Are we ready to say bye to books?
With technology constantly evolving it comes as no surprise to see Amazon launching a larger version of their e-reader, only three months after the original release.
The latest version of the Kindle DX is 250% bigger than their Kindle 2 gadget.
With a screen roughly as big as an A4 page, the device is aimed at reading newspapers, magazines and documents.
The question is, are people in Northern Ireland ready to say goodbye to books and papers?
Currently, the Kindle DX is not on sale in the UK. However, with other e-readers on the market and the Kindle brand becoming more well-known, it seems like a question of when will we see it, not if.
Once you have bought your Kindle DX reader, you then gain access to the Kindle store. The virtual store has more than 225,000 books available to buy as well as 37 newspapers and 28 magazines which you can subscribe to. And they say that this is just the beginning.
Amazon’s vision is to allow user access to every book that has ever been printed, in any language, and all in less than 60 seconds. Titles already available include Irish classics such as Ulysses and the Narnia books, and the works of famous literary greats, Seamus Heaney, Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw.
However, at a cost of ฃ340, an increase of ฃ87 from the original Kindle 2, will we actually benefit from Kindle DX?
Well apparently we will, or at least students will, especially if you’re studying literature.
Without printing and shipping costs, books could be cheaper and struggling with your books would be a thing of the past. A whole term’s worth of books could easily be stored in the device.
Kindle DX allows users to download from a virtual book shop
Ciarnan Helferty, president of the University of Ulster’s Students Union, thinks it could work.
"The initial price of the Kindle DX is quite expensive but if you worked it out the overall costs of textbooks students have to buy it doesn’t seem too bad.
"On average students spend ฃ200 per term, with six terms in a three-year degree then they spend on average 1,200."
With the Kindle DX costing only one third of the average amount spent then it seems quite reasonable.
However, as Mr Helferty pointed out: "All of the students’ textbooks and documents would have to be available in order for it to work.
"Perhaps if students could pay over a fixed term, say 12 months, like mobile contracts, that would work out better for them."
The latest version of the Kindle DX is 250% bigger than their Kindle 2 gadget.
With a screen roughly as big as an A4 page, the device is aimed at reading newspapers, magazines and documents.
The question is, are people in Northern Ireland ready to say goodbye to books and papers?
Currently, the Kindle DX is not on sale in the UK. However, with other e-readers on the market and the Kindle brand becoming more well-known, it seems like a question of when will we see it, not if.
Once you have bought your Kindle DX reader, you then gain access to the Kindle store. The virtual store has more than 225,000 books available to buy as well as 37 newspapers and 28 magazines which you can subscribe to. And they say that this is just the beginning.
Amazon’s vision is to allow user access to every book that has ever been printed, in any language, and all in less than 60 seconds. Titles already available include Irish classics such as Ulysses and the Narnia books, and the works of famous literary greats, Seamus Heaney, Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw.
However, at a cost of ฃ340, an increase of ฃ87 from the original Kindle 2, will we actually benefit from Kindle DX?
Well apparently we will, or at least students will, especially if you’re studying literature.
Without printing and shipping costs, books could be cheaper and struggling with your books would be a thing of the past. A whole term’s worth of books could easily be stored in the device.
Kindle DX allows users to download from a virtual book shop
Ciarnan Helferty, president of the University of Ulster’s Students Union, thinks it could work.
"The initial price of the Kindle DX is quite expensive but if you worked it out the overall costs of textbooks students have to buy it doesn’t seem too bad.
"On average students spend ฃ200 per term, with six terms in a three-year degree then they spend on average 1,200."
With the Kindle DX costing only one third of the average amount spent then it seems quite reasonable.
However, as Mr Helferty pointed out: "All of the students’ textbooks and documents would have to be available in order for it to work.
"Perhaps if students could pay over a fixed term, say 12 months, like mobile contracts, that would work out better for them."
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