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		Tichy on Feb 25, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Kindle Swindle? Also, isn't reading on a kindle also like a movie? At least when you scroll, the text is moving across the screen. So I think Amazon should also pay for the movie rights.

Retric on Feb 25, 2009 [–]

I don't think the refresh rate is fast enough to "scroll".

Tichy on Feb 25, 2009 | | [–]

Well, how many frames per second until something is considered to be a movie? ;-)

throw_away on Feb 25, 2009 | | [–]

the refresh rate is way faster in this version. but it doesn't scroll, it just goes to the next page when the voice gets to that point.

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