Posted on 11/28/2012 4:59:31 AM PST by Mad Dawgg
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Amazon.com Inc. is expected to pick up share in the tablet market in the fourth quarter with strong sales of its Kindle devices, though Apple Inc.’s iPad will remain the dominant product line in the segment, according to a brokerage report on Tuesday.
Analysts at Pacific Crest said supply-chain research shows increased production orders for the Kindle Fire HD, which Amazon (US:AMZN) now sells in a variety of sizes and configurations. The broker raised its forecast for the Kindle line, which is now expected to account for 13% of tablet shipments for the year compared with 11% expected a month ago.
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Use a stylus, I do.
As my father told me..."son once you're married you have a choice to make. From now on you can chose to be happy or you can chose to be right. You can't be both"
Audio books.
I never go anywhere without my Zune loaded with audio books downloaded from the public library. I can cook, clean, fix, shovel, mend, solder, sweep, drive while enjoying a good book.
That's a big advantage I forgot to mention. Amazon has done a remarkable job of making out of print books and books in the public domain available on the Kindle for a buck or two, or sometimes for nothing. Often, these out of print books are not available except through the Kindle. As an example, last Summer I had an itch to read about the Boxer Rebellion. Within ten minutes I had downloaded three first hand accounts, long, long out of print. I could not have had access to these books any other way except through the Kindle. Another example would be WWI first hand accounts, many of which are esoteric, and of which there are dozens and dozens available on the Kindle.
That's a big advantage I forgot to mention. Amazon has done a remarkable job of making out of print books and books in the public domain available on the Kindle for a buck or two, or sometimes for nothing. Often, these out of print books are not available except through the Kindle. As an example, last Summer I had an itch to read about the Boxer Rebellion. Within ten minutes I had downloaded three first hand accounts, long, long out of print. I could not have had access to these books any other way except through the Kindle. Another example would be WWI first hand accounts, many of which are esoteric, and of which there are dozens and dozens available on the Kindle.
No worries about scratching the screen? (Otherwise it sounds like a plan.)
I tried most all those tablets Nook,Fire,Samsung but ever since I got the Toshiba Thrive I haven’t had my laptop or desktop on. T he Thrive is heavy and the speakers could be better but functionally its the tops......
Absolutely not.
“Boxwave” at Amazon has a wonderful one, I’ve given them out as gifts.
Tons of out of print old stuff here, even the 1790 census . Many older herb books it may take awhile to find what you want but more than likely it is here! Also they are all free....
http://archive.org/details/texts
Me too. And recently I stumbled upon http://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio
This site has thousands of radio shows from the '40's and '50's, in MP3 format. All are free and easy to download. Comedies, dramas, detective stories, westerns, etc. Most are 30 minutes in length.
If you like detective stores, I recommend "Yours truly Johnny Dollar". For westerns, "Gunsmoke".
I have a Fire. Don’t use it for much except viewing PDFs and, sometimes, playing games. Otherwise the original Kindle is better.
Don’t like tablets much either. I have seen some practical uses (doctors use ‘em from viewing patient info on their rounds; seen one used as part of cash-register system, too). But, for the most part, if there isn’t a keyboard, it is a toy.
I missed you in my last post LOL. You can read these books on the site or download them for later, here is an old one I found and enjoyed reading David Crockett..
http://www.archive.org/stream/davidcrocketthis00abboiala#page/n7/mode/2up
Here is the whole site.
http://archive.org/details/texts
LOL
Here's one you might be interested in, Documenting the American South, an archive of primary source material related to the South which was put together by UNC at Chapel Hill. It contains quite a few first hand accounts of the Civil War, and many slave narratives. Apparently, memoirs of former slaves were popular around the 1880's, and they are not at all what you would expect. I suppose that without some scholarship behind you, reading those accounts might be a bit dangerous, since you do not really know how to put them in proper context, but they are interesting.
Here's one you might be interested in, Documenting the American South, an archive of primary source material related to the South which was put together by UNC at Chapel Hill. It contains quite a few first hand accounts of the Civil War, and many slave narratives. Apparently, memoirs of former slaves were popular around the 1880's, and they are not at all what you would expect. I suppose that without some scholarship behind you, reading those accounts might be a bit dangerous, since you do not really know how to put them in proper context, but they are interesting.
Excellent info!
Same here. Kindle Fire >> paper books, and I'm reading again.
I read a variety of things, but one genre I like is SciFi-Fantasy, which are often written as a book series. Many first-in-series ebooks are offered free, hoping to get you hooked enough the read the sequels, which I often have - and most are less than $5 (typically $2.99 with Amazon Prime).
Best of all, I've finished books late at night on a number of occasions, and immediately decided to buy the next book in a series and keep reading. Within about 30 seconds I can buy the next book, download it to my Kindle Fire, and keep on reading - even at 1am. Not an option with real books, book stores, shipping or travel to get the book, etc.
E-books are very cool and have me reading again - including a bunch of classics I've never read before that you can download for free. Plus if you have a Kindle Fire, you can read them in the dark & they have a pretty long battery life.
Hehe, it kinda reminds me of when I was a kid first starting to read except I don't have to wait a week for the bookmobile to come around.
Regarding
http://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio
As I said before, it’s an excellent site for free quality radio shows.
But I forgot to mention that the audio quality is very uneven. Some shows are crystal-clear, others are very scratchy.
Check the listener ratings. Many raters will mention the sound quality of the espisodes they’re rating.
OK so maybe my router is older and a bit quirky for newfangled Kindle Gadgets but I am told I can't hook my Kindle up via USB connect and hook to Amazon to download and sync through my laptop (which hooks up to my Wireless network fine and dandy.)
Needless to say I am not a Happy Kindle Camper at this point. Amazon Cust.Sup. tells me I need to go to the local Mickey Dees and see if I can log onto their wireless network to rule out whether this particular Kindle Fire is fubared on wireless connectivity.
Yeah not at all happy at this time especially when "She who must be obeyed" told me she also ordered a Kindle Fire HD for Teenage Daughter. I am gonna be real unhappy if I need to buy a new wireless router to get these things to work.
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