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jlmwrite · 09-26-2010, 12:00 AM

I've been watching the K3 posts for the past few weeks, and when I was in Target earlier this week I saw a graphite K3 demo -- and realized they had 'em in stock! I bought one home with me (and the wife still hasn't figured out I have a new toy). The e-ink still amazes me, it's unbelievably readable outside, and the page refresh beats the heck out of the competitors. I love Whispernet too. The form factor is just perfect, even thought the keyboard is barely usable.

But... How crude is the collections management? I've been using MobiPocket on my Tilt 2 (Windows phone) for over a year, and started using Kindle for PC not too long ago. MobiPocket on the PC has dozens of options for sorting and managing (segregating by author, or bookshelf view, or...) and Kindle for PC has the cool view with the book covers floating over the background.

The Kindle's management system is as plain, ugly, and boring as an old DOS menu. No way to view the book covers that I can find, no way to effectively manage collections by using embedded information, and on and on. I just can't describe how disappointed I am; I thought I was getting a state of the art piece of equipment, but what I have feels like I'm driving around a stripped down '76 Chevy Vega instead. To add insult, Amazon does its best to lock out users in a way that would make Steve Jobs proud, and I'm not very happy with the amount of information my Kindle sends back to Amazon without my permission.

I really want a little more "wow" in my collections management. At the very least, show me book cover thumbnails with the title and author info (and in a way that isn't cut off on the right margin when the combined title and author info is really long).

My Kindle might have to go back to Target and I'll just keep sideloading books onto my phone...

09-26-2010, 12:00 AM	#1
jlmwrite Zealot Posts: 143 Karma: 13398 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Golden, Colorado Device: Samsung Tab S8.4, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge	Disappointed with K3 I've been watching the K3 posts for the past few weeks, and when I was in Target earlier this week I saw a graphite K3 demo -- and realized they had 'em in stock! I bought one home with me (and the wife still hasn't figured out I have a new toy). The e-ink still amazes me, it's unbelievably readable outside, and the page refresh beats the heck out of the competitors. I love Whispernet too. The form factor is just perfect, even thought the keyboard is barely usable. But... How crude is the collections management? I've been using MobiPocket on my Tilt 2 (Windows phone) for over a year, and started using Kindle for PC not too long ago. MobiPocket on the PC has dozens of options for sorting and managing (segregating by author, or bookshelf view, or...) and Kindle for PC has the cool view with the book covers floating over the background. The Kindle's management system is as plain, ugly, and boring as an old DOS menu. No way to view the book covers that I can find, no way to effectively manage collections by using embedded information, and on and on. I just can't describe how disappointed I am; I thought I was getting a state of the art piece of equipment, but what I have feels like I'm driving around a stripped down '76 Chevy Vega instead. To add insult, Amazon does its best to lock out users in a way that would make Steve Jobs proud, and I'm not very happy with the amount of information my Kindle sends back to Amazon without my permission. I really want a little more "wow" in my collections management. At the very least, show me book cover thumbnails with the title and author info (and in a way that isn't cut off on the right margin when the combined title and author info is really long). My Kindle might have to go back to Target and I'll just keep sideloading books onto my phone...