01-28-2010, 01:56 AM
Grieve Wrote:Definitely a Kindle killer. Why buy a 9.7" black and white device that only lets you read books for $490 when you can buy a color 9.7" full color device that lets you read books AND 5 zillion other things for $499? I know you can get a $260 Kindle, but it's only 6". There will still be a market for that, but the iPad is going to kill sales bigtime.
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The big Kindle is silly too, but the small size of the cheaper kindle makes it a better ereader, as does the non backlit screen and the battery that lasts a week.
I don't see a use for this device other than a toy. I have a blackberry and a kindle and a laptop, what possible use do I have for another thing to lug around?
It might have been desireable if it had tactile feedback, which apple had bought the patent/company for and I assumed was going to be added to it - but without it typing on touch screens is going to be just as unbearable for me as it was on the iphone.
And why can't they make devices with decent storage capacity other than the ipod? Surely they make ssd drives bigger than 32 gigs that aren't going to break the bank.