Comments on: WrapUp: Kindle 2 Coming Feb. 24th, Microsoft MyPhone, and More http://cybernetnews.com/wrapup-kindle-2-coming-feb-24th-microsoft-myphone-and-more/ Technology News Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/wrapup-kindle-2-coming-feb-24th-microsoft-myphone-and-more/#comment-146893 Ryan Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:09:45 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16261#comment-146893 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-146815" rel="nofollow">Omar Upegui wrote:</a><blockquote>I thought Amazon would trim the price of the Kindle 2. No joy. At the same price of $359, I doubt it would be accepted by the average Joe Plumber.</blockquote></div> I agree. I think the $199 price range is more what people are looking for. Especially when you think about how some netbooks are cheaper than the Kindle.<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-146823" rel="nofollow">Change wrote:</a><blockquote>I hope there is a way to temporarily open a file with a different application by dragging and dropping in Windows 7.. or that it asks for confirmation. How can MS be so sure I would like to change the file association with such an action?!</blockquote></div> I'm sure there will be, at the very least, a registry hack to disable this feature. Omar Upegui wrote:
I thought Amazon would trim the price of the Kindle 2. No joy. At the same price of $359, I doubt it would be accepted by the average Joe Plumber.

I agree. I think the $199 price range is more what people are looking for. Especially when you think about how some netbooks are cheaper than the Kindle.

Change wrote:
I hope there is a way to temporarily open a file with a different application by dragging and dropping in Windows 7.. or that it asks for confirmation. How can MS be so sure I would like to change the file association with such an action?!

I’m sure there will be, at the very least, a registry hack to disable this feature.

]]> By: Changehttp://cybernetnews.com/wrapup-kindle-2-coming-feb-24th-microsoft-myphone-and-more/#comment-146823 Change Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:25:27 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16261#comment-146823 I hope there is a way to temporarily open a file with a different application by dragging and dropping in Windows 7.. or that it asks for confirmation. How can MS be so sure I would like to change the file association with such an action?! I hope there is a way to temporarily open a file with a different application by dragging and dropping in Windows 7.. or that it asks for confirmation. How can MS be so sure I would like to change the file association with such an action?!

]]> By: Michael Dobrofskyhttp://cybernetnews.com/wrapup-kindle-2-coming-feb-24th-microsoft-myphone-and-more/#comment-146821 Michael Dobrofsky Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:59:47 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16261#comment-146821 $359 is a rip off. $359 is a rip off.

]]> By: Markhttp://cybernetnews.com/wrapup-kindle-2-coming-feb-24th-microsoft-myphone-and-more/#comment-146817 Mark Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:00:33 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16261#comment-146817 The new Kindle is a major letdown, and it's way overpriced. It can't even read ePub files, no touch screen, still has the big ugly keypad. The Sony PRS-700 beats it in nearly every way. The new Kindle is a major letdown, and it’s way overpriced. It can’t even read ePub files, no touch screen, still has the big ugly keypad. The Sony PRS-700 beats it in nearly every way.

]]> By: Omar Upeguihttp://cybernetnews.com/wrapup-kindle-2-coming-feb-24th-microsoft-myphone-and-more/#comment-146815 Omar Upegui Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:15:39 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=16261#comment-146815 I thought Amazon would trim the price of the Kindle 2. No joy. At the same price of $359, I doubt it would be accepted by the average Joe Plumber. I thought Amazon would trim the price of the Kindle 2. No joy. At the same price of $359, I doubt it would be accepted by the average Joe Plumber.

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