Kindle DX hitting some University Snags

derrell · 10-01-2009, 02:45 AM

It seems that the kindle DX isn't as popular with students as Amazon might have hoped. The photo of the book looks exactly like some of my reference books.
CNET article Do Kindles (and other e-readers) need better ways to annotate?

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An interesting report from Princeton University regarding its pilot program to test Kindle DX units in an academic environment has revealed something notable: namely, that Kindles still feel awkward to students currently in college. Feedback from some students complained about the Kindle's annotation system being "too slow" to keep up with the thinking of a reader who wants to effortlessly mark up text. Others called the entire Kindle device "a poor excuse for an academic tool."

LDBoblo · 10-01-2009, 03:17 AM

A bit redundant I guess since it tags with another thread that's already here, but I rather dislike this whole "Apple, I hope you're listening" thing.

It's not surprising, though a little disappointing, to see promotion of extra communication tools and gimmickry when we can't even get the stupid things fast enough to be desirable academic tools.

Let's install microphones and speakers and get some teamspeak software on the devices. Imagine reading with Leeroy Jenkins in your class.

PhishStyx · 10-01-2009, 03:21 AM

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One good place to start would be adopting a universal pagination system across all e-books, since, as one Princeton student points out, citing references from a digital document is nearly impossible--using page references from Kindle's numbering system is useless for anyone else. Maybe the problem is that e-readers are trying to simulate the book experience too much.

Actually, I've had a fairly good experience citing page references from . . .you guessed it, PDF's on my DR 1000s, allowing others to find text that I'm referring to in discussion. Although not in a classroom setting, I believe my experiences with PDF's to be quite portable to classrooms.

orion2001 · 10-01-2009, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by LDBoblo

Let's install microphones and speakers and get some teamspeak software on the devices. Imagine reading with Leeroy Jenkins in your class.

Xerxes · 10-01-2009, 03:45 AM

I think Touch screen would help.

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10-01-2009, 03:17 AM	#2
LDBoblo Wizard Posts: 1,385 Karma: 16056 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Asia Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Sony PRS-505	A bit redundant I guess since it tags with another thread that's already here, but I rather dislike this whole "Apple, I hope you're listening" thing. It's not surprising, though a little disappointing, to see promotion of extra communication tools and gimmickry when we can't even get the stupid things fast enough to be desirable academic tools. Let's install microphones and speakers and get some teamspeak software on the devices. Imagine reading with Leeroy Jenkins in your class.

10-01-2009, 03:45 AM	#5
Xerxes Addict Posts: 355 Karma: 90 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Houston, TX Device: Astak EZReader, Pocket Pro	I think Touch screen would help.

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