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The product page for the new $79 Kindle is up. Looks like the $79 price is with "special offers", without that it's $109. -- (link) - Ender Sep 28, 08:07 4
- right. 'special offers' = the one with ads -- nm - decline Sep 28, 08:11
- so is the kindle fire wifi only or does it have 3g? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 08:10 2
  - WiFi only -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 08:11 1
    - a little bit of a bummer, I wonder if they will ever have a 3g/4g version (probably next year). -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 08:14
I want to sell my Viewsonic gTablet now -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 08:06 9
- eh, just chuck it in a landfill....nm - x Sep 28, 08:12 2
  - That's right hyde ... I'm sure the Bolivian tribesman thank you (ref: Horrible Bosses) -- nm - budice Sep 28, 08:14
  - Terbium oxide is delicious. Kind of tangy. -- nm - Reagen Sep 28, 08:13
- I plan to keep mine to fiddle around with roms and such and for the kids to play games on. -- nm - decline Sep 28, 08:08 2
  - The 7" vs 10" might take some getting used to though -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 08:11 1
    - ..And with that..hump day..."That's what she said." -- nm - budice Sep 28, 08:15
- *raises hand*.. i'll buy it, really.. been wanting one anyway :) -- nm - colin Sep 28, 08:07 2
  - $199! :) - oblique Sep 28, 08:09 1
    - *grumble grumble* - colin Sep 28, 08:14
*wonders how many Boston women Ryan Lavarnway impregnated last night* -- nm - Beaker Sep 28, 08:05
So tonight's the night for Happy Endings to make its mark and pick up a bunch of viewers. - Jovian Sep 28, 08:02
Hello Farmers Field...Brown signs bill to help speed L.A. NFL stadium -- (link) - budice Sep 28, 07:57
Hmm. So Kindle users, how critical will Touch be to the experience? Give that none have a keyboard now - oblique Sep 28, 07:56 6
- honestly, for the e-ink i dont think it would matter a ton unless you just have to have touch. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 08:03
- For most people I think the $99 Touch should be the starting point. It seems like a huge improvement for just $20. -- nm - Ender Sep 28, 08:00 1
  - I was just hoping to hit my wife's birthday in October but I'd have to wait for Christmas then... -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 08:02
- I know I felt like throwing my daughter's Kindle against the wall after attempting to put in the wireless pass for 15 minutes. - Inigo Sep 28, 07:58 1
  - pass = password ^ -- nm - Inigo Sep 28, 07:59
- I'm too confused by which of the 31 flavors of Kindle to choose from. -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 07:58
I don't see this that often. Macys dot com is having a semiannual "Diamond Sale" jewelry sale... promo code DIAMOND - con_carne Sep 28, 07:55 6
- Higher end jewelry at department stores tends to be much more expensive than from jewelry stores. So they're almost always on sale. -- nm - pmb Sep 28, 08:02
- I wonder how much the original markup was though. It seems like a great deal, but Macys has basically become Sears with near-constant sales. - Don Homer Sep 28, 07:56 4
  - I feel like most sales at Macy's excludes all their good stuff. - Krusty Sep 28, 08:07 1
    - That's true of the One Day Sales, which I frequent. It's simply the stuff that wouldn't move during non-sale times. - con_carne Sep 28, 08:10
  - If it's at a price the customer likes, who cares how much the "markup" is? I'm a pretty cheap guy and I don't. -- nm - con_carne Sep 28, 08:07
  - plus markups on jewelry is ridic to begin with. -- nm - znufrii Sep 28, 08:00
A pretty good liveblog of the Amazon presentation. -- (link) - mara Sep 28, 07:54
Heh, there's only 3 Team vs Team matchups in MLB to be season-series swept....the Marlins are involved in all 3. - Will Hunting Sep 28, 07:53
if all goes well, I will get home and the house will be vacated. - groiny Sep 28, 07:52 7
- Your wife is leaving you? - The Ruiner Sep 28, 08:14
- so glad that this has worked out - you know the key? the holy grail? - Epiphany Sep 28, 08:06
- hopefully all your stuff will still be there too. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 08:04
- Just the BIL, right? -- nm - amoxy Sep 28, 08:00
- Congrats!! -- nm - Don Homer Sep 28, 07:55
- that must be one one great feeling. when such a pain in the arse burden is lifted. -- nm - CQ Sep 28, 07:54
- ...and hopefully the TV will still be in the family room -- nm - decline Sep 28, 07:54
colin, you around? -- nm - loosilu Sep 28, 07:52 1
- yeah, what's up? -- nm - colin Sep 28, 08:06
still no official Kindle Fire price yet. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:51 2
- all i know is, i am hanging on every single bit of info coming out of this press conference....nm - x Sep 28, 07:53
- spoke too soon -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:51
Wha? Amazon Slik - new browser -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 07:44 6
- cache cache cache -- nm - budice Sep 28, 07:47 1
  - sorta, it supposedly will figure out what is best to be done by the phone and best done by the cloud, to speed up web browsing. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:49
- yeah, that is what I was wondering. looks like it will use the cloud to help your web surf on your mobile phone, i think. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:45 3
  - Ah, it's the browser on the Fire -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 07:45 2
    - hopefully will be available for all android devices, if it's any good. -- nm - colin Sep 28, 07:46 1
      - the way it was described in the live stream, it seems like they want it to be available for all platforms. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:48
for groiny - L&O UK is exactly like L&O US, except the lawyers and judges wear wigs. -- nm - loosilu Sep 28, 07:44 2
- they have not even found Jack the Ripper yet. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 28, 07:46 1
  - probably wearing a wig. -- nm - loosilu Sep 28, 07:53
wait, what did amazon just announce in regards to mobile browsing? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:44
Buenos dias. -- nm - con_carne Sep 28, 07:43
I have no idea who I am pulling for in those 2 games. - groiny Sep 28, 07:42 54
- Also...any Philly fans should be rooting for the Braves tonight. They don't want the Cardinals right now. - Jim Sep 28, 08:03
- I'm pulling for the Cardinals in the NL, I think. :) -- nm - Jim Sep 28, 07:56
- I'm rooting for the Braves. I don't care about Tampa or Boston. I think I'd rather see the Sox get in since they look much worse than Tampa - Krusty Sep 28, 07:49 36
  - you were not made to embrace the awesomeness principle. :) -- nm - TFox Sep 28, 07:50
  - typical Yankees fan, always about what is in it for you. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 28, 07:50 34
    - Again....2nd round matchup. If the Sox can get in and right that ship quickly, it'd be shocking. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 28, 07:54 5
      - I dunno, with short series being what it is, anything is possible. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 28, 07:56 4
        
