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Amazon’s Kindle, Almost Like The iPhone
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Hey cats and kittens, I just wanted to tell you about this little wonder of technology that I just got my hot little hands on. They’re calling it a Kindle and let me tell you, I haven’t seen this sort of earth shattering technology since I “bumped into” that Girl Scout to get the last copy of Man Hunt 2 from Gamestop.
Down to the review. First thing I noticed was that it wasn’t an iPhone, and I still didn’t hate it. I was thinking, “Eli, you must be slipping dude.” But when I saw all that hot, hot Kindle action I just couldn’t help myself.
You know my biggest problem with books? They take up all that space!
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tripped over that copy of War and Peace I have propping up my computer desk. With Kindle, you never have to deal with paper again. Who needs the simple joys of paging through a well worn novel when you have digital ink to keep you company! Technology baby, yea!
That’s not even the half of it though. You know the best part of the entire thing? It really cheeses off the Bookerati. You know, those “book shelf” people, who are always piling up all their old books on shelves to show you how much more “couth” they are than you. Well la de da to you Mr. Pulitzer Prize winner. When The Bezz (Jeff doesn’t like when you call him that Eli -ed) comes by with his Book Burning Mobiles ™ next month, I’m going to be the one laughing my way all the way to the bank with my Amazon issued, promotional Kindle in hand.
Sure it’s $400, the Internet is pretty much useless and you can’t really read the thing in dim light but who can put a price on watching some Librarian types cry over their burning copies of Jane Austen? Bezz, you’ve got yourself a winner here.



November 28th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
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November 29th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
The Kindle is WAY overhyped compared to the Sony Reader.
1. You have to use Amazon’s proprietary format in order to read books that you buy. That means you can’t load files from your own computer, and the few files that you can load, you have to send to Amazon to convert it before they send a copy back to you that you can use on your Kindle.
2. DRM: You can’t share the books that you buy with the Kindle with other Kindle owners. Essentially, you’re renting these books from Amazon, not buying them.
3. The Sony readers, and other upcoming readers support various file formats as opposed to the Amazon proprietary Kindle format.
4. The Sony reader uses digital ink, not an LCD. There’s no bright light shining in your face while you’re reading, not to mention the improved battery life on the Kindle.
I’d much rather keep the physical books AND my book shelf than tie my reading habits only to Amazon.
Anyway, I’d much rather read a piece of paper than an 8 bit screen.