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Old 02-06-2009, 03:50 PM   #1
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Fortune Article Re Kindle etc.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/06/tech...ce=yahoo_quote
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Old 02-06-2009, 03:57 PM   #2
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I love how they make it sound that the Kindle came up with eink and there weren't any devices with it before.

People reading who don't know about the technology will think the Kindle is the only one who has this technology. Very frustrating.
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I love how they make it sound that the Kindle came up with eink and there weren't any devices with it before.

People reading who don't know about the technology will think the Kindle is the only one who has this technology. Very frustrating.
I tend to agree with the above post, but to my mind any reasonably positive, even neutral, even slightly negative mention of ebooks, ebook devices in any mainstream media is a plus. I do not have a Kindle and I do not see myself getting gone soon since I love my 700, but without the competition and excitement generated by it, I doubt we would have all this movement on the ebook front that started making front pages everywhere, including the iPhone stuff, the Sony stuff...
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It's also "nice" how they don't mention cellphones at all, when Amazon just made news today by declaring it will be seeing about making Kindle books available for them.
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I tend to agree with the above post, but to my mind any reasonably positive, even neutral, even slightly negative mention of ebooks, ebook devices in any mainstream media is a plus. I do not have a Kindle and I do not see myself getting gone soon since I love my 700, but without the competition and excitement generated by it, I doubt we would have all this movement on the ebook front that started making front pages everywhere, including the iPhone stuff, the Sony stuff...
I agree, I just like my consumers to be educated.
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Old 02-06-2009, 05:18 PM   #6
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Hmmm. Apparently ebook readers won't be a success until Joe Sixpack wants one. I guess Amazon better add a bottle opener to the side and give them away with a pack of beer.
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Hmmm. Apparently ebook readers won't be a success until Joe Sixpack wants one.
Of course not. Look at the resounding commercial failure of laptops.
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Of course not. Look at the resounding commercial failure of laptops.
I do think Joe Sixpack probably wants a laptop a lot more than he wants an ebook reader. According to the studies I've seen posted here, Joe Sixpack and Jane Winebox don't read books all that often. Until there are good multi-function devices that also make excellent readers, this will be a niche market.
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Old 02-07-2009, 11:31 AM   #9
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I do think Joe Sixpack probably wants a laptop a lot more than he wants an ebook reader. According to the studies I've seen posted here, Joe Sixpack and Jane Winebox don't read books all that often. Until there are good multi-function devices that also make excellent readers, this will be a niche market.
Joe Sixpack has zero interest in laptops.
They don't have WiFi at Hooters.
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Joe Sixpack has zero interest in laptops.
They don't have WiFi at Hooters.
But they do have good wings, or so I'm told.
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