My digital experiment isn't working...

[Professah Byah]

I think we should take Clickwheel and Rebellion's hints and just get the free illegal scans that go up every wednesday without fail - like they clearly want us to.  Not just the one guy doing it, either, there are multiple scans of the same progs going up each week.  One has to wonder how people paid money to do the same job some kids in a bedroom can.

As for ComicKindle, I bought my dad a cheapo e-Reader for his birthday and comics can be read on it just dandy if they're .PDFs, as most readers support the format. Double page spreads probably suck, though.

[DrJomster]

I think we should take Clickwheel and Rebellion's hints and just get the free illegal scans that go up every wednesday without fail - like they clearly want us to.  Not just the one guy doing it, either, there are multiple scans of the same progs going up each week.

Surely better to pay Rebellion for their product instead. That'll help them keep making it. We all want that, don't we? It is the galaxy's greatest comic after all!

[Professah Byah]

Better to pay them for their efforts, certainly - and yet the free scanners often do a better job than Clickwheel.  What message does this send?

[maryanddavid]

Ive got a few digital comics, and they are not for me, but I know Im a dinosaur when it come to this.
They will be more and more popular, I would imagine it should be high on Rebellions priorities to be on the crest of this rather than catching up.

David

[Art]

Amazon will inevitably create a reading-focussed colour Kindle at some point, but a larger screen would be very expensive, while dropping the weight means reducing the battery life.

The rumours are pointing towards an Android based Kindle Tablet sometime in October, which I'm guessing will basically be a Kindle-For-everything given how big Amazona re on all other kinds of digital media these days.

[Toni Scandella]

It would need to be as good as the current kindle, and provide a reason for people to upgrade from their current Kindles or switch to it from thier tablets.

Trying to navigate a PDF on a kindle is a horrible experience - I tried a digital prog from clickwheel on a kindle and it was terrible - moving round the page and trying to zoom in not good at all - meaning any full colour Kindle would need to be magazine sized if people were going to read magazines on it - and magazines, I think, (rather than comics) are what would sell a device like this to the general public!

So, a full colour, non-backlit digital ink display, A4 sized screen and capable of displaying commonly used formats.  (The Kindle can display .mobi files, as well as a couple of other formats, but not .ePub - would a colour one display .cbr/.cbz? Maybe - I think .PDF would be a must, though)

Battery life could also be an issue - I have no idea how good an iPad's battery lif is - but if it is anything like as  poor as my current smartphone (a Galaxy S) which needs charging every bloody day then that would be a problem.

If Amazon get a colour, magazine sized kindle right, and price it right, then they'd have a winner I think.

[Colin_YNWA]

If Amazon get a colour, magazine sized kindle right, and price it right, then they'd have a winner I think.

That's defo a product I might be interested in. Wonder if its just the stuff of fantasy?

[IndigoPrime]

So, a full colour, non-backlit digital ink display, A4 sized screen and capable of displaying commonly used formats.

E-ink is still laggy in colour form, and an A4 model would be hugely expensive. You'd therefore be pitching an
e-ink Kindle at the iPad, with similar price-tags, and that's just not going to fly.

Battery life could also be an issue - I have no idea how good an iPad's battery lif is - but if it is anything like as  poor as my current smartphone (a Galaxy S) which needs charging every bloody day then that would be a problem.

With low-impact tasks (browsing, reading), it'll happily do about nine or ten hours before it needs a recharge. The issue with Kindle going colour and larger is the battery would need to be bigger, and that would bring it into line with another of the iPad's biggest drawbacks: weight. Right now, Kindles are light and fine for using for hours at a time. The iPad… not so much.

If Amazon get a colour, magazine sized kindle right, and price it right, then they'd have a winner I think.

I think the most probable super-Kindle will be a custom-Android tablet with an LCD screen. It'll either be cheap, to undercut Apple or to make it an additional device (i.e. use the Kindle for your reading, but the iPad for other stuff) or somewhat equivalent to the iPad and slightly cheaper, to try and tempt people to go for Amazon's ecosystem over Apple's.

[Tiplodocus]

Well, Mrs Tips is heading off on a road trip so I shall forego my usual horror movie marathon (though I do have DEATHWATCH to watch) and take the time to download and read three months worth of Digital Progs on the PC this thursday and friday night.

Thrill Power Overload, here I come. (Hopefully)!

[Tiplodocus]

Aaargh! My didgital progs and megs (£39 worth - it has been nearly 4 months!) haven't turned up yet. And I only have tonight and tomorrrow to read them in peace while Mrs Tips is away.

At this rate, I'll end up spending all night on the Underware thread.

[Tiplodocus]

Wish me luck. 

3 months worth of digital Prog to catch up on tonight and tomorrow so I don't get anything spoilered at Hi-Ex this weekend.   

Days of Chaos in one sitting? Thrill Power Overload here I come, I hope.

When's that Kindle Fire coming out?

[Proudhuff]

expecting you to be more glassy eyed than usual, if you survive the TPO...

[IndigoPrime]

When's that Kindle Fire coming out?

Get a new iPad. The screen is so much better than the Kindle Fire's—it's like reading a comic, not a computer screen.

[JOE SOAP]

When's that Kindle Fire coming out?

Get a new iPad. The screen is so much better than the Kindle Fire's—it's like reading a comic, not a computer screen.

That it is or the nearest thing.

[IndigoPrime]

Amusingly, looks like I was spot-on with my guesswork about the Kindle Fire (as it became known), too: "I think the most probable super-Kindle will be a custom-Android tablet with an LCD screen."

To be fair in terms of direct comparisons, the new iPad does still suffer from being a bit weighty (even if it's quite slender compared to the original one), but the screen. And that's what it's all about when you buy a touchscreen device: you look at the screen and you interact with the screen. When this makes all the others look like crap, you'd be mad to go for anything else, unless you absolutely cannot afford an iPad.