Dude, Kindle hasn’t even been available for 24 hours, but people are already clamoring for “Kindle 2.0.” That really is awful. Give Bezos & Co. like, I don’t know, a couple of days, let the device make its way into consumers’ hands, before coming out with “WHAT WE WANT NEXT” post.
For the record, Bits demands a bigger color screen, better Web browser, touchscreen and audiobook support; I demand “Kindle 2.0″ make me breakfast every morning without me having to remind it and for it to farm gold for me in WoW.
Good God, let Bezos have his time in the sun before churning out Digg-friendly, “good ideas.”
Wow that annoyed me.
Enough About Kindle 1.0. What About Kindle 2.0? [Bits New York Times Blog]
I find the level of FUD being tossed around on Kindle to be astounding, given that the thing isn’t even in circulation yet (mine comes today). Consistent complaints – like the lack of memory stick support, audio, or the ability to get your own content on it without paying Amazon – are flat out wrong. This is a failing, I guess, of Amazon’s front-page bullet points for the thing, but certainly not of the device itself.
If they would have designed a good product to start with this would not have happened. I mean look at the format, this thing is huge compare to the PRS-505.
I’m in the UK where the kindle hasn’t been released yet.
I love the idea but my only reservation is, from all the photos i’ve seen, it does look extremely ugly. I mean i wasn’t expecting amazon to be able to match the ipod’s style but this is an ugly duckling next to the sony e-reader. It just looks like some cheap prop from an 80’s sci fi series. Maybe a black version would look a bit sleeker… either matt or gloss like the nintendo ds lite.
What would definately sell it to me(irregardless of looks) would be oxford university press making all their academic texts available for it – no more heavy bags full of law textbooks!