I bought an e-book-type reader in the Naval Exchange for my son for xmas.
I paid around $200 and it supports *.pdf's and just about any other *.*
document.  No problems using it for many purposes, easy to bring docs in,
and he loves it.
  Screw Amazon's crap-book.  Buy that and you're sure to be disappointed a
few months later, when you find out what you should have spent your money
on...........

Mike B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: Kindle digital book reader

> Interesting article about the Kindle included in:
>
> "The Top 10 Heartbreaking Gadgets of 2007" (from Wired)
>
> And I quote:
>
> "No native PDF support. Costs as much as a low-end laptop. "Klugey"
> keyboard. Clumsy, extortionate e-mail conversion process for adding
> your own files. And the web browser? Crippled. But what really kills
> us? You have to pay to read a blog on this thing."
>
> Pass!
>
> Thanks Robert.
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> On 1/17/08, Nunya Business <bulletheadx@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just about the only (non-Amazon) reference to it I've run across was
>> this:
>>
>> http://www.wired.com/gadgets/gadgetreviews/multimedia/2007/12/YE_Gadgets_Top10Letdowns
>>
>> Another quote was 'Though its primary functionality is designed to funnel
>> you into spending money at the Kindle store and is hampered by
>> nickel-and-dime fees...'
>>
>> Doesn't sound promising.
>>
>> Cya,
>> Robert
>>
>>
>> On 1/17/08, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > In searching GPS stuff at Amazon, I found this:
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FI73MA/ref=amb_link_6224392_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1VC21J80YXR1N3SGCG8Y&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=358859501&pf_rd_i=507846
>> >
>> > Anyone use one of these?
>> >
>> > Looks interesting. I imagine it wouldn't work too well, if at all, in
>> > the bush, but might be handy when in town getting supplies.
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Neil.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
>> > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>> >
>> > Engine swap beginings: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>> >
>>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>
> Engine swap beginings: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>