Comments on: Amazon Kindle http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2007/11/25/amazon-kindle/ Design, Culture, Technology Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:14:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Edd http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2007/11/25/amazon-kindle/#comment-8 Edd Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:13:51 +0000 http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2007/11/25/amazon-kindle/#comment-8 I totally agree with you. I think if there is a future with this idea it is in laptops as small readable tablets, ie: combining images and perhaps video with text in an easily readable form. But it's not like music, you only read one or two books at a time so there's no advantage in having 100s or 1000s of them on your person. I can't shake the premonition that we will all be reading books on this sort of thing eventually though, as the price comes down. I totally agree with you. I think if there is a future with this idea it is in laptops as small readable tablets, ie: combining images and perhaps video with text in an easily readable form. But it’s not like music, you only read one or two books at a time so there’s no advantage in having 100s or 1000s of them on your person. I can’t shake the premonition that we will all be reading books on this sort of thing eventually though, as the price comes down.

]]> By: Gavin Whenman http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2007/11/25/amazon-kindle/#comment-3 Gavin Whenman Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:12:02 +0000 http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2007/11/25/amazon-kindle/#comment-3 I also have my doubts about the Amazon Kindle, although for slightly different reasons (connected to what you are saying though): for me it's more Amazon (and Sony with their E-reader, and I'm sure there are others) are trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist - the book isn't exactly a broken format that needs to be fixed. I also have my doubts about the Amazon Kindle, although for slightly different reasons (connected to what you are saying though): for me it’s more Amazon (and Sony with their E-reader, and I’m sure there are others) are trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist -
the book isn’t exactly a broken format that needs to be fixed.

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