        2 days ago, I don't think you coulda gotten even-money on the Sox beating the Orioles....it could happen in Round 1...but really, if that's your - Will Hunting Sep 28, 07:59 3
        
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        The defending AL Champion Texas Rangers? - Will Hunting Sep 28, 08:04 1
        
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    - What? Of course it's about what's best for the team I root for. That is a ridiculous statement. Should I root against my own interests? -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 07:53 4
      - trust me, if someone pulls an upset and faces the Yankees in the Series - groiny Sep 28, 07:59 3
        
        Sure but I really wouldn't care when if I get to watch another parade. - Krusty Sep 28, 08:02 2
        
        understood. - groiny Sep 28, 08:07 1
        
        Fair enough. :-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 08:08
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      - it really is ok to root for a team, even if it is against your teams best interests. - groiny Sep 28, 07:54 21
        
        I don't care who they beat on their way to the WS or in the WS. All that matter is winning it all. - Krusty Sep 28, 07:57 4
        
        there is an element of satisfaction from beating the best teams to get there. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 28, 07:58 3
        
        I can agree with that. It does feel better to beat good teams. It also feels wonderful, as you know, to win the WS. - Krusty Sep 28, 08:00
        
        by winning their 7 game series, they did beat the best team. Regardless of what the team looks like on paper -- nm - Beaker Sep 28, 07:59 1
        
        it really does not work that way though. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 28, 08:00
        
        Champions should want to beat the best teams. Otherwise, you're rooting for Money Mayweather. - TFox Sep 28, 07:56 15
        
        yes, when the White Sox were surging to the WS, I did not care who they played to get there. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 28, 07:57 14
        
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        you are assuming that I think the Red Sox are the worse of the 2 teams. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 28, 08:01 12
        
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        What i'm saying is you shouldn't rout for your team to face the easiest opponent. -- nm - TFox Sep 28, 08:06 6
        
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        it is your reasoning for them to win that is your flaw. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 28, 08:11 3
        
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        "I would rather see Boston get in because they look worse than Tampa" - groiny Sep 28, 08:14 1
        
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        agreeance. - groiny Sep 28, 08:08
        
        no, lawyer man, that is not what I am saying. - groiny Sep 28, 08:06
        
        His team also had gone the better part of 100 years without a title...so really - Will Hunting Sep 28, 08:05 2
        
        they ain't my team, bub. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 28, 08:08 1
        
        Well, the Sox in 05 had gone, what...90 years? The Cubs are the only mega-drought team left - Will Hunting Sep 28, 08:09
- I've gotta root Tampa and in the NL...shrug. - Will Hunting Sep 28, 07:48 1
  - it really is an offense vs pitching kind of vibe going on there. - groiny Sep 28, 07:49
- I know once the weekend starts, I'm pulling for the Brew Crew in the NL*. - TFox Sep 28, 07:43 12
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    - Are they still owned by Bud Selig? -- nm - Bacon Sep 28, 07:48 5
      - He doesn't. My cursing at him was for his ridiculous rule change to give the winner of the all-star game homefield for the WS. - Krusty Sep 28, 07:52 1
        
