Comments for Vancity Allie - the blog of a Vancouver girl who lives and breathes the West Coast http://www.vancityallie.com (snowboarding blog / surfing blog / Vancouver blog / Canucks blog / photography blog) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:44:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on NEW GADGETS: AMAZON KINDLE AND BLACKBERRY BOLD 9700 by Vancity Allie http://www.vancityallie.com/2010/03/12/new-gadgets-amazon-kindle-and-blackberry-bold-9700/comment-page-1/#comment-26088 Vancity Allie Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:44:01 +0000 http://www.vancityallie.com/?p=806#comment-26088 Hey gabbie, that sounds like an awesome goal! Wow! Mike, yes any drawings in the books will show up on the Kindle. But yes, it is black and white (although I hear colour e-ink is in the works)... Hey gabbie, that sounds like an awesome goal! Wow!

Mike, yes any drawings in the books will show up on the Kindle. But yes, it is black and white (although I hear colour e-ink is in the works)…

]]> Comment on NEW GADGETS: AMAZON KINDLE AND BLACKBERRY BOLD 9700 by Mike http://www.vancityallie.com/2010/03/12/new-gadgets-amazon-kindle-and-blackberry-bold-9700/comment-page-1/#comment-26086 Mike Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:40:53 +0000 http://www.vancityallie.com/?p=806#comment-26086 You make a compelling case for the Kindle! I figured that if I decided to go for an e-reader, that would be the way I'd want to go, especially for the e-Ink display. What I wasn't aware of (that you mentioned in a comment) that you can actually turn it and change it to a landscape orientation, which could be handy for those manuals or bigger-text-sizes. One question though. Some of the books I read will have black & white engravings or symbols (yes, fantasy books like the Lord of the Rings) - does the Kindle still display those? I'm not expecting color images; just sometimes there's a diagram or a family tree, etc. As I can see having a Kindle for those art references/anatomy books; setting it up next to my art area on the little stand accessory is highly appealing. You make a compelling case for the Kindle! I figured that if I decided to go for an e-reader, that would be the way I’d want to go, especially for the e-Ink display. What I wasn’t aware of (that you mentioned in a comment) that you can actually turn it and change it to a landscape orientation, which could be handy for those manuals or bigger-text-sizes.

One question though. Some of the books I read will have black & white engravings or symbols (yes, fantasy books like the Lord of the Rings) – does the Kindle still display those?
I’m not expecting color images; just sometimes there’s a diagram or a family tree, etc. As I can see having a Kindle for those art references/anatomy books; setting it up next to my art area on the little stand accessory is highly appealing.

]]> Comment on NEW GADGETS: AMAZON KINDLE AND BLACKBERRY BOLD 9700 by gabbie http://www.vancityallie.com/2010/03/12/new-gadgets-amazon-kindle-and-blackberry-bold-9700/comment-page-1/#comment-26081 gabbie Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:19:45 +0000 http://www.vancityallie.com/?p=806#comment-26081 I've had the 2d gen kindle since july last year, I cheated a bit and got it before it was available for the international market. In my review in Amazon I describe it perfectly. It's sleek it's extremely functional and not having to carry a ton of books makes it very convenient. I live in the Dominican Republic, so my access to English books is very limited, plus buying a book would end up costing me almost the double when I included the shipping and handling, I calculated that in the first three months I had covered the total price of the kindle (taking into consideration that the classics are free). So my goal for this year? I'm going through the list of books on the BBC... The big read, 100 books, let's see how many I can read this year... I don't have 100 because I have already read 35 of that list, but so far, so good. And now with its native pdf reader it's just sooo much more convenient! I'm even saving some blogs on pdf format and then reading them on my own time! I’ve had the 2d gen kindle since july last year, I cheated a bit and got it before it was available for the international market. In my review in Amazon I describe it perfectly. It’s sleek it’s extremely functional and not having to carry a ton of books makes it very convenient.
I live in the Dominican Republic, so my access to English books is very limited, plus buying a book would end up costing me almost the double when I included the shipping and handling, I calculated that in the first three months I had covered the total price of the kindle (taking into consideration that the classics are free).
So my goal for this year? I’m going through the list of books on the BBC… The big read, 100 books, let’s see how many I can read this year… I don’t have 100 because I have already read 35 of that list, but so far, so good. And now with its native pdf reader it’s just sooo much more convenient! I’m even saving some blogs on pdf format and then reading them on my own time!

