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Amazon Kindle?? Amazon Kindling.

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Ok, ok, I know, the title sucks :) Amazon just released their new e-book reader, Kindle, and man is it ugly. I thought it was a joke at first or perhaps an early not-ready-for-primetime prototype, but no, this is the one on the market.

To be fair, I haven’t handled one in person but my first reaction was it reminds me of an old U.S. Robotics modem that someone put on my desk as a joke. I’ve put a collage together of what I think was Amazon’s inspiration board for the Kindle:

Vintage Computer Collage


And as a business proposition it leaves a lot to be desired. Four hundred bucks for the privilege of downloading Amazon’s DRM books for ten dollars a pop. Who’s going to do that except for a billionaire like Bezos? They should be giving them away or at least put ten free books on them and sell them for $50.

Just my opinion.

Filed Under: General, Technology   Posted: 11.20.07

2 Responses to “Amazon Kindle?? Amazon Kindling.”

  1. Kim/Hormone-colored Days

    OMG. I feel so old. I actually recognize that old technology and even remember using most of it.

    To be fair, the Kindle does look better as featured on Amazon (using the link you provided). I heard a recent interview with Bezos on NPR’s All Things Considered. At least HE sounds excited about it.

    November 20th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
  2. tomas

    To be fair, I changed the picture to Amazon’s official product shot :)

    November 21st, 2007 at 2:28 pm

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