        I agree completely. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 28, 07:55
      - Haven't been for several years. The new owner is one of the good ones. - Will Hunting Sep 28, 07:49 1
        
        Okay, then I don't care if they win. -- nm - Bacon Sep 28, 07:55
      - no, not technically. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 28, 07:49
    - I don't normally root against the Brewers but I'd rather not see them go to the WS. - Krusty Sep 28, 07:47
    - *nods* - znufrii Sep 28, 07:47
    - I agree, that the Brewers are kind of a feel good story. - groiny Sep 28, 07:47 2
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        plus, if you are gonna lost Baby Cecil next year, at least win a WS before he goes. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 28, 07:51
oh, i *love* the statistical abstract of the united states. i'll be sad if they budget cut that thing....nm - x Sep 28, 07:41
blind squirrel, nut, etc. -- (link) - Reagen Sep 28, 07:38 1
- *grabs pitchforks and tar* -- nm - Americans Sep 28, 07:39
kindle fire pic live! -- (link) - budice Sep 28, 07:36 1
- is that Remlik? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 28, 07:39
Loosi: Time Square is iconic. For many tourists, it's what they associate with NY. - ty97 Sep 28, 07:36 22
- and let's not forget the mini ferrris wheel inside Toys R Us -- nm - CQ Sep 28, 07:49 1
  - Which I have ridden. -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 07:50
- i saw linda blair in "hell night" on a screen in times sq....nm - x Sep 28, 07:43 3
  - I love that you pine for the days of druggie and hookers over the Disneyfication of Times Square - ty97 Sep 28, 07:52 2
    - it was real, it was griity and it was exciting...nm - x Sep 28, 07:56
    - at least it was authentic. I don't pine for that at all, though. -- nm - loosilu Sep 28, 07:53
- oh, I know, it's just funny. people go there expecting something to be happening. (but what?) -- nm - loosilu Sep 28, 07:42 12
  - Doesn't some ball drop there? -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 28, 08:10
  - They go there to be there, and I've never heard a tourist complain. - ty97 Sep 28, 07:50 6
    - oh, they complain like crazy. -- nm - loosilu Sep 28, 07:54 4
      - Every tourist I've ever talked to says "We went to Times Square!" with stars in their eyes - ty97 Sep 28, 07:56 3
        
        if you listen to people there ... there is shitloads of complaining. -- nm - loosilu Sep 28, 07:59 2
        
        In which we learn that Loosi hangs out in Times Square. - ty97 Sep 28, 08:10 1
        
        nah, just had to pass through it now and then. -- nm - loosilu Sep 28, 08:18
    - It's like NYC's Hollywood sign.... There's isn't anything going on at the Hollywood sign either, but... -- nm - con_carne Sep 28, 07:51
  - that dude wearing a speedo and playing guitar? -- nm - CQ Sep 28, 07:48 1
    - ok, I will grant you the Naked Cowboy. -- nm - loosilu Sep 28, 07:54
  - TV tapings! :) -- nm - con_carne Sep 28, 07:43 1
    - it's totally turned in on itself. the visitors are the spectacle. -- nm - loosilu Sep 28, 07:45
- and for residents it provides good target practice -- nm - znufrii Sep 28, 07:38 2
  - don't be silly, no residents go there. -- nm - loosilu Sep 28, 07:42 1
    - Do you mean, "...except for the people that work there and in the area surrounding."? -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 28, 08:09
ohh, wait, the Kindle Fire will use the Amazon cloud to store all your content, such as video mp3s -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:35 5
- which is really nothing new for Amazon but to put a device in front of it is *super smart* -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 07:36 4
  - it makes the 16/32 gb versions of stuff kinda silly. sure this has 16gb (or whatever) for local stuff, but you have our endless cloud to use. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:36 3
    - ohh, and whispersync will work with amazon videos on where watching on your Fire, then turn your tv on to watch them (from amazon video) ashum -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:37 2
      - If they improve the naviagtion to find movies, etc on instant then they've hit a home run here -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 07:38 1
        
        yup. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:39
so to wrap up so far. Kindle 4 - $79. Kindle Touch $99, Kindle Touch3G $149, Kindle with Ads ???, Kindle Fire? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:32 1
- Kindle Fire's $199. -- nm - Ender Sep 28, 07:33
I can see where this is going. Kindle Fire = Instant Video + Appstore. That's a good play for them -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 07:31 6
- thus the free prime membership for 30 days (suck people into the instant video at the start) -- nm - decline Sep 28, 07:33
- Amazon Video + App Store + Amazon Cloud = Fire -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:33 4
  - Yeah, don't discount the Amazon MP3 Cloud Player in this. I almost forgot but that's killer -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 07:34 3
    - "Is there some way we can bring all of these things together into a remarkable product offering that customers would love." oh yeah, marketing for - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:34 2
      - It's smart. Apple does this at $600 with the iPad. Amazon is doing it at $200 -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 07:35 1
        
        at $200 i may be getting myself one for xmas. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 28, 07:35

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