Kindle - Wireless Reading Device (Early Review)
Kindle is in some way an innovation but not a reader necessity. Seems hot in the USA as Amazon is currently out of stock. It's expensive device (US$399) and you have to pay for the ebooks though without connection and monthly charges.
Unless you want to depend largely on this device to read, I see it as another cute gadget which will not remain unchanged for long.
I have watched its video intros; see my first impressions below:
- Die-hard book lovers may not like it.
- Expensive.
- Readers may not be as comfortable as reading a book or newspaper (due to its size) though they may not need to bring with their heavy books (probably its main advantage, being convenient).
- Proprietary format and hardware. Just white color?
- Battery power for about 2 days, still need to bring the adapter while travelling.
- Grayscale display, no color.
- From the video, readers need to adjust their reading habit while using the interface and buttons.
- Not sure how it well it handles Word doc and email format. (How about other file types?)
- Unless I have no PDA/notebook, I cannot convince myself to buy it just for reading & I need to carry another gadget. My Fujitsu U1010/U810 can be used to read too.
- Any free books (not free chapters) or can users download free titles?
- Any interactive functions (e.g. give feedback/comment)? Browsing webpages? Or just pay $399 for plain reading?
- Not working for me & Chinese anyway (I am in Hong Kong / China).
See: Video intro
Not everyone was thrilled by the Kindle, see PC Mag
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