Thursday, February 26, 2009

Kindle 2 - Rip your Books?


I wish I could get my head around people who love to read novels or lengthy books on electronic mediums.

Reading on a PDA is frivolously fun at first, but the eyestrain and tiny screen makes it tiresome.

Reading on a computer is great if you know what your looking for. But reading so you can absorb yourself into the author's world is a bit difficult when you have distractions such as your notifiers, messengers and especially your wallpaper background.

The Kindle 2 is a great idea.

Slow page turning to discourage you from skimming and skipping, allowing you to curb your temptations and absorb every word and page.

A big 'turn the page' button is great. Who wants to hunt for the turn page icon or even the page down/turn the page key/button.

A long battery life that runs for a week is great! Don't want to even think about charging.

3G service so you can buy and download books on the fly is just great. Not in this current economy, but superb if your pockets are full of lottery money.

Charging via the USB is kind of convenient, but I have a funny feeling that traditional book readers won't be swapping their paper backs any time soon.

Thin body and nice-ish is necessary because it doesn't have the cool covers to entice you back to the book.

Shame about the E-Ink which doesn't come with a completely white background. But it's a lot better than any backlit LED for getting that 'reading a book feel.'

The screen is just about the right size for a few quick reads. But a bigger screen would be better for lengthy trawls.

The text to speech is a non starter for people who are not visually challenged. The voice is the main concern.

Always like technology that motivates or entices people to read books.

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