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Originally Posted by jharker
I think the Kindle will be the first killer app of e-books. They've worked around every limitation of e-ink and made it really easy to use. iRex and Sony are going to have to step up fast to match this. As a devoted iLiad owner, I have to say that the Kindle blows it out of the water for convenience and ease of use. Everything iLiad owners have wanted for a while (dictionary, bookmarking, etc.) the Kindle does out of the box.
Very nice work by Amazon. They can fix the form factor in version 2 next year.  |
This brings up an interesting question to me. It seems the Amazon might either viewed as a Gen3 or Sony on steroids with it's added features and higher price (at least higher than Sony). Or it might be viewed as iLiad light since it has no stylus, a smaller screen and a lower price. I wonder if there's enough of a potential market between the two points for this. Of course, being Amazon they may attract some customers that hadn't even thought about ebooks before.