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April 14, 2011

Surprise! It seems to be a Kindle.

Yup, it's a Kindle.

See? It's a Kindle!

The naked Kindle.

An A/B comparison. Can you tell which is which? The only sure way is to open them both up and look for the autograph.

And below I've provided an excerpt of the Kindle's electronic voice reading aloud from Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, his book about his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. I had not heard a good, clear sample of the Kindle voice before, and now I recognize it as a familiar, nearly ubiquitous cute-sounding (to me) male voice that you will probably recognize as well. I consider it more than tolerable for most books, but I'm not sure it has enough weight for Tolstoy. You will also note that in English mode, it can't handle even basic Italian or Spanish.

Filed under Books,Photography,Shopping,Technology | permalink | April 14, 2011 at 09:05 PM

Comments

Congrats on finally making the leap to a Kindle. I promise it will make your hair soft and manageable and reduce your cholesterol.

Marilyn

Posted by: MnNC at Apr 15, 2011 6:09:45 PM

The PDF of Desert Mag does display, but it's too small to read. You can zoom in, but it's a clumsy way to read.

Posted by: Ron's Log at Apr 14, 2011 10:16:57 PM

Ron, these pictures of you are PRICELESS! We techno geeks get excited about the craziest things. So the big question is, will it do PDFs of The Desert Mag?

Posted by: Jeff at Apr 14, 2011 9:58:16 PM

creepy. really seriously creepy. of course I mean the voice, not you apparently photographing yourself naked holding a kindle!

Posted by: Cathy at Apr 14, 2011 9:52:02 PM

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