Amazon hopes Kindle will spark interest in e-books
source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/22/BU0UTGUI5.DTL
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- katevalentine
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Kindle premiered to Applesque hype, complete with adulatory broadcast interviews and fawning magazine articles quoting Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos calling the gizmo, "the most important thing we've ever done."
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stardate
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eInk does not hurt your eyes. It doesn't look like a screen but pretty much like paper. There are problems with Kindle but eye irritation is not one of them.
- 4 years ago
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stardate
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critter
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thats a really good point about textbooks. Don't they offer versions that you can read on your laptop?
- 4 years ago
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critter
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thedez
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I've been wanting ebooks for years on at my college. with the price of text books per term in excess of $400 and the sheer weight of them, the space they take up in a dorm or at your home, ebooks (from who-ever) would be a god send.
but of course, the device should be cheaper. i've know about similar products since 2001.
- 4 years ago
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thedez
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VoyagerFilms
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Save paper, save trees! It should encouraged! Eliminate newspapers next!
- 4 years ago
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VoyagerFilms
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critter
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A lot of companies have tried to do this and failed. I think Amazon has the power to sell a lot of units but this still isn't the device. Especially for that price! Also it doesnt seem as ergonomic. The buttons should be on the side so you can hold it like a normal book and scroll through pages maybe.
Phillips is making a really cool reading device with a flexible display. This is gadget worthy and might strike a chord with the younger demographics.
- 4 years ago
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critter
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