So much for Amazon's
attempts to quell Kindle 2 rumors, eh? Talk of a replacement (or a
pair of replacements) for Amazon's popular -- but very oddly-styled -- e-reader has been in the mix seemingly since the first model started shipping, and Boy Genius Report has scored shots of something that certainly looks like it could be in the legitimate pipeline. The revised device appears to address complaints over the original's look head-on, rounding the corners and ditching the oddball angles; the scroll wheel has been replaced with a joystick, the SD slot is gone (don't worry, there's at least a gig and a half on-board), and around back, we have grills that seem to suggest integrated stereo speakers. The display is basically the same size -- no color here yet, sorry -- so unless the sharp edges on your first-gen piece are driving you batty, it looks like this could be safely skipped by current owners while roping in new buyers who wouldn't have considered it before. Thing is, was ditching the scroll wheel and that trick mirrored bar in favor of a joystick really the right way to go?
posted October 3rd 2008 9:06PM
Amazon, seriously. Did anyone complain about the scrollwheel?? Why take that away? I thought everyone loved that. It was one of the things functioning perfectly on the device. One of the big pains was having the damn buttons along damn near the entire side of both sides of the device, causing them accidentally get pressed while reading.
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am I the ony person that think these are pretty fugly. How hard to include style
The "new" one looks like an older one for many design reasons. Someone is leg pulling.
I've just ordered a series one Kindle, and I have to say that I'm pretty dismayed after reading all the opinions from you guys. I don't know anyone that has one, so I had to choose via picture only between Sony and Kindle. It looks like a nice product and am looking forward to getting some serious e-book reading. Someone wrote of refresh-rate and I admit I'm not sure what that means. Won't it change from page to page with some fluidity? Also, it isn't a computer; won't it do what it's supposed to do fairly well? And there's no monthly charge! I think that's really nice.
I'm hoping to have it for Christmas, and will have to judge it for myself.