Comments on: Gilded Age: People and their bright ideas for ‘Kindle 2.0′ are jumping the gun (and shark) http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/11/20/gilded-age-people-and-their-bright-ideas-for-kindle-20-are-jumping-the-gun-and-shark/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:16:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tom Howard http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/11/20/gilded-age-people-and-their-bright-ideas-for-kindle-20-are-jumping-the-gun-and-shark/#comment-627730 Tom Howard Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:36:01 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/11/20/gilded-age-people-and-their-bright-ideas-for-kindle-20-are-jumping-the-gun-and-shark/#comment-627730 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! 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!

]]> By: Yannick Desjardins http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/11/20/gilded-age-people-and-their-bright-ideas-for-kindle-20-are-jumping-the-gun-and-shark/#comment-527469 Yannick Desjardins Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:20:39 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/11/20/gilded-age-people-and-their-bright-ideas-for-kindle-20-are-jumping-the-gun-and-shark/#comment-527469 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. 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.

]]> By: Julian Murdoch http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/11/20/gilded-age-people-and-their-bright-ideas-for-kindle-20-are-jumping-the-gun-and-shark/#comment-527461 Julian Murdoch Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:05:53 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/11/20/gilded-age-people-and-their-bright-ideas-for-kindle-20-are-jumping-the-gun-and-shark/#comment-527461 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. 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.

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