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BobLenx · 04-27-2009, 06:47 PM

I have a Sony-505 and a Kindle-2 - love them both. But for me the huge 1.2GB of storage space on my Kindle-2 is a ludicrous waste of space. I keep maybe 20 items in my Kindle-2 due to the lack of folders- whereas my Sony-505 has about 100 items right now since I can organize it and make it manageable.

Who on earth can possibly remember the names or authors of all 1,200 eBooks on their Kindle to do the first letter search? Gimme a break! FOLDERS and/or TAGS - come on Amazon wake up to reality. Let me search by folders/tags for science fiction, fantasy, mystery, poetry, biography, history, etc.

This fantastic device can hold roughly the equivalent of 10-12 bookcases six feet high and three feet wide. But you can only see 10 items on a screen at once - so that would take 120 screens. Insanity!

Folders and/or very sophisticated tags for the Kindle-2 - not only desireable but positively necessary. Only a total numbnut geek would put 1,200 books on a Kindle-2 and try to actually use it. Searching by title or author or most recently accessed does not cut it.

The only rationale I can come up with is that Amazon assumed we would all be buying eBooks from them and we would never acutally pay bucks for 1,200 books. But many of us download vast numbers of public domain free eBooks and would like to store them for future enjoyment. Mine are all stored on my laptop in organized folders for future access. But it would be a lot easier to have them all on my Kindle with folder/tag capability. Then again, what do they care? They already got our money for the device right?

I can guarantee you 100% that the digitial reader that eventually wins the overwhelming market share several years down the line with have organizational tools - folders AND tags. If Amazon does not want the Kindle line to be the ultimate winner in this race - too bad.

In my humble opinion the Kindle-2 without folders/tags could have been much less expensive to purchase if they only put in about 256MB. And without a way to organize that vast memory, that is all they should have installed and charged us for. God forbid the Kindle-3 comes out with 20GB and no oganizational tools - LOL!

Bob

04-27-2009, 06:47 PM	#129
BobLenx Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 308 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Sony505 K2 K3	I have a Sony-505 and a Kindle-2 - love them both. But for me the huge 1.2GB of storage space on my Kindle-2 is a ludicrous waste of space. I keep maybe 20 items in my Kindle-2 due to the lack of folders- whereas my Sony-505 has about 100 items right now since I can organize it and make it manageable. Who on earth can possibly remember the names or authors of all 1,200 eBooks on their Kindle to do the first letter search? Gimme a break! FOLDERS and/or TAGS - come on Amazon wake up to reality. Let me search by folders/tags for science fiction, fantasy, mystery, poetry, biography, history, etc. This fantastic device can hold roughly the equivalent of 10-12 bookcases six feet high and three feet wide. But you can only see 10 items on a screen at once - so that would take 120 screens. Insanity! Folders and/or very sophisticated tags for the Kindle-2 - not only desireable but positively necessary. Only a total numbnut geek would put 1,200 books on a Kindle-2 and try to actually use it. Searching by title or author or most recently accessed does not cut it. The only rationale I can come up with is that Amazon assumed we would all be buying eBooks from them and we would never acutally pay bucks for 1,200 books. But many of us download vast numbers of public domain free eBooks and would like to store them for future enjoyment. Mine are all stored on my laptop in organized folders for future access. But it would be a lot easier to have them all on my Kindle with folder/tag capability. Then again, what do they care? They already got our money for the device right? I can guarantee you 100% that the digitial reader that eventually wins the overwhelming market share several years down the line with have organizational tools - folders AND tags. If Amazon does not want the Kindle line to be the ultimate winner in this race - too bad. In my humble opinion the Kindle-2 without folders/tags could have been much less expensive to purchase if they only put in about 256MB. And without a way to organize that vast memory, that is all they should have installed and charged us for. God forbid the Kindle-3 comes out with 20GB and no oganizational tools - LOL! Bob Last edited by BobLenx; 04-27-2009 at 06:56 PM.