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The Hooded Claw · 10-17-2009, 11:50 AM

For me, biggest short-term, realistic "want" is to have folders on my Kindle 2! Not being able to organize my books is a pain already, and I've had my Kindle for less than a week (I imported a bunch of Baen ebooks science fiction novels from disks included in paper books I'd purchased). Gawd knows what this is going to be like in two years.

Second want, which isn't as close technologically, but is certainly possible is that I'd like color and good rendering of photographs so I could have and use nature field guides on an ebook. Ideally, this would be in an ebook that is more rugged and especially water-resistant than the typical one. A niche device that may never actually be made, unfortunately, but it will probably be possible in a few years.

I want my PDA functions in my smart phone (Palm Pre) which is where I use them most of the time. I can certainly conceive of wanting to use them on a larger and more convenient screen of a ebook reader if I had the device with me and there was a convenient way to input data. Best way would be for data to be synched in the "cloud" as is done with Google calendar and email. That would ease me shifting between ebook reader, PDA, and desktop computer (I do that now with two different desktop computers and my Palm Pre on a regular basis). I do agree with the poster who commented he didn't want email alerts popping up while he was reading. So there needs to be a way to completely turn PDA functions off if they are ever incorporated in an ebook.

Many media viewers (Creative Zen, for example) do have many PDA functionalities incorporated already, so it isn't totally whacked to expect them in an entertainment device.

10-17-2009, 11:50 AM	#46
The Hooded Claw Connoisseur Posts: 70 Karma: 6050 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oklahoma! Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Android phone with Kindle app, Kindle 4 in reserve	For me, biggest short-term, realistic "want" is to have folders on my Kindle 2! Not being able to organize my books is a pain already, and I've had my Kindle for less than a week (I imported a bunch of Baen ebooks science fiction novels from disks included in paper books I'd purchased). Gawd knows what this is going to be like in two years. Second want, which isn't as close technologically, but is certainly possible is that I'd like color and good rendering of photographs so I could have and use nature field guides on an ebook. Ideally, this would be in an ebook that is more rugged and especially water-resistant than the typical one. A niche device that may never actually be made, unfortunately, but it will probably be possible in a few years. I want my PDA functions in my smart phone (Palm Pre) which is where I use them most of the time. I can certainly conceive of wanting to use them on a larger and more convenient screen of a ebook reader if I had the device with me and there was a convenient way to input data. Best way would be for data to be synched in the "cloud" as is done with Google calendar and email. That would ease me shifting between ebook reader, PDA, and desktop computer (I do that now with two different desktop computers and my Palm Pre on a regular basis). I do agree with the poster who commented he didn't want email alerts popping up while he was reading. So there needs to be a way to completely turn PDA functions off if they are ever incorporated in an ebook. Many media viewers (Creative Zen, for example) do have many PDA functionalities incorporated already, so it isn't totally whacked to expect them in an entertainment device.