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jswinden · 09-03-2011, 02:09 PM

Like I stated in the other thread discussing that article, I question whether that guy actually had a hands on. As @Lalilulelo stated, "Plenty of I hears and I believes." It is hard to take the guy seriously with all those "I believes". What is to believe? Can't he figure out how much memory it has or whether it has a memory card slot? If he really had a hands on then he should be able to ascertain that kind of information. And where are all the other people who should have also had hands on? I've yet to hear from anyone else making this claim and I seriously doubt Amazon would have given that bozo an exclusive!

No way Amazon would replace the eInk Kindles with a tablet. The tablet will be a new line of devices. I must admit that I sometimes read on my Android phone when in a waiting room or in a room that has dim light. It works pretty well, but I still much prefer my Kindle 3. I had a NookColor but I was not impressed with it enough to keep it. Android reader apps just are not that good yet, at least not for tablets. If Amazon merely uses their totally lackluster Kindle for Android app on their new tablet, then I think there will be a lot of disappointed Kindle fans. Amazon needs to go way beyond what B&N did with their lackluster Android app for the NookColor. The Amazon tablet reading app would need to have the following just to get my attention:

Sideloaded font capability
Exceptional margin and paragraph formatting controls
Two-column landscape view
Excellent text selection, highlighting, search, annotations
Excellent dictionary support
Whispersync capability on DRMed and sideloaded books (at least last page sync for sideloaded books)
And use page numbers rather than those gawd awful location numbers

09-03-2011, 02:09 PM	#11
jswinden Nameless Being	Like I stated in the other thread discussing that article, I question whether that guy actually had a hands on. As @Lalilulelo stated, "Plenty of I hears and I believes." It is hard to take the guy seriously with all those "I believes". What is to believe? Can't he figure out how much memory it has or whether it has a memory card slot? If he really had a hands on then he should be able to ascertain that kind of information. And where are all the other people who should have also had hands on? I've yet to hear from anyone else making this claim and I seriously doubt Amazon would have given that bozo an exclusive! No way Amazon would replace the eInk Kindles with a tablet. The tablet will be a new line of devices. I must admit that I sometimes read on my Android phone when in a waiting room or in a room that has dim light. It works pretty well, but I still much prefer my Kindle 3. I had a NookColor but I was not impressed with it enough to keep it. Android reader apps just are not that good yet, at least not for tablets. If Amazon merely uses their totally lackluster Kindle for Android app on their new tablet, then I think there will be a lot of disappointed Kindle fans. Amazon needs to go way beyond what B&N did with their lackluster Android app for the NookColor. The Amazon tablet reading app would need to have the following just to get my attention: Sideloaded font capability Exceptional margin and paragraph formatting controls Two-column landscape view Excellent text selection, highlighting, search, annotations Excellent dictionary support Whispersync capability on DRMed and sideloaded books (at least last page sync for sideloaded books) And use page numbers rather than those gawd awful location numbers Last edited by jswinden; 09-03-2011 at 02:14 PM.