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Date: 2007-11-20 03:30 pm (UTC)What seems to be incorrect from the initial reports of the device is third-party format support. The Kindle is compatible Microsoft Word, HTML, TXT, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP files, however not the popular PDF format out of the box. Amazon will convert PDF files to the Kindle format if they are sent to the company via e-mail.
Mind you, for me, lack of PDF support kind of seals the deal. Even if I were in the US and in a position to buy one of these, I wouldn't just for the sheer idiocy of having to email my PDFs to Amazon. I hope that that design decision is a result of a time crunch rather than a deliberate feature omission. That being said, it looks like the situation isn't as dire as "Amazon format and nothing else".