Mathew's comments - Latest Comments in Kindle: Colour me still unconvinced

Re: Kindle: Colour me still unconvinced

Roy — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:16:12 -0000

Does it do color? Seems aimed at the novel (fiction) market... so non-fiction is out methinks. Personally I will stick with my Tungsten for a while longer.

Re: Kindle: Colour me still unconvinced

mathewi — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:28:02 -0000

depending on the price, weight, etc. that could kill the Kindle dead.

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Norm Potter — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:05:46 -0000

Look for a wireless Apple tablet computer coming in January 2008.

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Constance Reader — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:21:19 -0000

But it could be that this thing will work. I wrote on my own blog that while it seems really, really stupid to imagine that people would pay for something they can get for free, I looked over at my colleague's desk.

At the $3 bottle of water.

So as stupid as it may sound, it has precedent.

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mathewi — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:08:02 -0000

Good point, Constance.

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Constance Reader — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:04:42 -0000

Another "WTF?" feature is that in order to download a public domain book to this thing you have to pay, but why would someone do that instead of sending that browser over to the Gutenberg Project or Google book search?

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mathewi — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:08:02 -0000

Good one, Greg.

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Greg — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:05:47 -0000

Can someone say... Segway?

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mathewi — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:17:02 -0000

Good point Jake.

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Jake — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:32:01 -0000

Well my thinking is that a blog creates continuous, regular bandwidth use, whereas a book is a one-time (or maybe two- or three-time, but not many-time) bandwidth hit. Depending on how it works (like whether the user can manually check for updates or if it's automatic and occasional), a blog subscription could use up a lot more bandwidth than a book.

Amazon will have a better idea of how this works, money-wise, once people start using it. I would be surprised if they don't revise this position once the nerds start revolting.

Re: Kindle: Colour me still unconvinced

mathewi — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:15:02 -0000

Definitely, Jake. And how much bandwidth is the average blog going to
use anyway?

Re: Kindle: Colour me still unconvinced

Jake — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:59:52 -0000

The blog thing is super dumb, but I guess they're hoping to get some money for things that will require significant cell bandwidth use. That said, this will create a great niche for a web-based RSS reader made specifically to work on the Spindle web browser.