the iPhone is that, with the default font size, you don't get a lot per page. It probably comes to about 5-6 lines per page. It's just a lot of flipping. Still easier than carrying a bunch of books or another device. - Jeremy Malin

i'll be waiting for Amazon to make an Android kindle app. Until then I'll listen to the podcasts that are back logged. Thinking about audiobooks too. - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ

My wifes sony reader just died.. and she was heartbroken.. she absolutely loves the thing. It really is amazing, and worth the money if you read. - Tim Hoeck

The kindle dx is awesome - j1m

Kindle and Sony mentioned so far. Has anyone tried the alternatives - someone from Europe/UK perhaps ? Cool-er, iLiad, CyGen, Borders' custom reader ? - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

I am an autjor and want to publish my last book on one of them? For a publisher which one is easy ? how why? - Atif UNALDI

have to agree wiv William under 100 - eric

I think e-readers are definitely the future, though I don't want yet another gadget, I want the capability built into a PMP. As for the concept, I'm not a fan at all. Paperbacks can be bought for less than $3 used, and I can share them with others when finished. Most books in my home are recycled, and much of my reading material comes from friends. Nope, I won't be jumping ship to e-readers until the same model can be applied. - jcunwired

I have a Kindle 2 and I like it a lot. I can't say anything about the others. I haven't tried them. I do think one should only buy one now if you either have an absolute need for it (which I don't) or want to experience "the future" ahead of time. I think the screen technology is still very immature. I think that in two years it will start to make sense for more use cases. In any case I've said farewell to paper books. :) - Meryn Stol

I tend to avoid buying one-purpose devices. These days that's not too hard to do. My netbook is my e-book reader. - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)

"books are priced 50% cheaper than print" Bertrand, that's not my experience. Maybe for fiction? If you're lucky, there's a 20% discount or so on the recent non-fiction titles. Often, the discount is even less. As a European I do save a lot on shipping though, and I don't have to wait for weeks for books to arrive. But Kindle books are not cheap at all. I actually am a little disappointed by it. I feel like I'm being ripped off. You have to keep in mind that Amazon generally has low prices of course. - Meryn Stol

No and no. - Melanie Reed

really like the kindle, but the iphone kindle could have better search tool - Ricardo Pietrobon

I would definitely use one if they were more books available in my language (reading in a foreign language is usually tiring) and if they use a open format, so I can easily load texts from the computer without the need for special software. - George Moga

Have one...ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!! - LaDonna Cherry

No, I don't have one. If I buy one, it will be one without Amazon's DRM policies. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Definitely like the $100 price point. Even better would be the "free with a monthly eBook purchase subscription" of $9.99/month for 12 months. I think with that plan, they go mainstream. Otherwise, they'll remain a cliquey item. - Craig Eddy

It will be interesting to see what Apple does here. I'm guessing they come out with an e-reader with the year. - Mike Bracco

I own a Sony e-reader and adore it. If and when I return to the US I have every intention of buying a Kindle as well. - Soup

I'll be interested to see how the CrunchPad (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...) will fare as a possible ereader. It won't have eink but is sizable while being fairly easy to use. - CAJ, somewhere else

I would like to get the Kindle DX but I would need the amount of books online to increase before I can justify the layout - outofmyarse

Wish I could afford one... holding books to read is hard on my hands and arms. - Ladybug Heather

I'll keep using my PDAs and phones for e-books. Can't respond to a page with a Kindle, and I carry enough stuff. - MiniMage - HLtW

MobiPocket (program) on the smart phone. Why have two pieces of tech when you can only have one? - Miss Elle

Looks like priorities differ: reading experience VS price VS availability (of books, or the device itself) VS the inconvenience of lugging around yet another device... - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick from IM

Been drooling over a kindle for, like, ever. - Brett Kelly from iPhone

@Ladybug Heather -- I have a $20 (or less, I cannot remember now) bookholder called Open Page. It allows me to read without holding the book and is one of the best book holders out there. I've tried a bunch and most annoy me to no end. Just putting that info out there if it is helpful to you. - Miss Elle

I have used the free account for some time and like it quite a bit. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

I personally do a lot of note taking and document archiving in a month. Since I have such a high amount of traffic I pay for the service. - CW™

I'm wanting to utilize some sort of document archiving. I'm horrible with keeping track of papers, which get misplaced, etc. Preferably I'd like to scan documents directly into an online app. rather than storing them on my computer first and then uploading them, but I don't know if that's something that's even possible. - Jannifer @wordsforliving

I do that with iPhone (or any digital camera) and send to Evernote via email or iPhone app. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

only if you need to annotate pdf - Ricardo Pietrobon

I don't have an iPhone - wondering if it would still benefit me as much since I don't have one. - Jannifer @wordsforliving

I just upgraded to premium. The cost to do so is minimal, and with the premium account, I can now import any type of file. That's big for me in business: Word, Excel & PPT files I get from colleagues can now be input and accessed through Evernote. I love it. - eEditor

eEditor - can you also import MP3 files (not music, but educational lectures)? - Jannifer @wordsforliving

I've started using Evernote and LOVE it so far! - Jannifer @wordsforliving

I love Evernote but haven't yet hit the limit on uploads (so far, I mostly use it for bookmarking online and tagging things to read or do in the future). I plan to upgrade to premium anyway just because I think it's a wonderful service and I want to support it, especially as I branch out and use more of the features. - joey

Also, they use FriendFeed: https://friendfeed.com/evernot... - joey

Don't have a premium account, but should. I use it a lot with my WinMo - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

I compared Evernote to Springpad. Springpad is pretty cool, but it's buggy and has enough complaints on their Get Satisfaction website to cause me to shove that one to the background at least for now. I discovered that I could use Evernote with Skitch to take screen shots, then organize them into Evernote. This keeps me from having to save too many .jpg files onto my laptop. - Jannifer @wordsforliving

I use Evernote a lot, but the free version is enough for me for now. It's kind of a chicken-and-egg thing. I don't want to invest too much of my note-taking with them, given that they are a small company and who knows how long they'll be in business. But if most people think like me and opt for the free version, then they'll probably won't survive. - Andre P. Siregar

depends on your storage needs -- i send a bunch of emails with large files and always had to delete old emails - Ricardo Pietrobon

You may export older emails under another Gmail account, so to get more free space. Recently Gmail have released a function to do this. After this, you can manage completely the two accounts with solution like Nektra, without logging out/logging in each time - Roberto.aka.tornosubito from iPhone

Yes, but won't searching for stuff be a pain (if I split my emails over several accounts?) - Carlos Granier-Phelps

agree with windows 7 - much better than vista - Ricardo Pietrobon

I completely agree Ricardo here's my take on Win7 http://su.pr/1B6bXY - Keith - @tsudo

http://www.resizr.com/ - Roberto.aka.tornosubito

Thanks Jack and Roberto..I found another one http://phototoysclone.codeplex.com/ ..anything else? - Arafat Hossain Piyada

irfanview, does batches and plenty other things, and as cherry on top, it is free :) - denise

ImageMagick's convert command. http://www.imagemagick.org/script... - John Cooper

ImageMagick is not a solution for average user John Cooper. - Arafat Hossain Piyada

Mac users can take advantage of Automator (free on each Mac) which will allow you to batch resize dozens of photos. I think 'image resize' is one of the same scripts. - Andrew Leyden

@Andrew Thanks for this..now I am interested to know more image resizer name on Mac. - Arafat Hossain Piyada