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Originally Posted by astra_lestat
You mean they saw the initial pic of Kindle?
Maybe a real Kindle is a bit better than this picture, however, Kindle still has keyboard. Absolutely unacceptable, IMHO, for book reader solution.
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Even though I'm happy to have an input solution and search, I have to admit I would prefer if it were an on-screen keyboard even if that made it a little slower. It's not like the physical keyboard is going to be lightning-fast anyway with the small keys and e-ink response times. I wonder if they made the decision for the physical keyboard because they thought their target audience would be put off by any sort of more new-fangled input mechanism. It seems they had an overall design philosophy of not seeming like a bleeding edge high-tech gadget. I'm really curious to see what their focus groups looked like. I'm getting the feeling it wasn't full of people like me.