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