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: Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
2008-02-08 01:08:00

Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
2008-02-08 01:08:00

Mood: busy

Thoughts on Kindle

I'm observing the news about the Kindle reader as an aspect of electronic publishing. Here is an interesting review of Kindle from a new user.

Tags: electronic publication, networking, reading, review

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fayanora

February 8 2008, 08:10:25 UTC 13 years ago

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I dunno about the Kindle, but I saw a Sony eReader in Border's today, and was able to hold it and use it. It reminded me of one of those data padds from Star Trek.

anamacha

February 8 2008, 09:25:56 UTC 13 years ago

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I saw a short review of a Sony pad in Wired magazine recently ... it looked cool enough to mark it as a maybe-buy-someday thing. Does anyone know how this Kindle compares? Does this thing have a website?

I guess I'll go try out my Google-fu.

fayanora

February 8 2008, 09:42:42 UTC 13 years ago

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www.amazon.com/kindle

haikujaguar

February 8 2008, 13:52:35 UTC 13 years ago

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It doesn't compare at all. The Kindle is a wireless device. The Sony e-book reader is... an e-book reader. :)

anamacha

February 9 2008, 08:00:44 UTC 13 years ago

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okay, I guess I'm not understanding the difference. From what I saw on the kindle website, it's a wireless device ... meant to be used to read e-books taht you can buy from Amazon. No?

Saying the Kindle is a "wireless device" isn't terribly meaningful in this context -- cell phones, tv remotes, laptops and Clappers are all "wireless devices," but they each serve a different function.