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It all started when Steve asked me if I was interested in sharing shipping from Amazon. I know, I am such an addict for buying stuff online. Not to mention the both of us would do anything to earn a cent off existing infrastructure. But I didn’t go ahead as I had this disdain for portable ebooks readers because it will never, ever, replace the page turning of a book. And the fact that Bookdepository is SO CHEAP, I’ll probably never have to step into a bookstore to buy books.<\/p>\n

Anyway, so one day I asked Steve if already got his Kindle, and he popped it out of his bag like it weighed like nothing. Sure enough, as I played the kindle, it weighed close to nothing. And e-ink technology is nothing short of fantastic. Of course, it could definitely be improved upon, especially the really irritating page turn flashes.<\/p>\n

As I was saying, I happened to be in London, so I managed to chance upon Kobo’s e-ink readers at Selfridges, a kindle keyboard and a kindle 4. Now, I have no prior experience with a Kindle even though I have played with Steve’s.<\/p>\n

*tries to tinker with kindle at counter*
\nMEME> Not sure if the kindle is damaged or out of battery.
\nSo I had to ask for help.<\/p>\n

Yang: “Hi, do you have a working model of this?”
\nYang: *points to kindle 4*
\nHunky Angmoh: “Yes, that’s the one you’re holding.”
\nYang: *blur look*
\nHunky Angmoh: *swaggers over, switches Kindle on*
\nYang: *amazement*<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And there I was thinking it was not switched on. The best thing? It’s not like those LCD screens where the screen starts screaming in rainbows when you depress on it. It doesn’t happen with the Kindle. I didn’t get to try pressing really hard on Kobo as the saleslady didn’t quite want to leave me alone with the Kobos. Great foresight I might say.<\/p>\n

I was loaded with enough pounds (89 pounds only actually, LOL) to make the purchase AND get a rough 8% tax rebate. But being the savvy eshopper I was (aka kiamsiap), I held on to my money. No way in hell I was going to make an impulse buy without the power of the Internet and more groundwork. Thankfully, a quick check back in the hotel’s wifi revealed that $79 USD. Good thing I wasn’t desperate enough to buy it there and then *phew*<\/p>\n

For some pathetic reason, I couldn’t get a kindle in France at that time, so I came back to Singapore empty handed. In my desperation to find some new gadget to play with (I think my last gadget that I actually bought was an amazon 3DS last year or my china android tablet, but I may be wrong) I went on hwz to find a kindle 4 for sale.<\/p>\n

Surprise surprise, there were so many people selling the kindle on hwz. I immediately grabbed one from a lady who didn’t like reading with the kindle.<\/p>\n

Technology and physical unit:<\/span><\/p>\n