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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I cannot stand when new gadgets that are not made to be digitial audio players specifically are compared to the iPod. The iPod is not the be all and end all anyway. There are a lot of serious shortcomings about the iPod.
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Well, personally I'm getting tired of all the "Kindle: It's not paper" articles. It's become like comparing an iPod to a phonograph... or maybe a piano. You can't bury your Kindle in the sand. You can't play catch with it. Yes, e-book readers are not made out of paper.
Point is made. Mondo yawnfest. Move on.
My PDA accompanied me to the beach, on a plane, at poolside, on road trips and bus connections, and entertained or informed me all along the way. Who cares if it's not paper?
Maybe when the articles start describing the utility of the Kindle, Sony, iliad, etc... I want to see articles entitled, "Astronaut takes over 400 books on the Shuttle... in his Kindle," or "Obama's entire library is on his Sony," or "Kindle is the only book needed at John Franks Middle School."
(By the way, let me say that the picture attached to this thread is probably the best-looking depiction of the Kindle I've seen
anywhere.)