The Official Kindle Oasis (and other models) Watch Party Thread
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For those of you waiting. Gizmodo staff have a really great take to make you more excited:
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Kindle Oasis - For the person who wants to experience e-reading perfection
This is the stuff a reader's dreams are made of. My mother is a tight-fisted shrew of a woman (hey mom!) who will skip a movie because she doesn't want to spend the money, but she's planning to buy a Kindle Oasis because it's that damn good (also because she was forced to talk to me about it when I called her).
But seriously, every component of the Oasis's design seems intended to please readers. It's built for one-handed uses and light enough that even people with little bird arms won't get tired of holding it. Because of the additional battery in the (included) leather cover, it will last for months versus the weeks of the rest of the Kindle line up. There are 10 LEDs serving as a backlight, so it's the most evenly lit e-reader available, and there's an accelerometer, so all the sinister lefties of the world can join us in right-handers in e-reading glory."
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Have my qualms but this is really quite a wonderful device.
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Kindle Oasis - For the person who wants to experience e-reading perfection
This is the stuff a reader's dreams are made of. My mother is a tight-fisted shrew of a woman (hey mom!) who will skip a movie because she doesn't want to spend the money, but she's planning to buy a Kindle Oasis because it's that damn good (also because she was forced to talk to me about it when I called her).
But seriously, every component of the Oasis's design seems intended to please readers. It's built for one-handed uses and light enough that even people with little bird arms won't get tired of holding it. Because of the additional battery in the (included) leather cover, it will last for months versus the weeks of the rest of the Kindle line up. There are 10 LEDs serving as a backlight, so it's the most evenly lit e-reader available, and there's an accelerometer, so all the sinister lefties of the world can join us in right-handers in e-reading glory."
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Have my qualms but this is really quite a wonderful device.
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Yay for all who have had their date moved up!
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Because we like attribution,northofdivision said:
here's the link to the review Stanley quotes from, plus a bonus link to another Gizmodo review (with good pics of the Walnut cover):http://gizmodo.com/which-kindle-should-you-buy-1773672324
http://gizmodo.com/the-amazon-oasis-is-the-best-e-reader-ever-made-1773295033
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Ours (2) were delivered! 😄 But alas we are both stuck at work. I would have had them delivered here, but the company frowns on that practice.
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Mine is on the UPS truck - out for delivery!! Hope the snow in Denver doesn't slow him down!
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Well, as of this afternoon mine is in Richmond, where I live, but I guess it's just going to sit until Monday when they'll actually take it out for delivery. Not that I'm stalking the UPS tracking or anything hahaha
Not that I'm stalking the UPS tracking or anything hahaha
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I didn't do that this morning either....nor did I run down to the mail room 5 minutes after the UPS tracking site showed it was delivered when the office services guy hadn't brought it to me yet....no, not me.... ::whistles innocently:::cloudyvisions said:Well, as of this afternoon mine is in Richmond, where I live, but I guess it's just going to sit until Monday when they'll actually take it out for delivery.
Not that I can do anything with it. Our tech guy, who holds the WiFi password as a deep dark secret known only to himself, is out today. So I can't hook it up to register or anything until I get home.
Oh well. It's here, safe and sound, and just oh-so-CUTE!
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Yay!! It's here! And I like the black! Its so little! And I don't see any scallops! None! Still getting it registered!
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Yay, bordercollielady!!!!bordercollielady said:
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My original delivery date for my Oasis (walnut cover, wifi, no special offers) was June 8th. Then I received an email about a week ago changing it to May 10th. Just received another email changing the delivery date to May 4th. To anyone who might have cancelled their Walnut Oasis with wifi and no special offers.....thank you, thank you, thank you.😎
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My Oasis (Merlot from BB) is in Laurel, MD. Less than 30 miles away. But it still says delivery on Monday so I guess it's going to hang out there for the weekend.
Still no change in the one I ordered from the Zon . . . .
Still no change in the one I ordered from the Zon . . . .
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Yay for you!kschles said:
But...Dang it! I keep checking my delivery date and it hasn't changed. I ordered on the 2nd day - Walnut/SO/wifi-only, my ship date hasn't budged from June 6. I read somewhere that it's possible to get 6-month/same-as-cash at Best Buy, part of me is ready to go find out. The other part is saying "Patience, Grasshopper". Actually, I have seen someone say that they called Amazon and were told that they're WAY behind on getting the shipping dates updated, so I'm holding out hope that other people's impatience will pay off for me. She also said that it was a supervisor who told her that and gave her an updated shipping date.
Mine was stuck in shipping soon status since the 27th... Called customer service and they expedited the delivery
But now its being delivered by Amazons own delivery service instead of the normal usps or ups. Ive heard nothing but bad things about amazons own delivery service. Anyone here had good luck with them?
But now its being delivered by Amazons own delivery service instead of the normal usps or ups. Ive heard nothing but bad things about amazons own delivery service. Anyone here had good luck with them?
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Ah, Geez! It's in Alexandria!. . . . literally 7 miles from my house . . . . fingers crossed they decide to put it on a truck TODAY -- though it still shows Monday as arrival day.
If they weren't closed (to customers) today . . . . . . 
If they weren't closed (to customers) today . . . . . .
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Seven miles from my house, too!Ann in Arlington said:Ah, Geez! It's in Alexandria!. . . . literally 7 miles from my house . . . . fingers crossed they decide to put it on a truck TODAY -- though it still shows Monday as arrival day.
If they weren't closed (to customers) today . . . . . .
My KO is waving at your KO!
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Same here on amazon.ca. Stuck in shipping soon since 27th.WilliamM said:
Chatted with a rep this morning and was told I should be checking the product page for in-stock status (why?) which now indicates in stock 13 June! They will "ship when they have stock available". Why would I check the in-stock status of the product when I pre-ordered and they provide the order status from your own account page...? And why is their system still saying my order is shipping soon with delivery for 03May? Their system is obviously broken or the rep has no clue. In any case I am left disappointed.
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