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nekokami · 09-19-2007, 04:05 PM

I don't know... I didn't think the article was that bad. I mean, it starts with noting that the Japanese are reading a lot of books on their phones, and goes from there. The criticism of the Sony Reader is primarily that Sony hasn't done any serious marketing of it. Is there anyone here who would disagree with that?

I'll grant that the article assumes that the Kindle will somehow connect to a phone, which makes no sense based on what we know... but on the other hand, the Kindle is rumored to be using EVDO, so one can see how someone might have picked up the wrong idea there.

As far as HarperCollins and their limited view of what customers would like to download, I think what the article is trying to say is that HC is using a service they already have, namely online browsing or "Browse Inside," to offer content first, to see if it would be worth their while to offer full content.

I personally can't imagine reading on a phone (or a PDA). It seems far from ideal to me. But lots of other people read on phones and PDAs, and the Applie iPhone is a pretty hot item right now as far as the media is concerned, so I can see why this story got written the way it did.

09-19-2007, 04:05 PM	#14
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I don't know... I didn't think the article was that bad. I mean, it starts with noting that the Japanese are reading a lot of books on their phones, and goes from there. The criticism of the Sony Reader is primarily that Sony hasn't done any serious marketing of it. Is there anyone here who would disagree with that? I'll grant that the article assumes that the Kindle will somehow connect to a phone, which makes no sense based on what we know... but on the other hand, the Kindle is rumored to be using EVDO, so one can see how someone might have picked up the wrong idea there. As far as HarperCollins and their limited view of what customers would like to download, I think what the article is trying to say is that HC is using a service they already have, namely online browsing or "Browse Inside," to offer content first, to see if it would be worth their while to offer full content. I personally can't imagine reading on a phone (or a PDA). It seems far from ideal to me. But lots of other people read on phones and PDAs, and the Applie iPhone is a pretty hot item right now as far as the media is concerned, so I can see why this story got written the way it did.