[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by jasonkchapman

I'm sure there have been deliberate detractors, and it's a shame. I don't know if you're referring to to Kindle section on MR or Amazon's own. The great thing about MR has always been that there was very little of that--but it takes a conscious effort from everyone to keep it from spreading.

I don't understand why any of it has to be us-vs.-them. Frankly, I hope every device on the market succeeds spectacularly. With luck, e-book reading devices will become widely-supported commodities to the point where the choice of hardware makes little difference. Heck, it's almost there already.

while you are having a good time hunting about for my supposed spite, you seem to have missed me likening the eager recepients to kids on christmas morning, and ME being excited to share that with them

B&N jumped in this water with a HUGE preverication and that has indeed tainted my view ever since. if you are having a hard time with straight talk, well, sorry as the dickens 'bout that

Originally Posted by Kolenka

What about the first time Kindle buyers who got bit by Amazon's inexperience in developing and manufacturing electronic devices? If we slam B&N for this, Amazon should be in the same boat (this is where I get into the pot/kettle remarks). It took Amazon the 2nd revision to not run into shipping problems.

I was literally living on a mountain with little outside contact and no internet. I had no idea that was going on
If the issues related to the preliminary hearings are true, this is very likely not even a case of B&N tweaking the device until it ships, but rather lawyers giving B&N advice on how to behave in order not to get hammered by the judge, which is what good lawyers do. What happens in a court can cause even the best laid plans to make an about face and walk off a cliff at a moment's notice.
and this is most of what I am talking about now. my Dad was a lawyer. I've witnessed most of this type of thing firsthand and know the hell he would be going through if he had advised his client... "no worries! go ahead and launch!" when I was growing up, that's called career suicideI am

Originally Posted by abookreader

I'm not getting a nook but I hope people start receiving them soon because I'm curious to see what actual people who have used a real nook have to say.


So all you nookers start nooking soon and report back!

I'm looking forward to it as well. I just don't do well with corporate lying