I don't think the reaction has been so much "why would I need this" but "I'd like this, but not a DRM-crippled $10-a-pop no-hyphenating 1980s-looking one". Sorry to rag on yr work though, congrats on shipping.
― stet, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 11:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Kindle Availability Due to heavy customer demand, Kindle is temporarily sold out. Because we ship Kindles on a first-come, first-served basis, please ORDER NOW to reserve your place in line. See availability messaging above for estimated in-stock date.
― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 12:13 (sixteen years ago) link
ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW ORDER NOW
(much as i like Caecila)
― Alan, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 12:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Caecilia
I'm still a bit underawed by the grey lcd looking screen, is it even back lit?
It's electronic paper! No backlight necessary.
― ledge, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 12:25 (sixteen years ago) link
(regardless of the look and functionality of the rest of the device I think that's a huge UI win)
― ledge, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 12:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyone who compares to the iPod is a retard.
When iPods came out, you could immediately fill them with content you'd already purchased or stolen. With Kindle, I have to...re-buy all my books if I want to read them on the kindle? That's a massive barrier to entry given the cost of a Kindle.
The Kindle is beyond ugly. I want something more cuddly to take to bed or the shitter when I read. And I want color. If having paper-like display screens is so great, then why don't we have them on our computers?
I'm waiting for tablet Mac.
― Dandy Don Weiner, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 12:32 (sixteen years ago) link
If having paper-like display screens is so great, then why don't we have them on our computers?
New technology, black and white only... so far. But it'll happen.
― ledge, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 12:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i'd quite like to see this screen to see how it's different.. is it just thinner?
― ken c, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 12:38 (sixteen years ago) link
I've seen a Motorola F3, and it did make me go "woah!". I thought it was a fake at first, the screen looked just like some paper or card that someone had drawn on. That only has a 7-segment type display, don't know what the resolution on the Kindle is like.
― ledge, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 12:45 (sixteen years ago) link
the e-paper on the kindle will be fine. i've seen other hardware with the same and it's nice. will be good for novels and a lot of straight text books. the stuff around it (hardware feel, 'product model') on the kindle seems like a giant fail though.
― Alan, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 13:02 (sixteen years ago) link
ledge, that was my phone up until about a week ago. It was pretty groovy, although text messaging got to be a pain.
― Ste, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 13:16 (sixteen years ago) link
One last shill post: Computerworld article
― schwantz, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Can I just say that the frickin' name is possibly the goofiest thing about this?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
otm. I keep thiking there is something related to this guy http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/fugitivethe/fugitiveIMAGE/fugitivethe.jpg
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Or these two, although it's even more of a stretch: http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/4/48/250px-KendallsGtHits.jpg
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Would you use twigs or newspaper as kindle to light a bunch of these on fire?
― calstars, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link
"Kindle! We'll Turn Paper Books Into Kindling"
― omar little, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I think the wii has shown a goofy name is fine
― Jeff LeVine, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
So why no landscape mode for the screen? FAIL
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 22:50 (sixteen years ago) link
http://db.tidbits.com/article/9329
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/techtracks/archives/2007/11/the_kindle_a_reviewers_first_impressions_1.html
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 22 November 2007 00:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Congrats to Schwantz on a big launch and a great concept, but based on photos & early reviews I'm leaning towards "Omar Little OTM." As much as I'd love an iPod for Books, not sure this is my thing.
But I'll definitely check back around 5th/6th Gen. Look where it got Apple.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 22 November 2007 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link
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― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 6 June 2008 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
still sucks then
― DG, Friday, 6 June 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Congrats to Schwantz on a big launch and a great concept
spot the deliberate mistake(s)
― DG, Friday, 6 June 2008 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link
I have actually seen three of these on the train. they look like medical apparati for the visually impaired.
― akm, Friday, 6 June 2008 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link
-- DG, Friday, 6 June 2008 19:06 (Yesterday) Link
Spot the continuing-to-troll douche.
― schwantz, Saturday, 7 June 2008 02:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Medical apparatopotamuses.
― libcrypt, Saturday, 7 June 2008 02:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Congrats to Schwantz on a big launch and a great concept spot the deliberate mistake(s)
The capitalization of the "s" at the start of his name?
