[Web4lib] Amazon's Kindle e-book reader

[Roy Tennant]

Hmmm...let me see...spend $400 on a device where the only thing I can do is
read books, or spend the same amount on a different device where I can read
books, visit any web site I want, make phone calls, listen to tunes, etc.
Hmmm....

Yes, I understand that one requires a service plan and the other does not
(although at least $9 for every book you want to read). But come on. After
watching the video I thought the interface was actually kind of annoying,
again especially in contrast with the iPhone. My advice to libraries: don't
rush out and jump on this bandwagon.
Roy


On 11/19/07 5:24 PM, "Tim Spalding" <tim at librarything.com> wrote:

> See also NYT technology blog, Bits:
> 
> Enough About Kindle 1.0. What About Kindle 2.0?
> http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/enough-about-kindle-10-what-about-kin
> dle-20/
> 
> When people rave about what your product *could* do on the day of its
> release, you have a hype/reality mismatch!
> 
> On 11/19/07, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>   Newsweek has a cover story about Amazon's Kindle e-book reader:
>> 
>>   http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983
>> 
>>   Bernie Sloan
>> 
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