I haven’t held one yet, but if Robert Scoble could act as my proxy, then I’d have to say that Amazon’s Kindle is one fugly awkward looking piece of … jeez, well, “technology”. I mean, its flashing screens between pages look like something you’d see in an LCD screen back in the 1980’s — you know, the ones where you had to use screen savers to prevent phosphor burn.
One other thought? Why is the Kindle biased against lefties? I mean from the looks of it, its oriented to righties, as the sharp edges protrude to the right, so that your right hand can hold it comfortably. Furthermore, it also looks thicker on the left as it tapers to the right.
Besides these issues, as jkOnTheRun notices that you *must* hold it at the bottom with your thumbs and not on its sides as you would … well, a *book* — as holding it on its sides will invariable start scrolling the pages front or back.
Anyways a few initial thoughts about the Kindle based on some video reviews; I’m not sure if I’ll ever hold one of these myself as I don’t plan to pony up almost $400, and Amazon (unlike Apple) doesn’t have any retail stores to try it out. Furthermore, I doubt I’ll run into any early adopters up here who will have any to actually try it out as well.
Oh well. :P
November 21st, 2007 at 12:12 am | Permalink
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November 21st, 2007 at 12:19 am | Permalink
Funny you should notice that, I was looking at the various pics yesterday and thinking the same thing: it’s a right handed ebook reader. Ugly any way..I’m not buying one until they dump the look at start again…and preferably with a left handed version so I can use it :-)
November 21st, 2007 at 12:29 am | Permalink
Yep … I mean in the age of the iPod Touch, the Kindle looks like an utter travesty of modern aesthetic (besides the fact that its really only for righties)
November 21st, 2007 at 6:47 am | Permalink
damn, at first I wrote just about the only negative comment about the Kindle, and now everyone seems to be trashing it (;
January 1st, 2008 at 7:38 pm | Permalink
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