A Portable Book Reader Is A Great Gift
I just ordered one electronic book reader, the Amazon Kindle portable ebook reader. I have been waiting for the next generation device. It is expensive, and I travel often and pack very tight. Don’t have much room for books – certainly not for more than one. I think this will be good for light reading (popular fiction, newspapers etc). If the price is too high – you shouldn’t buy it, in fact use the library.
As for button placement and all this other hoop-la, there is likely a good reason it is the way it and I believe they have tested it alot. I agree, you would think they could perhaps put together a more design pleasing product(Apple)?). However, this eboom reader is a simple device with a simple purpose. You may not be able to have a touch screen with electronic ink with current technology, you need real estate to hold on to the device without smudging the screen etc. By the way, they likely want wireless phone connection so folks are more likely to make at the spur of the moment buying decisions (gotta have it now society). It is not easy for the manufacturers to cram all these features into one small device. Just look at mobile phones, even the iphone and Blackberry aren’t any where near perfect and they have been building those things for sometime. iphone has lousy calendaring and Blackberry has lousy internet interface (both these things have been refined over the years). This will make the competitors busy churning out good products and all this is good for us.
I own the first-generation Kindle and I absolutely love this gadget. I will probably not do any upgrade for now since the upgraded feature do not warrant the $400 difference. The improved screen refresh and 16 shades of gray is tempting, though. Maybe if I can pawn my old one off on a friend for $150 or something… we shall see.
For the purpose of reading books, though, Kindle 1G is certainly more than adequate. Physically ugly, probably. But enough for most of the time.
Kindle Comparison 2nd and 3rd generation
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