Friday, March 21, 2008

Kindle Talk

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I think the Kindle is a real nice invention, but I'm still holding out for an all-in-one portable solution; 1TB of storage/RAM, somewhat fast quadcore CPU, at least a 6in. OLED touch-screen, multiple-OS capability, internet capable w/multi-tiered subscription options, blah, blah, blah...... That being said, this review on Lifehacker is pretty balanced. I tend to agree with some of the comments, that the Kindle's design leaves a little to be desired and the cost is a little steep, not to mention the e-books themselves. Of course, this is coming from someone who doesn't buy many books, and the magazine subscriptions I have place their offerings online within a few months, if not immediately. Too bad Amazon hasn't seen fit to give one of these to each library system in America, although this might have something to do with that.


1 comment:

sowens said...

RE the demand for Kindle:
Someone may think it's a piece of cake, but anyway you slice it, Kindle technology is just the first frontier (or scratch batch layer)for this format.