]]> Comment on NEW GADGETS: AMAZON KINDLE AND BLACKBERRY BOLD 9700 by Vancity Allie http://www.vancityallie.com/2010/03/12/new-gadgets-amazon-kindle-and-blackberry-bold-9700/comment-page-1/#comment-26073 Vancity Allie Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:59:43 +0000 http://www.vancityallie.com/?p=806#comment-26073 Thanks Abby! Chaminda, yes, you can return a book that you download if it was an error. You need to work that through Amazon Support. But no, typically a book you purchase you keep, like purchasing at a bookstore rather than a library. They are very cheap though! And yes, you can highlight sections, add bookmarks, search for words, look up words in the built-in dictionary... you can also change text size, orientation of screen, and do text-to-speech etc. :) Thanks Abby!

Chaminda, yes, you can return a book that you download if it was an error. You need to work that through Amazon Support. But no, typically a book you purchase you keep, like purchasing at a bookstore rather than a library. They are very cheap though!

And yes, you can highlight sections, add bookmarks, search for words, look up words in the built-in dictionary… you can also change text size, orientation of screen, and do text-to-speech etc. :)

]]> Comment on NEW GADGETS: AMAZON KINDLE AND BLACKBERRY BOLD 9700 by Chaminda http://www.vancityallie.com/2010/03/12/new-gadgets-amazon-kindle-and-blackberry-bold-9700/comment-page-1/#comment-26068 Chaminda Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:48:54 +0000 http://www.vancityallie.com/?p=806#comment-26068 Thanks for the review on Kindle. Couple of questions: Can you return a book that you downloaded? Can you highlight sections and add book marks? Thanks for the review on Kindle. Couple of questions:
Can you return a book that you downloaded?
Can you highlight sections and add book marks?

]]> Comment on NEW GADGETS: AMAZON KINDLE AND BLACKBERRY BOLD 9700 by Abby http://www.vancityallie.com/2010/03/12/new-gadgets-amazon-kindle-and-blackberry-bold-9700/comment-page-1/#comment-26042 Abby Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:14:51 +0000 http://www.vancityallie.com/?p=806#comment-26042 wow you're so lucky to get a kindle! i really want one wow you’re so lucky to get a kindle! i really want one

]]> Comment on OLYMPIC WRAP-UP AKA WHY I GOT SICK by flagrantfoul http://www.vancityallie.com/2010/03/10/olympic-wrap-up-aka-why-i-got-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-25630 flagrantfoul Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:50:03 +0000 http://www.vancityallie.com/?p=803#comment-25630 Let me just say - you are awesome !! Get well soon :) Let me just say – you are awesome !!

Get well soon :)

]]> Comment on OLYMPIC WRAP-UP AKA WHY I GOT SICK by The Jetpacker http://www.vancityallie.com/2010/03/10/olympic-wrap-up-aka-why-i-got-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-25604 The Jetpacker Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:04:16 +0000 http://www.vancityallie.com/?p=803#comment-25604 We had never been to Vancouver until we embarked on a road trip to the Olympics, so naturally we knew nothing about Lululemon. That is, until I asked a guy where he got an umbrella that looked like a hockey stick. When I asked what Lululemon was, he said, "It's this place that sells yoga clothing, but 90% of the girls that go there don't even do yoga. They just buy these pants that makes women's asses look AMAZING!" We had never been to Vancouver until we embarked on a road trip to the Olympics, so naturally we knew nothing about Lululemon. That is, until I asked a guy where he got an umbrella that looked like a hockey stick. When I asked what Lululemon was, he said, “It’s this place that sells yoga clothing, but 90% of the girls that go there don’t even do yoga. They just buy these pants that makes women’s asses look AMAZING!”

]]> Comment on YES, YOU CAN SNOWBOARD IN JULY! by Vancity Allie http://www.vancityallie.com/2009/07/27/yes-you-can-snowboard-in-july/comment-page-1/#comment-25579 Vancity Allie Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:03:21 +0000 http://www.vancityallie.com/?p=500#comment-25579 Thanks for your comment! I used a Nikon D90 :) Thanks for your comment! I used a Nikon D90 :)

]]> Comment on OLYMPIC WRAP-UP AKA WHY I GOT SICK by Notes from the Kitchen Sink http://www.vancityallie.com/2010/03/10/olympic-wrap-up-aka-why-i-got-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-25539 Notes from the Kitchen Sink Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:20:30 +0000 http://www.vancityallie.com/?p=803#comment-25539 So glad to see you're feeling better! Missed your posts! So glad to see you’re feeling better! Missed your posts!

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