So a while ago, Office Depot announced they were going to be getting Kindles on the 25th of September.  Well now being the 30th you would expect they’d have them right? Checking their website, they ask if your meaning “spindles”, though in the side bar it does show tablets, so at least they have some idea.

So wanting to get more information about this I went into their chat to see if I could find more information, here is what I learned:

Please wait while we find an agent to assist you…
You have been connected to Danny.
Danny: Hi Chris
Danny: Please allow me a few moments to research your request.
Chris Moody: Hi Danny
Danny: Chris, I am sorry to say that we do not have any official infomartion with us about Kindles.
Danny: I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
Chris Moody: OK
Danny: I request you to please check back a later to see if we have any information with us.
Chris Moody: Ok will do. Thanks for the help

So the Kindle has had a huge price drop its now $10.00 (if bought new) compared to the Barnes & Noble Nook. This brings the Kindle’s price down to $189.00 USD, which is still more than the price point many people had hoped for, but much better than it was. For a while I had debated, if saving up for the iPad by Apple would be worth it, as then you would get the best of all 3 products, thanks to the Kindle App, the Nook app and Apple’s own book app. However with the new price for the Kindle and the Nook you could buy both for less than what you would buy the cheapest iPad for. Interestingly enough the DX is $300 more than the normal version. Sorry Amazon if I was going to pay $489 for an eBook reader, I would buy the iPad for $10 more.

However for now, I have to admit while I’ve heard plenty of reports that the Kindle is slow compared to the Kindle App on the iPad, this is what I’m thinking of getting. Perhaps I’ll have it in time for my trip to DragonCon.