Good review of the Kindle

[incognegro]

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainme...level.html

"Can his new baby, the first branded Amazon electronic product, rekindle a love of reading, just as the Apple iPod has renewed interest in music and helped transform the music business?"

Future editions of the Kindle might be pretty cool.

[SDGuy]

I think I'd have to see/try one first hand before plunking down $400. Also, this disturbs me a bit:

"...only the last seven issues of a subscription newspaper or magazine remain available for reading, and that's only if you've left them reside on the device."

So - you pay for something, then it expires?? I have no doubt the back issues will be available in their archive, for an additional fee, of course.

[Lux Interior]

I like looking at a book before I put it down and seeing how much progress I've made as my bookmark makes its way toward the end.

[laarree]

I love books. Will anyone ever love an electronic book reader?

[jdc]

more stuff

http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/11/26/.../index.php

[incognegro]

[quote jdc]more stuff

http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/11/26/.../index.php
An excellent link, with plenty that most of us didn't know about workarounds & capabilities.

No, I'm not buying one - I'd spring for a $400 Touch or iPhone or Classic iPod first.

But it's very cool, and it IS revolutionary.

People pooh-pooh'd the original iPod.
People will pooh-pooh the Kindle, too.

Only time will tell if it's successful.

[AAA]

Why do you need a book-sized reader to read one word-at-a-time?

[sekker]

You don't have to pay a monthly fee to use your iPod!

As someone who really enjoys my eReader and misses that function in my iPhone, it is only a good thing long term that Amazon is supporting eBooks. For that, the Kindle is a good thing.

I absolutely disagree with this being a 'revolutionary' product. There have been several excellent (from a hardware and even software point of view) eReaders already sold. I am not disagreeing with the idea that the Kindle looks like an ok eReader; I just disagree with the concept that its online abilities make it revolutionary.

If Apple put an eBook library available via iTunes, the iPhone would be a substantially better product as it would be a great eReader - in addition to the phone/iPod/internet device capabilities.

Nevethertheless, just as Apple did not invent the first MP3 players, Amazon is not inventing the first eReader. But maybe they will be able to build on this towards something useful for the masses.

For me, carrying around yet another electronic gadget is not in the cards - right now at least.

[Lux Interior]

[quote AAA]Why do you need a book-sized reader to read one word-at-a-time?
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