New Horizons Dot Net Users Group » technology http://nhdnug.com Tips, Tricks & Tutorials About .Net Programming Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:16:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Kindle Fees http://nhdnug.com/kindle-fees/ http://nhdnug.com/kindle-fees/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:11:59 +0000 admin http://nhdnug.com/?p=389 You may be wondering what sort of fees you will incur if you buy a Kindle. The good news is that apart from the books that you purchase, there are none. Even though the Kindle provides you with 3G connectivity to the internet, there is no monthly charge for this feature. At present you are able to freely browse Wikipedia and there is experimental access to the rest of the internet. However this is apparently only available in the United States at the moment.

The cost to purchase a Kindle is coming down all the time. The Latest Generation models are available for under $200, and under $150 if you choose to go for the Wi-Fi only version. Of course, the larger Kindle DX is about double the price at almost $400. But the fact that there are no recurring costs other than buying books makes them seem like a more attractive purchase.

You can even save money on buying books by choosing the from the free collection of almost two million titles that Amazon are offering. This is no joke. Numerous titles that are out of copyright are available for free download from the Amazon store at no cost. These are well known books such as Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

Kindle users are free to re-download their Kindle library from Amazon at any time. In fact there is no charge for Amazon to maintain this back up copy of your books. This is a very handy feature should you accidentally remove any books from your reader.

Some fees that you might incur once you buy a Kindle are your subscriptions if you choose to take any out on any newspapers or magazines that you decide to sign up for.

]]> http://nhdnug.com/kindle-fees/feed/ 0 At What Point Does Technology Stop Advancing? http://nhdnug.com/at-what-point-does-technology-stop-advancing/ http://nhdnug.com/at-what-point-does-technology-stop-advancing/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:03:32 +0000 admin http://nhdnug.com/?p=27 I remember having a discussion with a fellow co-worker a while ago about how convoluted the current state of software evolution has become.  Well, I wasn’t actually having the conversation, more like I was over hearing the conversation a couple of other IT software workers were having.  It went something like this.  The old school technology guy, thought the current state of computers had too many layers involved in it.  I think this guy was probably used to programming in assembler, and didn’t like all the levels of software that existed between his mind, and the hardware of the computer.  It’s kind of true when you think of it.  There are so many different pieces of software that are involved in the smallest of computer operations.  What’s actually really scary about this story, is that the conversation I’m relating to you here took place during one of my college co-op placements.  That’s like over twenty years ago.  Why I remember it, I don’t know, but just to put it in perspective, the computer machine he was talking about was an old Amiga home computer.  Just imagine how much further things have progressed since then!  I can’t wait to see what happens in the next few years.

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