Comments on: The biggest problem with the Kindle http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:25:04 -0500 hourly 1 By: sam http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-985519 sam Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:08:25 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-985519 No, the biggest problem with Kindle is that all of the books are in a proprietary format with DRM. No sharing of the books, no passing it down to other people to read -- and, by the way, what happens when technology moves on in a few years and the kindle -- and all the books you paid for it, are unusable? No, the biggest problem with Kindle is that all of the books are in a proprietary format with DRM. No sharing of the books, no passing it down to other people to read — and, by the way, what happens when technology moves on in a few years and the kindle — and all the books you paid for it, are unusable?

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="1063497375">Tarek Hassan</fb:name> http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-984531 Tarek Hassan Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:29:26 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-984531 thanks.................. thanks………………

]]> By: drdrew http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-584631 drdrew Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:32:19 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-584631 No, the biggest problem with the kindle is it makes you look like a tool... No, the biggest problem with the kindle is it makes you look like a tool…

]]> By: Amir Segal http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-578145 Amir Segal Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:48:22 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-578145 Sounds interesting that little mod you got going there...I might just give it a shot Sounds interesting that little mod you got going there…I might just give it a shot

]]> By: Constance Reader http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-577983 Constance Reader Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:48:12 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-577983 "I’m sure the avid reader can find some other way to occupy him/herself for ten minutes." As someone who travels up to 80% of time for business, I must thank you for that great belly-laugh to start off my week. Ten minutes?! Not even out of the smallest podunk airports in the country have I been on a plane went from pushback to 10,000 feet (the altitude at which the announcement is made to turn them on again) in ten minutes. Not in flying around this country, anyway. “I’m sure the avid reader can find some other way to occupy him/herself for ten minutes.”

As someone who travels up to 80% of time for business, I must thank you for that great belly-laugh to start off my week. Ten minutes?! Not even out of the smallest podunk airports in the country have I been on a plane went from pushback to 10,000 feet (the altitude at which the announcement is made to turn them on again) in ten minutes. Not in flying around this country, anyway.

]]> By: John Biggs http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-577966 John Biggs Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:06:07 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-577966 Aha - you can turn EVDO off. It's this lack of understanding that will make having a kindle a problem. Aha – you can turn EVDO off. It’s this lack of understanding that will make having a kindle a problem.

]]> By: John Biggs http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-577964 John Biggs Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:05:29 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-577964 Just wait until some wily steward tells you you can't use a "wireless device" on board and tells you to shut off your book. Just wait until some wily steward tells you you can’t use a “wireless device” on board and tells you to shut off your book.

]]> By: Hai http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-577789 Hai Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:47:59 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-577789 Surely you shouldn't have it on during takeoff because it's got EVDO wireless? Surely you shouldn’t have it on during takeoff because it’s got EVDO wireless?

]]> By: Charles Wilkes http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-577626 Charles Wilkes Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:51:11 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-577626 The side switches do not bother me ANYMORE since I fixed the covor. The problem with the cover is that the two retainers built into the cover on the inside at the top and bottom keep the Kindle too far out of the outside edge of the Kindle, while still being totally inadequate in protecting the Kindle from falling out. What I did was to cut off the two retainers with a sharp razor blade, so it looks like they were never there. Then I took Industrial Strength velcro, and ran a narrow strip up the right side of the Kindle, and at the top and bottom of the left side, leaving the opposing piece still attached to the side now glued to the Kindle. Then I put it into the cover as far to the left as possible, to still allow the cover to close over the Kindle. This leaves an edge of the back case panel exposed, making it easy to pick up the Kindle without touching the next page switch, or the left side switches either. And once it place, press down on it to secure the gummed side of the velcro piece to their proper place on the cover. I leave both the power and the wireless switch on, and recharge the battery every night next to my bed, as it is the only "book" I have ever found that I can read in bed -- it only takes one hand to both hold it and also to do the page turns, for which I use my thumb only. Kindle recommends you recharge frequently, never allowing the battery to become totally discharged. They say it is like the battery in your cell phone, and works best when recharged daily. Actually it will go three days without rescharging if the wireless switch is on, and ten days if it is not. If I fly, I turn do take it a little bit out of the case just enough to turn the wireless switch off, which is all the aircraft crew has a right to expect. Actually if you left it on but keep it closed it would still violates flight rules, as it is still active until turned off. But once off, the Kindle should be able to be used, as it no longer has wireless access. Unfortunately it may take literally years for all airlines to get the word out to their flight employees. Charles Wilkes, San Jose, Calif. The side switches do not bother me ANYMORE since I fixed the covor. The problem with the cover is that the two retainers built into the cover on the inside at the top and bottom keep the Kindle too far out of the outside edge of the Kindle, while still being totally inadequate in protecting the Kindle from falling out.