― B.L.A.M., Saturday, 7 June 2008 03:20 (fifteen years ago) link
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― am0n, Monday, 30 June 2008 04:33 (fifteen years ago) link
...
― s1ocki, Monday, 30 June 2008 04:43 (fifteen years ago) link
there's a thing in this month's esquire about how totally awesome and revolutionary the kindle is
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 June 2008 04:45 (fifteen years ago) link
if they add wireless connectivity to other users they make it the zune for the aspie bookworm set!
― am0n, Monday, 30 June 2008 04:46 (fifteen years ago) link
i think you'd be better off comparing this to a segway or something if you really want to take it down a notch!!!!!!!! do it
― s1ocki, Monday, 30 June 2008 04:50 (fifteen years ago) link
both are bulky as fuck
― J0rdan S., Monday, 30 June 2008 04:52 (fifteen years ago) link
i know the kindle kind of needs to be but damn
it does contian every book.
― s1ocki, Monday, 30 June 2008 04:52 (fifteen years ago) link
dead sea scrolls?
― am0n, Monday, 30 June 2008 04:55 (fifteen years ago) link
all
― s1ocki, Monday, 30 June 2008 05:00 (fifteen years ago) link
-- s1ocki, Monday, June 30, 2008 12:50 AM
are you taking me or omar little to task here. also why
― am0n, Monday, 30 June 2008 05:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Saw a dude racing down the Ventura Blvd sidewalk yesterday afternoon on a Segway
― Jeff LeVine, Monday, 30 June 2008 06:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Segways are awesome. Fuck is everyone's problem?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 30 June 2008 07:03 (fifteen years ago) link
If everyone here could afford a Segway, I promise you we'd be all be sharing awesome Segway stories right now.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 30 June 2008 07:04 (fifteen years ago) link
BOW DOWN BEFORE IT!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2009/02/09/bezos_kindle_ket4a6nc.jpg
The new version measures just 0.36 inches thick, the diameter of a pencil, and weighs a little more than 10 ounces."The Kindle is designed to disappear so that you can enter the author’s world," Bezos said, calling it "a seamless, integrated reading experience -- it’s not just a device."He said the Kindle 2 screen provides more crispness, using 16 shades of gray instead of just four, and has 25% more battery life, allowing users to read up to two weeks on a single charge. The upgraded edition has seven times more storage space, holding more than 1,500 books, and faster page turns than its predecessor. A new navigation system allows for better note-taking and easier reading of newspapers.But perhaps its most novel aspect is the text-to-speech feature, which enables Kindle users to listen to their material."Any book, blog, magazine, personal document could be read aloud to you," said Bezos, as he had a Kindle 2 read the opening lines of the Gettsyburg Address with crisp, staccato enunciation.
"The Kindle is designed to disappear so that you can enter the author’s world," Bezos said, calling it "a seamless, integrated reading experience -- it’s not just a device."
He said the Kindle 2 screen provides more crispness, using 16 shades of gray instead of just four, and has 25% more battery life, allowing users to read up to two weeks on a single charge. The upgraded edition has seven times more storage space, holding more than 1,500 books, and faster page turns than its predecessor. A new navigation system allows for better note-taking and easier reading of newspapers.
But perhaps its most novel aspect is the text-to-speech feature, which enables Kindle users to listen to their material.
"Any book, blog, magazine, personal document could be read aloud to you," said Bezos, as he had a Kindle 2 read the opening lines of the Gettsyburg Address with crisp, staccato enunciation.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 February 2009 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link
And presumably you can use it to read under the covers without using a flashlight.
― Aimless, Monday, 9 February 2009 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link
*beaming, but must not comment on this thread - sorry*
― schwantz, Monday, 9 February 2009 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
this device still seems pretty joyless imo
― John Hyman (misspelled intentionally) (omar little), Monday, 9 February 2009 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
$360?? Cmon. No.
― JAM, DWANGELA, RELLY! (sunny successor), Monday, 9 February 2009 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
*slinks back to parenting board*
― schwantz, Monday, 9 February 2009 19:39 (fifteen years ago) link