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2009-04-10
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@ DC, USA
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And when you are done using it, you just fold it up and put it in your pocket!
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2009-04-10
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@ Montclair, NJ (NYC suburbs)
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Originally Posted by mullf
Yeah, one of those too!
And when you are done using it, you just fold it up and put it in your pocket!
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2009-04-11
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@ Victoria, BC
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The Kindle is a USA only device. Big limitation.
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2009-04-11
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@ Agoura Hills Calif
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Not if you live in the US. I wouldn't have liked it when I was living in Russia.
And, by the way, the Kindle works fine in other countries -- you just can't do the instant download trick there.
Doesn't most technology become available first in one or a few countries and then spread to others? Can someone name a technology that started with worldwide availablity? Even the www was not available everywhere at once.
In other words, the Kindle could spread, or something like it will.
I like the "a device for every situation" formulation. It reminds me of one of the thought-provoking threads that appeared on this site when I started here, a few years back. It was titled, "how many radios do you have?"
And, by the way, the Kindle works fine in other countries -- you just can't do the instant download trick there.
Doesn't most technology become available first in one or a few countries and then spread to others? Can someone name a technology that started with worldwide availablity? Even the www was not available everywhere at once.
In other words, the Kindle could spread, or something like it will.
I like the "a device for every situation" formulation. It reminds me of one of the thought-provoking threads that appeared on this site when I started here, a few years back. It was titled, "how many radios do you have?"
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2009-04-11
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I think the single-purpose approach works well for the Kindle, because nobody wants any distractions while being immersed into a good book.
But for a web-tablet, this Crunchpad would have to be dirt-cheap to stand a chance against netbooks (especially all those upcoming convertible ones). If I'm surfing, I want some sort of MP3 player, I want some sort of Twitter app, I want to be able to some simple image manipulation and I most certainly want some sort of word processing to collect results of whatever research I'm doing on the web. I don't think a completely neutered device (like the Crunchpad seems to be) is going to cut it for many people.
Also, it seems like an ergonomic mess - too big to use a thumb keyboard, no kickstand to bring it to a convenient angle while typing when it's lying on a table...
But for a web-tablet, this Crunchpad would have to be dirt-cheap to stand a chance against netbooks (especially all those upcoming convertible ones). If I'm surfing, I want some sort of MP3 player, I want some sort of Twitter app, I want to be able to some simple image manipulation and I most certainly want some sort of word processing to collect results of whatever research I'm doing on the web. I don't think a completely neutered device (like the Crunchpad seems to be) is going to cut it for many people.
Also, it seems like an ergonomic mess - too big to use a thumb keyboard, no kickstand to bring it to a convenient angle while typing when it's lying on a table...
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2009-04-11
, 07:00
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kindle is awesome but yea i agree awesome only for the people in US. but what an invention!
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2009-04-11
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@ norway
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i question the focus on pixel-pr-inch as there is a point of diminishing return, and i keep bumping into that on my N800 all the time (specifically to do with the terminal, and trying to show as much info as possible in htop or similar).
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2009-04-11
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@ Netherlands
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Kindle doesn't even support colours. Hmm! Well, Amazon is facing competition. That is for sure.
BeBook, for example.
More interesting is that screen you fold up like a paper. Thin, yet portable. Imagine being able to use that as output on your NIT or mobile device (smartphone, DAP, ...)
BeBook, for example.
More interesting is that screen you fold up like a paper. Thin, yet portable. Imagine being able to use that as output on your NIT or mobile device (smartphone, DAP, ...)
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2009-04-11
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@ norway
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http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/04/0...l-is-a-gadget/
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives...k_concept.html
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives...k_concept.html
Last edited by RogerS; 2009-04-10 at 23:02.