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Offline hangchoi

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Re: Anyone would consider to get e-book?
« Reply #10 on: 30 August 2010, 10:01:30 »
I preper paper too, tho it is not quite environmental.

For a set of paper of document, I would not mind to read it on a device. But for book..no.....Somehow it is just a personal preference, I think.
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Re: Anyone would consider to get e-book?
« Reply #11 on: 03 September 2010, 11:39:21 »
I am moving this topic to the Bookwyrm section, since it's about books and reading...

Anyway, I ordered the Amazon Kindle 3G about 10 days ago. It's out of stock and it will take anothe month before they can ship.
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reading-Display-Generation/dp/B003FSUDM4/ref=sa_menu_kdp33


Is that true that you can only buy books from Amazon when using Kindle? I see there is no Chinese book in Amazon....  :(

Anyone voted for iPad by purchasing?  Any Chinese book?
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Re: Anyone would consider to get e-book?
« Reply #12 on: 03 September 2010, 12:28:30 »
king already bought i-pad and I also ordered.

(though I am the key supplier to E-ink)

Hang, you lost something here.
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Re: Anyone would consider to get e-book?
« Reply #13 on: 03 September 2010, 13:01:50 »
Aiya........nice one.....

What is it??? Who are you??? Are you coming to have gathering with us tomorrow??? You owe me HK$1000000000.......

How come you have this thing?? Why the picture is so small??  :D
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Re: Anyone would consider to get e-book?
« Reply #14 on: 03 September 2010, 13:13:05 »
Is that true that you can only buy books from Amazon when using Kindle? I see there is no Chinese book in Amazon....  :(

Anyone voted for iPad by purchasing?  Any Chinese book?

I also thought about iPad but everyone I know that has iPad just using it as a large iPhone - showing pictures or playing games. I have not seen any book.

Kindle version is from Amazon only. The gadget can display pdf, so maybe you can transfer pdf Chinese books to it?

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Re: Anyone would consider to get e-book?
« Reply #15 on: 03 September 2010, 15:40:57 »
I arrived at the office and my Kindle also arrived today. More interesting is that Wing also got his iPad. So I am playing with both now.

In the few min that I played with the iPad, I see there are lots of classic books, including Chinese ones, available for free. So far all the ones I see are from the Gutenbery Project.

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Re: Anyone would consider to get e-book?
« Reply #16 on: 05 September 2010, 02:37:40 »
My Kindle.

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Re: Anyone would consider to get e-book?
« Reply #17 on: 10 September 2010, 14:01:30 »
too bad 3.2.2 on i-pad.  put myself in  JAIL!!!!
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Re: Anyone would consider to get e-book?
« Reply #18 on: 10 September 2010, 14:39:06 »
too bad 3.2.2 on i-pad.  put myself in  JAIL!!!!

What is it? Not even iOS4?
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Re: Anyone would consider to get e-book?
« Reply #19 on: 10 September 2010, 14:42:24 »
too bad 3.2.2 on i-pad.  put myself in  JAIL!!!!

Same question, what are you talking about?!?!