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November 19, 2007

Amazon's Kindle Science/Technology

Kinda interesting. Someday soon somebody will get this right, but Amazon looks to be well wide of the mark. Too expensive, too clunky, too limited. An over-priced novelty.

Bezos dreams of making the next iPod, but the iPod lets me do something I couldn't do before: shuffle among thousands of songs wherever I go. Kindle lets me carry hundreds of books, but people don't read books like they listen to songs. People listen while they're doing other things; hard to read a book that way. Besides, iPod without shuffle would be a lot less interesting; what's the shuffle equivalent for books? And what's with that keyboard? I want a touch screen and a stylus so I can write and highlight and create links freehand. I want easy interoperability with my computers and with the Internet. Basically, I want a tablet PC that really works, with a great screen, a low price tag, and access to all the world's books (including full text search). For starters.

Or what I've already got: books.

Posted by Jonathan at November 19, 2007 10:52 PM  del.icio.us digg NewsVine Reddit YahooMyWeb

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I think you are being a little tough on this. I agree about the keyboard and price, but still, there is a real need for lightweight devices like this. I know of several people that try to do this on their palm devices which are a miserable thing for extended reading.

Posted by: empty [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 21, 2007 12:33 PM

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