More then a year ago I wrote a short post with my thoughts on the Kindle.
Here's an updated list, with adjustments for Kindle 2.
• Who in the world would actually want an ebook in the first place? • Well maybe it would be good for all my manuals. Mac OS Server references are hundreds of pages. • Maybe I can get WOW to pay for one?Don't even want to play with it anymore. • $0.10 to get a PDF on this thing? • Ambiguous wireless, for free, but you surf in B&W. • It's really fucking ugly. Still true • Why are the keys tilted, but not the type?At least they fixed that. • Typography, it's more important than Amazon thinks. • Why can't that little scroller thing adjust the font size? Now there's a joystick • 30 hours of battery life isn't bad, but do I have to have yet another power cable, or does it use USB?Charges via USB, lasts two weeks • $2 a month to read TechCrunch? I'll pass. • Finally a good excuse to stop lending out my book collection.
And apparently Amazon will be making ebook readers for other devices, ie iPhone. Though there's already competition for that.
