I like the sepia toned photo. Takes away from the fact that this device doesn't have a color display, and is irrelevant to 99.99999999% of the readers here.
Yet another person who doesn't have clue one as to what they are talking about.
I understand EXACTLY what it can it can not do. It's a nice device and I'm as happy as anyone to see this technology developing, but the Kindle is still too small and the non-color display really hurts it as a replacement for the college books and newspapers it wants to replace.
What I do NOT understand is why it gets so much coverage on this site.
Yes, I own one AND read articles here, so I don't know what I am talking about. So you know that the screen is too small because you have read several books on it?
I was obviously referring to your assessment of me. Maybe you can use your Kindle to download a book on reading comprehension.
And no, I haven't read ANY books on it. I had an lengthy hands on experience with at my local bookstore, and was left very unimpressed, at least for the price.
Happy for you it fits your needs, don't hate on the people for whom it doesn't.
Well if you're happy that it fits some people's needs, and understand how useful it will be for a lot of people, what's the problem with the coverage on engadget? Yes I have always been this dumb.
I don't think I said that I understand it fits a LOT of people needs. As a matter of fact, I don't think it does at all, unless ALL you are going to read are paperback novels on the thing.
Amazon is marketing the Kindle as a replacement for newspapers and school text books. Last I checked, neither of those are printed in only black and white anymore, and they certainly aren't only 9". Keep in mind with newspapers come ads, so imagine just how much screen will be left for the actual stories.
The Kindle needs a minimum 14" screen (8/12" x 11") and at least 256 colors for it to be a viable alternative to textbooks and newspapers. Get rid of the flickering when turning pages, too.
Engadget's coverage of this thing has been way overboard. This device only covers an extremely small niche in the world of gadgets. I understand running a story here and a story there on it, but 2 or 3 a week for the last 3 or 4 months? What's next, are they going to create a dedicated blog site for it?
Exactly what subjects use color textbooks these days? Are you talking about books used in grade school or high school? What a waste. I recently finished 3 years of school during which I bought around 25 textbooks, and I don't believe there was a drop of colored ink in any of them. I would have been much happier carrying a black and white kindle instead of those 2,000 page monstrosities. For my taste, newspapers would lose nothing by going back to black and white as well. The only reason NYT added color was to sell better on the newstand. And the only thing that's color is the pictures. You buy the paper for the text, not the pictures, and the text will be black and white regardless whether it's a Kindle or a color device.
25 textbooks, none with color? Yeah, hyperbole really helps your argument.
Newspapers, magazines and textbooks don't HAVE to be in color, but they are. Taking a 40 year step backwards to black and white doesn't make any sense.
And any textbook for history, geography, science, art... hell I could list them all. They ALL make use of color images. You guys making the argument that the Kindle is a valid replacement for textbooks are truly clueless, and obviously no amount of facts will sway your opinions. Have fun living in 1969.
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I like the sepia toned photo. Takes away from the fact that this device doesn't have a color display, and is irrelevant to 99.99999999% of the readers here.
Yet another person who doesn't have a clue as to what the Kindle does do well.
@ Chris
Yet another person who doesn't have clue one as to what they are talking about.
I understand EXACTLY what it can it can not do. It's a nice device and I'm as happy as anyone to see this technology developing, but the Kindle is still too small and the non-color display really hurts it as a replacement for the college books and newspapers it wants to replace.
What I do NOT understand is why it gets so much coverage on this site.
Yes, I own one AND read articles here, so I don't know what I am talking about. So you know that the screen is too small because you have read several books on it?
Talk about clueless.
@ Chris
I was obviously referring to your assessment of me. Maybe you can use your Kindle to download a book on reading comprehension.
And no, I haven't read ANY books on it. I had an lengthy hands on experience with at my local bookstore, and was left very unimpressed, at least for the price.
Happy for you it fits your needs, don't hate on the people for whom it doesn't.
Backtracking troll is backtracking.
How exactly am I backtracking?
How exactly am I trolling for that matter?
Have you always been this dumb?
Well if you're happy that it fits some people's needs, and understand how useful it will be for a lot of people, what's the problem with the coverage on engadget? Yes I have always been this dumb.
@Ethan
I don't think I said that I understand it fits a LOT of people needs. As a matter of fact, I don't think it does at all, unless ALL you are going to read are paperback novels on the thing.
Amazon is marketing the Kindle as a replacement for newspapers and school text books. Last I checked, neither of those are printed in only black and white anymore, and they certainly aren't only 9". Keep in mind with newspapers come ads, so imagine just how much screen will be left for the actual stories.
The Kindle needs a minimum 14" screen (8/12" x 11") and at least 256 colors for it to be a viable alternative to textbooks and newspapers. Get rid of the flickering when turning pages, too.
Engadget's coverage of this thing has been way overboard. This device only covers an extremely small niche in the world of gadgets. I understand running a story here and a story there on it, but 2 or 3 a week for the last 3 or 4 months? What's next, are they going to create a dedicated blog site for it?
I did not realize how many engadget users are ignorant
Need some help? I have another shovel and this whole process would go much faster with two people digging.
Exactly what subjects use color textbooks these days? Are you talking about books used in grade school or high school? What a waste. I recently finished 3 years of school during which I bought around 25 textbooks, and I don't believe there was a drop of colored ink in any of them. I would have been much happier carrying a black and white kindle instead of those 2,000 page monstrosities.
For my taste, newspapers would lose nothing by going back to black and white as well. The only reason NYT added color was to sell better on the newstand. And the only thing that's color is the pictures. You buy the paper for the text, not the pictures, and the text will be black and white regardless whether it's a Kindle or a color device.
25 textbooks, none with color? Yeah, hyperbole really helps your argument.
Newspapers, magazines and textbooks don't HAVE to be in color, but they are. Taking a 40 year step backwards to black and white doesn't make any sense.
And any textbook for history, geography, science, art... hell I could list them all. They ALL make use of color images. You guys making the argument that the Kindle is a valid replacement for textbooks are truly clueless, and obviously no amount of facts will sway your opinions. Have fun living in 1969.