Welcome Kindle
Posted on
11/19/2007 @ 1:18 PM
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#Non Techie
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In face of all opposition, I have long been a proponent of eBooks. Too bad the technology wasn't there. Welcome Kindle, in certain respects it surpassed my expectations, and in certain regards it didn't meet them. Surpassed - - The book buying experience by far.
- The authoring publishing mechanism.
- MP3 + Blog reading
- EVDO connectability.
Didn't meet - - The ugly duckling form factor (please, learn from the iPhone, knock the buttons off and give us a bigger screen).
- No color (technology limitation).
- Content available (will get better with time).
Overall, I am thrilled. Big victory for both book readers and authors. Good job Amazon.
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11/20/2007 7:59:14 AM
Kent Boogaart
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Yeah, that thing is butt-ugly. I wouldn't be caught dead with it.
What about DRM? Stuffed if I'm buying one of these things if I can't use it in an unrestricted way. And I believe color e-ink is very close, if not already here: http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/fujitsu-demos-color-e-ink-lcd/
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11/20/2007 10:06:57 AM
Mark Bonafe
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Why didn't you post my reply?
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11/20/2007 1:11:06 PM
Sahil Malik
said ..
Umm .. you left a reply?
I agree, it's butt ugly.
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11/27/2007 10:28:25 AM
Peter {faa780ce-0f0a-4c28-81d2-3667b71287fd}
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Sahil, I think you need to make the CAPTCHA field "required" before anyone is allowed to submit a comment. I noticed on my last comment that it said "thanks for your comment"...but I had forgotten to enter the CAPTCHA text, so it didn't store my comment. So the "thanks for your comment" message is misleading.
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11/28/2007 10:56:56 AM
Sahil Malik
said ..
Peter -
That might be the hard to trace bug that I've been trying to find!!!
Thanks,
Sahil
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