see, from my point of view, i want a kindle, but i have no intention of using it to view images, just text. you know?
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > As everyone probably knows, a new Kindle was introduced today. The big > change from my point of view is the screen: > > Old: 450 x 550, 4 shades of gray > > New: 600 x 800, 16 shades of gray > > This should improve the display of images. I just finished shrinking 77 > images down to the old standard size (leaving them in color), so this is a > little annoying. But it is the story of my life. I am always chasing after > new standards but I never catch up with them, like a dog chasing a car. > Anyway, it will be a long time before there are significant number of the > new Kindle units, so the old standard will be fine for a while. > > I imagine some of the people who bought the old model Kindle are also > feeling annoyed, but this is what happens to people who buy early model > gadgets. > > - Jed > >
