And yes, some of the new ones have touch screens. Which is awesome.
But hey, don't forget about this guy. This is the new basic Wi-Fi Kindle. With "special offers" (read: ads for screensavers) this baby is only $79! Now I'm not here to hawk Amazon's wares (though I am, of course an "Amazon Associate" which I signed up for in the hopes of paying for the domain name and maybe getting a little $ to donate to books for my school library, but so far...nada). I don't care what e-reader you go for or if you go for an e-reader at all. I personally like mine, but I still like books and audiobooks as well. Reading is reading as far as I'm concerned. Don't be a format snob.
But the point here is...$79! That'll become the new base price for all basic e-readers. We've broken the $100 barrier for these things, baby! That's pretty cool. Now they'll be in reach of many more folks. I can see a lot of kids getting one of these for one of the many gift-giving holidays coming up (see what I did there?) and more schools being more able to try these kinds of things out (though I've heard B&N's Nook is a better fit with schools, I'm sure it's only a matter of time before their basic model is under $100 now as well).
Welcome to the not-to-distant-future!
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4 others added their two bits.:
The Nook is still my platform of choice at school, since library books are available for it. There are a few Kindle books as well, but not as many. I've also had some students come in with generic eReaders they don't know how to use-- LookBooks and whatnot. I do what I can, but parents should be a little tech savvy themselves before investing in technology.
I bought one of those $79 Kindles yesterday! I looked at the price, said to myself, hey, it's down in toaster oven range, why not give this thing a try? Convinced me.
Ms. Yingling,
Really? They bought stuff they don't even know how to use? People scare me sometimes.
Toby,
Enjoy it!
Thanks,
Jim
I LOVE my Kindle. I didn't think I would be able to get past not holding a paper book in my hands, but I've gone far, far past that. At $79 a pop, we are considering getting Kindles for our kids for Christmas. That's a totally reasonable price range. Woot!
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