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20 Nov 2007
Kindle thoughts
I have been watching the Kindle video and I am thinking it over. There are some interesting technological parts if Kindle. There is no PC required for synching or downloading. The Kindle is a device all in itself. Everyting goes via cellular (EVDO, isn't that US only?). Looks very neat.
From the video it seems to mainly an information reading device, not only books, but also blogs, email and documents. And also Wikipedia. There is some basic web-access?
It is possible to search and annotate the information. I have a feeling that this a troublesome turn. Why annotating? For further usage? Where? On your computer, so we get into the transferring and synchronisation issue. We do not need another silo.
The device looks pretty small (book size) and more importantly it is thin. I used a book reader some 8 years back (don't remember the name of the device), but it was pretty heavy and thick.
I wonder why the keyboard is needed. How often are you going to use that. The device could be a bit smaller.
The bottom question is whether we want to read a book on a device. I have mixed experiences. It does work and I enjoyed doing it. However the synchronisation issues stopped me using the device. So it might work.
[Inspiration TechCrunch]