But of course, all the plans of mice and men: Kindle Fire, which after all the soul searching and wandering around staring at 37 to 60 inch HDs, I settled for a glorious seven inches of Kindleness touchpadness. Hell yes I preordered.
Oh my God. Okay, it is too pretty to be real. I mean, seriously.
I Am Frowning
No 3G? *blank* Just Wi-fi. I am suddenly less happy. I kind of have gotten used to living in a world where I say "I would like to read about puppieS" and lo, Kindle gives it to me right away.
I Am Frowning Less
I might actually start to take advantage of that cloud thing. And all those free movies.
In case anyone is interested in the Kindle, they've had huge drop in price and a surprising variety. Anyone whose ever wanted to try one out might think about looking these over.
Kindle - (Wi-FI, 2GB storage, 1 month battery life, no keyboard, no touchscreen, 6 inch display) - 79.00
Kindle Touch - (Wi-Fi, 4GB storage, 2 months battery life, touchscreen, 6 inch display) - 99.00
Kindle Touch 3G - (Free 3G/WiFi, 4GB storage, 2 months battery life, touchscreen, 6 inch display) - 149.00
Kindle Keyboard - (WiFi, 4GB storage, 2 months battery life, keyboard, 6 inch display) - 99.00
Kindle Keyboard 3G - (Free 3G/WiFi, 4GB storage, 2 months battery life, keyboard) - 139.00 <--this is what I have now!
Kindle DX - (3G, 4GB storage, 3 weeks battery life, keyboard, 9.7 inch display) - 379.00
Kindle Fire - (WiFi, 8GB storage, 8 hours, touchscreen, 7 inch display, color) - 199.00
I'm not sure about Kindle the first up there without touchscreen or keyboard, butif you usually synch with your computer to get books, the only thing I can't work out is how to do collections since Kindle and Kindle App don't synch to each other from Kindle to PC. And honest to God, the 3G is worth having if you can get it.
Update
...my Kindle Fire is already showing up in my devices in amazon. That's just cruel. Is it November yet?
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And my Kindle Touch is showing up at the top of my Kindle devices. I went to buy something last night and wasn't paying attention, connected my Wi-Fi Kindle Keyboard and sat there going synch, synch, why won't you synch?!? I figured it out, but that's going to be a bit annoying until the new one comes.
I"m rethinking buying a Fire myself. : /
Edited at 2011-09-29 08:14 pm (UTC)
(I actually went for one day shipping for the Fire. I had to!)
Of course, this is basically a birthday-money splurge at this point in the calendar year, and that's another month in the future, so I have plenty of time to contemplate important issues like, how much (permanent-archive, rather than read-and-delete) fic could I really fit into 2GB of storage, or which of these setups is the bare minimum for conveniently downloading MOBI files from AO3? (Collections I know nothing about as of yet, so at least I'd be starting from scratch there. Probably while building up the travel library of the fic I'd want on hand for rereading at any time.)
I'm not sure about not having anything like the Kindle (the 79 dollar one) that doesn't have either touchscreen or physical.
If you decide on keyboard, though I recommend getting the 3G model. It's ridiculously convenient for travel or even at work to grab some books when they go on sale. It's also the only wireless thing I own that always, always has a signal.
3G, yes. I get signal issues in a lot of places I spend a fair bit of time in (like work, like especially the break room at work when I'm trying to read while I eat my lunch), I wouldn't want WiFi to be my only option.
I haven't been tempted to get an iPad for a lot of reasons -- price, complete unfamiliarity with the way Apple does things (I don't even have an iPod, and when I borrowed a family member's iPad at my grandfather's house for quick internet access I couldn't get the bloody windows to open and close properly), the feeling that everything it offered I was already doing on my netbook. The Kindle Fire looks like it'd do anything I'd try to do with a tablet, and small enough to live in my backpack and take anywhere. I'm kind of wondering about that streaming video, actually, because I don't do anything like that, but Netflix is apparently about to lose me (because I own no devices at all that I find suitable for watching streaming anything on -- I use the netbook occasionally under protest, but it's inconvenient and the audio is crap and mostly the netbook just stays at home and gets pulled out and turned on Sunday nights and that's it and so I don't steam) -- anyway, I'm wondering about cancelling my Netflix membership entirely and going for Amazon Prime instead, if they have any kind of a decent selection. (Main selling point for Netflix -- the selection that was available.)
And consolidating replies: Calibre I do have on my netbook, it's what I use to convert LJ post fics to MOBI (or to process a whole batch of downloaded fic files, from whatever sources) to transfer them to my Blackberry via USB. I've gotten so attached to fic on AO3 because I can directly visit AO3 via my mobile browser and download the fic directly to my Blackberry without having to be at home on my netbook and using a USB cable. (And also because I can get the whole thing without it being broken into chapters, and because LJ fic invariably comes with at least the first page's worth of comments, which just add file space and leave me unable to tell how close I'm getting to the end of the story as I'm reading.)
There have been a number of things I haven't wanted to get on Kindle because I'm reading on my Blackberry screen, yes, and no real room for images, just text. (That's actually an argument against getting a proper Kindle, that I can be reading fanfic in public or at work in the break room or whatever and have minimal concerns about anyone being able to come up and read over my shoulder. Which I have Issues about. Another argument being that the illuminated screen is pretty damned handy considering how often I find myself reading in the dark and having to make sure I've got a separate light source for my Kindle sounds like a pain.)
For the record, even getting the Fire, I'm not going to give up using my Kindle 3G with keyboard anytime soon. It's pretty much a take-everywhere with the 3G and size and being on an LCD screen too much is part of the reason I went for e-ink in the first place. And even using the case (it has an attached light that runs off Kindle, and that thing comparatively speaking is a battery hog), I don't need to recharge more than once a week. But with the Fire, there will be digital manga in my future, which I am so looking forward to.
GaelSong has similar jewelry and leatherwork both, among other things worth browsing through. I don't have too many leatherwork sites bookmarked, but a lot of jewelry:
I was just reminded of a Celtic hounds pendant I'd bookmarked that might be on a site worth exploring.
Crafty Celts has a small but interesting selection -- I discovered them by way of a booth at Dragon*Con one year, and bought a hare talisman I like wearing.
Victorian Trading Co. has some interesting jewelry if you like ornate and frou-frou. Also worth browsing through their fashion and accessories -- and Halloween costumes, too!
Ran across Sheila Fleet a few years back while visiting Orkney and I still haven't gotten around to buying any of the gorgeous enameled stuff -- a bit out of my usual price range, but one of these years I'm going to take my Xmas or birthday money and get something beautiful.
SilverShake I discovered by way of eBay (which BTW is where most of my jewelry purchases over the past year have taken place -- amazing what you can find and for how cheaply).