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Old 12-23-2007, 08:15 PM   #1
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Wired.com Top Ten Gadgets of 2007
The Kindle is #10 of the Heartbreaking Gadgets. Here is what they said:

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It doesn't seem quite right to call Amazon's electronic-book tablet a letdown, as our expectations were tempered from the start. But the retailer not only managed to validate most of our original concerns but add a few new ones. You probably know the rap sheet by now: No native PDF support. Costs as much as a low-end laptop. "Klugey" keyboard. Clumsy, extortionate e-mail conversion process for adding your own files. And the web browser? Crippled. But what really kills us? You have to pay to read a blog on this thing.
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/gadgetr...=1&slideView=3

It is also #7 of the Top Ten Best Gadgets.

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Given the choice of Sony style or the ugly, poke-your-eye-out lines of Amazon's new e-reader, the one with free internet wins. Though its primary functionality is designed to funnel you into spending money at the Kindle store and is hampered by nickel-and-dime fees, skip to the web browser, and the unit shines. The e-ink display is, as ever, fabulous.
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/gadgetr...=4&slideView=2

Schizophrenic, much?
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