Comments on: Amazon’s Kindle to change world of ebooks

By: sofiaa

sofiaa — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:49:46 +0000

[...]i don’t see a replacement for paperback books anytime soon.I agree.
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By: J-ku

J-ku — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:02:36 +0000

As a long time ebook (eink based) reader I would love to see RLSLog coveering ebook releases (especially mobipocket versions).

By: fy

fy — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:32:55 +0000

if anything, this will hopefully result in more ebooks being pirated. im not talking about magazines or technical/scientific books but even literary/nonficbooks, really recent ones, even criticism & poetry collections that seem to be lacking in the freely-downloadable-ebook sector right now.

By: therapix

therapix — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:33:33 +0000

No backlight, boooooh!!!!

Otherwise I would buy it (only if it read pdf)

By: paradox1156

paradox1156 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:14:49 +0000

Did everyone miss the free evdo but me? Does anyone realize the potential of this if it’s hacked? If someone hacks this to get to any page or download torrents (if there would be enough space, the article said about 200 books, I’m not sure about the size of an amazon e-book), or if someone could rig it to be hooked up to a computer for wireless EVDO internet for free I’d be on it right away. Sure it might be $400 at first but unlimited EVDO through Sprint for a laptop costs $60 a month at the moment plus the price of an access card, I’d gladly carry the extra bulk and price for free internet. Better yet, hook it up to a router for access at home.

By: grape ape

grape ape — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:42:40 +0000

how about a paper like insert that would give the appearance of texture like a real book.

By: mesh

mesh — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:46:46 +0000

At least it’s made of plastic, so the Kindle will make good kindling! Oh, I kill myself!
Ba-dum-TISH!

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:59:13 +0000

$400 dollars? no thanks. acrobat pdf? nope. open source? nope. DRM-ed books/blogs/magazines/audibles? check.

point is, jeff bezos’ “kindle” will bomb hardcore, and will probably be at the end of the years “what were they thinking” category. mark my words.

design looks like the production team from 2001: space odyssey from 1968 created it for the side panelings of the interior of the movie. c’mon Bezos…

By: Fartman

Fartman — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:58:57 +0000

was this designed in the 70s? my gawd its ugly.

By: lee welton

lee welton — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:37:02 +0000

This will be a hit when it hits the $99 price.

Especially if can download newspapers for free overnight and be ready to read the next morning.

By: outcast

outcast — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:47:06 +0000

test

By: DSX

DSX — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:21:34 +0000

I use my IPAQ PDA, it’s a bit more versatile then a dedicated reader, and can be backlit for reading at night. Interesting that the PSP can be used as a reader too.. if it had wireless I’d probably drop my PDA for it since I use my phone for all my contacts etc.

By: eek

eek — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:45:04 +0000

Very unawesome. Too expensive, looks way too bulky. Shame, really, cause some smart foldable that you can open like a small notebook and read ebooks would be cool.

By: blobsters

blobsters — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:31:52 +0000

It looks quite ugly. Big thing to carry around. It would just end up staying on my desk. The only reading I do off a screen is mainly ‘internet based things,’ like news, blogs, myspace…things like that. Can you imagine laying in bed with that monster propped on your belly? Not for me….when i read books i need a nice light paper book.

By: NettiWelho

NettiWelho — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:09:22 +0000

I think i saw something similiar in startrek…