Comments on: Eink and Amazon Kindle http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/247/eink-and-amazon-kindle Mobile experience, user interface design, software and new ideas. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:15:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dmitry Fadeev http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/247/eink-and-amazon-kindle/comment-page-1#comment-1361 Dmitry Fadeev Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:11:13 +0000 http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/?p=247#comment-1361 I think you're wrong to point out that you'll need to carry this device in addition to your laptop and mobile phone. Think of this as a book, not as a PDA -- you will either also carry books around or you will leave books at home -- this just turns many books into one. The carry argument is irrelevant because you also have to carry books, and this makes it simpler :) I agree with you on Google Books. This thing basically is a first generation -- it's weak. Amazon could have spent more time on it and made it better, however I don't think anyone should underestimate the importance of this product. I believe with full certainty that such devices will replace all books in the future -- paper is just too impractical and costly. The only reason we still have books is because such devices are either too heavy or just too ugly and unintuitive to use. They strain your eyes and don't offer great books. This changes a lot -- the catalogue is huge, and the e-ink technology is apparently easy on the eyes. You're right that even more is required for this to incite the real market into using it -- I think it needs color, and it definitely needs PDF support. But all this will come in the future. The first of its breed (I'm not counting earlier eBook readers from other firms.. they're just terrible) wasn't fantastic, but it will only get better. I'm very open to change and would even buy this device myself if I was in USA -- I'm definitely looking forward to this evolving :) I think you’re wrong to point out that you’ll need to carry this device in addition to your laptop and mobile phone. Think of this as a book, not as a PDA — you will either also carry books around or you will leave books at home — this just turns many books into one. The carry argument is irrelevant because you also have to carry books, and this makes it simpler :)

I agree with you on Google Books. This thing basically is a first generation — it’s weak. Amazon could have spent more time on it and made it better, however I don’t think anyone should underestimate the importance of this product. I believe with full certainty that such devices will replace all books in the future — paper is just too impractical and costly. The only reason we still have books is because such devices are either too heavy or just too ugly and unintuitive to use. They strain your eyes and don’t offer great books.

This changes a lot — the catalogue is huge, and the e-ink technology is apparently easy on the eyes. You’re right that even more is required for this to incite the real market into using it — I think it needs color, and it definitely needs PDF support. But all this will come in the future. The first of its breed (I’m not counting earlier eBook readers from other firms.. they’re just terrible) wasn’t fantastic, but it will only get better. I’m very open to change and would even buy this device myself if I was in USA — I’m definitely looking forward to this evolving :)

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