I posted a comment on the product page and was immediately bombarded by hardline fanboys who would hear nothing but good about the Kindle. So I guess market defensiveness extends beyond car brands, sports teams, PC/Mac/AMD/Intel, Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. Eh, I guess it's everywhere.
Here's my thing: if I want to read something on paper, I'm going to read it on paper. Black text on a white sheet of paper. That's all. No scrolling, no push-buttons -- just page-turning. Computers were brought to the home to make your life easier (and increase mfg profits), but it has been my experience that when they act up and instead make it harder, they make it bloody miserable...until you fix whatever problem they were having and find out that it was due to some manufacturer or programmer oversight and not your own error.
In my biased opinion, how does an overpriced, oversized calculator that could easily get sat on beat something you could snatch off a shelf, throw across a room, run over with a truck and drop in the tub...and be just fine with a liberal application of hot air and some wiping? I can heft a book, flip the pages rapidly from cover to cover to get a papery breeze, scroll by means of my thumb stuck between two key pages...the list goes on. For me, books represent a break from computers. I couldn't read a book knowing that somewhere in the background was a hyperlink with my name on it.
In Kindle's defense, the idea is ingenious. Being able to pack an entire library into a notepad full of bits and bytes is awesome, and useful for people who travel a lot or don't want to whip open a laptop to read an e-book. In fact, give it an 8 1/2 x 11 inch screen and slice 80% from the cost and I'll consider it for office documents. But otherwise, it's not for me.
But whatever you do, don't downtalk a Kindle at Kindle's home base.
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Addendum:
Faster Page Turns
*Pages now turn 20% faster on average.
You mean it was noticeably slow? Human fingers can turn a page before their eyeballs catch up.
*amazonkindle (marked on top of the device so you never forget)
I don't like watermarks on TV shows. Why should that logo be burning itself into my eyeballs when I'm trying to concentrate on a novel?
>.<
Addendum 2:
Yes, I actually had an opportunity to play with one for awhile, but the experience was like biting into a handful of stale Cheez-its.
Here's my thing: if I want to read something on paper, I'm going to read it on paper. Black text on a white sheet of paper. That's all. No scrolling, no push-buttons -- just page-turning. Computers were brought to the home to make your life easier (and increase mfg profits), but it has been my experience that when they act up and instead make it harder, they make it bloody miserable...until you fix whatever problem they were having and find out that it was due to some manufacturer or programmer oversight and not your own error.
In my biased opinion, how does an overpriced, oversized calculator that could easily get sat on beat something you could snatch off a shelf, throw across a room, run over with a truck and drop in the tub...and be just fine with a liberal application of hot air and some wiping? I can heft a book, flip the pages rapidly from cover to cover to get a papery breeze, scroll by means of my thumb stuck between two key pages...the list goes on. For me, books represent a break from computers. I couldn't read a book knowing that somewhere in the background was a hyperlink with my name on it.
In Kindle's defense, the idea is ingenious. Being able to pack an entire library into a notepad full of bits and bytes is awesome, and useful for people who travel a lot or don't want to whip open a laptop to read an e-book. In fact, give it an 8 1/2 x 11 inch screen and slice 80% from the cost and I'll consider it for office documents. But otherwise, it's not for me.
But whatever you do, don't downtalk a Kindle at Kindle's home base.
***
Addendum:
Faster Page Turns
*Pages now turn 20% faster on average.
You mean it was noticeably slow? Human fingers can turn a page before their eyeballs catch up.
*amazonkindle (marked on top of the device so you never forget)
I don't like watermarks on TV shows. Why should that logo be burning itself into my eyeballs when I'm trying to concentrate on a novel?
>.<
Addendum 2:
Yes, I actually had an opportunity to play with one for awhile, but the experience was like biting into a handful of stale Cheez-its.
Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2009-05-07 21:49:10)
