I buy books on my Kindle (or just drop the public domain ones on it for free), and still sometimes buy regular books. I like both.
Is Kindle (or Sony Reader) as kind on the eyes as advertised? Has it really eliminated the kind of eyestrain that sustained reading from a screen typically produces?
Is Kindle (or Sony Reader) as kind on the eyes as advertised? Has it really eliminated the kind of eyestrain that sustained reading from a screen typically produces?
I simply can't understand the price of the thing. $300 for a black and white screen that displays text? I paid under that for both my DS and PSP. You can even buy laptops for little more than $300. I read the description on Wikipedia and I still can't figure out any reason for it to be more than $29.99 with a mandatory memory card purchase.
The Kindle's screen isn't the same type of LCD as the DS or PSP, it's an e-paper screen. Basically when an image is displayed on an e-paper screen it doesn't require any electricity to continue displaying the image, only when changing the image. I would imagine an e-paper screen costs more then a traditional LCD screen.
Having about 30% of the price as a profit margin isn't necessarily that high, I'm sure Nintendo's profit margin on the DS is way higher then that.The Kindle's screen isn't the same type of LCD as the DS or PSP, it's an e-paper screen. Basically when an image is displayed on an e-paper screen it doesn't require any electricity to continue displaying the image, only when changing the image. I would imagine an e-paper screen costs more then a traditional LCD screen.
Alright, so I thought I'd do some looking into this. I came up with this PC World article that states The Amazon Kindle costs $185.49 to manufacture and the display runs $60. That does drive costs up, but it's still a pretty large profit margin.
Anyone else think it's funny the book Amazon chose to delete was 1984?![]()
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