The Amazon Kindle is really poorly named. It just sounds not nice.

Is that the name for sure? When did Amazon reveal it?

There is a NYTimes article about the Kindle (ghastly name).

And do you really trust the NYTimes? Honestly, I don't

And do you really trust the NYTimes? Honestly, I don't
In this case, as far as the name of the device goes, YES. But there is nothing to stop Amazon from changing the name between now and release.

Hmm I dunno ...I kinda like the name kindle.
It's going to start a fire of unstoppable e-books that can't be put out :-)

In this case, as far as the name of the device goes, YES. But there is nothing to stop Amazon from changing the name between now and release.Heh, they probably got it from us, and we don't know that that will really be the name. :laugh4:

They really could have come up with a better name. But since most people know it by that name, I bet that's going to be the name.

Actually I like the name; kindle a fire and let e-books take off :)

Anyway more imaginative than Sony Reader or Nokia 770 or Ebookwise or Cybook;

Though gotta hand it, Iliad is still the best name as of now :)

I kind of like "kindle" as well, it's an old word that most folks have lost awareness of, so it's neat that way. But, yeah, iLiad is the current best one, with Cybook being runner up in my opinion. :nice:

I like Kindle also, and hope they keep it. Makes me think of kindling the e-book fire as others have mentioned. Besides, it's what I'm used to now!

I like Kindle for the idea of ebooks setting fire through paper book mentality. Its got a German ring to it like 'kinder', young ones, the newness of ebooks.

I rather like the idea that books "kindle" the fires of the imagination, but I'm a confessed Romantic.

Kindle - Knuddel

:knuddel:

It does have a good ring to it.

I rather like the idea that books "kindle" the fires of the imagination, but I'm a confessed Romantic.

Kindle sounds like fire sounds like Fahrenheit 451 - and that sounds so much not like reading books :tired:

well, the looks of it are not very exciting; name, as not-native-English speaker like the Knuddel better :)

Kindle sounds like fire sounds like Fahrenheit 451 - and that sounds so much not like reading books :tired:
What else are you going to do with all those paper books once the e-book takes over, eh? Use them for kindling.

I decided to add a poll on the matter, to get a quantified view -- hope you don't mind, JSWolf! :nice:

If you've seen that picture of the Kindle then you'll know that the name is the least of the worries, aesthetically speaking.

I think the name is a good idea, but not a good name... ;)
It might "Kindle" the love for ebooks or something...I'm sure we'll see lots of slogans building on that name somehow...

In retrospec 'Kindle' feels like a codename. If I were an Amazon planner I'd change it out of spite for its unwanted premature unveiling.

well, we all saw the "Kindle Edition" books on amazon.com:smash:

I rather like the name. Has the implication of "firing" enthusiasm for eBooks.

I don't really have an opinion about the name. I'm more interested in the fact that Amazon is promoting ebooks. "A rose by any other name..." and all that. :D