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Brandon Hill (Blog) - November 16, 2009 5:31 PM

4 comment(s) - last by Fox5.. on Nov 18 at 10:15 PM

Give the gift of super science this year

For those of you out there that use Amazon's popular Kindle eReaders, there's now a specially formatted version of DailyTech available via subscription ($1.99 per month) from Amazon.com. The Kindle version of DailyTech will allow you to view full articles including images. For those of you looking to make trouble in the comments section, however, you're out of luck as comments are not supported in the Kindle version of DailyTech.

The newest 30 articles on DailyTech are available for viewing, so be sure to go check it out with your Kindle. Given that you can try out the specially formatted version of the site with a 14-day free trial, you really having nothing to lose.

The second generation Kindle has a 6" display, weighs 10.2 ounces, can download a book over its 3G connection in roughly 60 seconds, and can store up to 1,500 books. Thanks to its e-ink screen, the Kindle can go days without recharging.

The larger Kindle DX features a 9.7" screen and is capable of storing 3,500 books.

The standard Kindle is priced at $259 while the Kindle DX will set you back a hefty $489.

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would be interesting

By kattanna on 11/17/2009 10:47:33 AM , Rating: 2

would be interesting to know just how many people actually subscribe to your page through the kindle.

not being able to comment though might be a bit of a show stopper for some though.

RE: would be interesting

By MozeeToby on 11/17/2009 11:22:54 AM , Rating: 2

Especially considering that if you're patient you can just use the browser to read the articles anyway. It'd be nice to have it delivered automatically each day, but for me I'll save my $2 and just point the browser here. You might even be able to post comments, I haven't tried but I was able to send email from my gmail account with a little bit of wrangling.

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RE: would be interesting

By Fox5 on 11/18/2009 10:15:54 PM , Rating: 2

Why would I pay $2 a month for free content. Isn't Dailytech the site that posts about how Rupert Murdoch just doesn't get it and web content should be free...ish?

Or does it come without ads? $2 a month might be worth it for a streamlined ad-free dailytech on kindle. I think I'd still use a smartphone (Dailytech articles aren't exactly novels) to read them first, but if I ever found myself as a big kindle user, perhaps with no data plan on a smartphone, I could see subscribing.

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