What I did was to cut off the two retainers with a sharp razor blade, so it looks like they were never there. Then I took Industrial Strength velcro, and ran a narrow strip up the right side of the Kindle, and at the top and bottom of the left side, leaving the opposing piece still attached to the side now glued to the Kindle. Then I put it into the cover as far to the left as possible, to still allow the cover to close over the Kindle. This leaves an edge of the back case panel exposed, making it easy to pick up the Kindle without touching the next page switch, or the left side switches either. And once it place, press down on it to secure the gummed side of the velcro piece to their proper place on the cover.

I leave both the power and the wireless switch on, and recharge the battery every night next to my bed, as it is the only “book” I have ever found that I can read in bed — it only takes one hand to both hold it and also to do the page turns, for which I use my thumb only. Kindle recommends you recharge frequently, never allowing the battery to become totally discharged. They say it is like the battery in your cell phone, and works best when recharged daily. Actually it will go three days without rescharging if the wireless switch is on, and ten days if it is not.

If I fly, I turn do take it a little bit out of the case just enough to turn the wireless switch off, which is all the aircraft crew has a right to expect. Actually if you left it on but keep it closed it would still violates flight rules, as it is still active until turned off. But once off, the Kindle should be able to be used, as it no longer has wireless access. Unfortunately it may take literally years for all airlines to get the word out to their flight employees.

Charles Wilkes, San Jose, Calif.

]]> By: Yasser http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-577294 Yasser Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:39:29 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-577294 I must agree with the rest, this is not a problem. It would be a problem, not a big one, if you couldn't use it at all on an airplane because of height or some weird stuff. I must agree with the rest, this is not a problem. It would be a problem, not a big one, if you couldn’t use it at all on an airplane because of height or some weird stuff.

]]> By: Amir Segal http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-577237 Amir Segal Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:03:04 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-577237 yeah, for sure. And since i did not actually say it, but feel it, the Kindle IS awesome and I cannot wait for the improved V2.0 that no doubt will come sometime this year. Maybe color screen...? yeah, for sure. And since i did not actually say it, but feel it, the Kindle IS awesome and I cannot wait for the improved V2.0 that no doubt will come sometime this year. Maybe color screen…?

]]> By: Peter Ha http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-577204 Peter Ha Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:35:14 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-577204 I agree, Amir. The placement of the buttons is my biggest gripe with the Kindle. Otherwise, it's awesome. I agree, Amir. The placement of the buttons is my biggest gripe with the Kindle. Otherwise, it’s awesome.

]]> By: Amir Segal http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-577188 Amir Segal Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:08:17 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-577188 No...this is hardly a problem.... The Kindle's biggest problem, in *my* opinion is the design of the buttons on the left and right side. No matter how I pick it up, I go to either next or back page. Even in its case/cover, if you push it in to the "grooves" in the case, it goes to next page or activates the back button. The only way to pick and hold it is to hold it in the bottom third of the screen and even then, you press the keys which normally do not cause any page flip but still annoy. I would be happier with the next and back etc. buttons in the middle of the keyboard where picking it up does not cause a page change which really annoys. While we're at it, another issue that I believe will improve, is the Newspaper/Magazine content. I live in Southern Cal, and while several news agencies report on events in the area, there is not even one local newspaper to subscribe to, like the LA Times. This will improve I believe as more content provider create a Kindle version of their content. thanks for reading. No…this is hardly a problem…. The Kindle’s biggest problem, in *my* opinion is the design of the buttons on the left and right side. No matter how I pick it up, I go to either next or back page. Even in its case/cover, if you push it in to the “grooves” in the case, it goes to next page or activates the back button. The only way to pick and hold it is to hold it in the bottom third of the screen and even then, you press the keys which normally do not cause any page flip but still annoy.

I would be happier with the next and back etc. buttons in the middle of the keyboard where picking it up does not cause a page change which really annoys.

While we’re at it, another issue that I believe will improve, is the Newspaper/Magazine content. I live in Southern Cal, and while several news agencies report on events in the area, there is not even one local newspaper to subscribe to, like the LA Times. This will improve I believe as more content provider create a Kindle version of their content.

thanks for reading.

]]> By: Craig Newmark http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-577089 Craig Newmark Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:38:31 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-577089 Yeah, same thing yesterday for me. Craig craig@craigslist.org Yeah, same thing yesterday for me.

Craig
craig@craigslist.org

]]> By: pidgeon92 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-577071 pidgeon92 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:16:20 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-577071 This is not a problem with the Kindle, but with the airlines. You can say the same thing about laptops, ipods, videogames... anything with a battery in it has to be shut off. I'm sure the avid reader can find some other way to occupy him/herself for ten minutes. This is not a problem with the Kindle, but with the airlines. You can say the same thing about laptops, ipods, videogames… anything with a battery in it has to be shut off. I’m sure the avid reader can find some other way to occupy him/herself for ten minutes.

]]> By: Alex Norman http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-577067 Alex Norman Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:12:06 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/27/the-biggest-problem-with-the-kindle/#comment-577067 Why is this a "problem", let alone the biggest problem? It can be labeled a little inconvenience at best; but surely not a huge issue. Why is this a “problem”, let alone the biggest problem? It can be labeled a little inconvenience at best; but surely not a huge issue.

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