Kindle-y backwards?
Anyone else find the sideview comparison of the Kindle 2 v pencil in the press frenzy mildly ironic? Kindle 2 takes outmoded physical writing apparatus? Er, FAIL.
How did Apple win on the MacBook Air envelope contrast? Context. Amazon, the cluetrain is here.
Still need to be convinced on e-reader devices. Limited titles and the loss of sensual engagement are big downers. There’s nothing like the smell of books. That and the “shake me it’s fucking shocking” price of $360 a unit. $360 for something that looks like a Milky Baresque calculator on Miracle Gro? Aside from that, I’d love to try one.
hehe! yup 360 bucks is not the way to do it. Sony’s is cheaper and pretty good I hear. It will still set you back $300. Toy’s for rich boy’s, if there are any left.
Matt Mullenweg raved about his Kindle and said he read a lot more after he bought it. Then he broke it and haven’t heard anything since..
I got another one and I still love it but haven’t had as much time to read recently.
@Matt: How do you find the selection of available titles? Restrictive? Is it all Dickens and the like?
I rarely find a book I want that isn’t on there, except technical stuff like O’Reilly. (Which you think would be the first to embrace it.)