'Kindle' in 'Top 10 Most Brilliant Gadgets of the Year' of Popular Mechanics

[soilwork]

http://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...ge=3&series=60

Popular mechanics chose 'Kindle' as one of the 'Top 10 Most Brilliant Gadgets of the Year'
It says

The Kindle’s key innovation—the one that blazes the way for digital paper products—is its inclusion of a high-speed EVDO antenna and a deal with Sprint that allow users to download books quickly, from nearly anywhere.

I am Sony Reader owner but it is good to see that e-ink devices are getting attentions.

[pilotbob]

I'm glad the Kindle got this mention. But, truthfully Whispernet is not why I bought the device. Kindle store content is why I bought the device.

BOb

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by soilwork

http://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...ge=3&series=60

Popular mechanics chose 'Kindle' as one of the 'Top 10 Most Brilliant Gadgets of the Year'
It says

I am Sony Reader owner but it is good to see that e-ink devices are getting attentions.

How did a device released and shipped in 2007 become a 2008 device of the year?

[soilwork]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

How did a device released and shipped in 2007 become a 2008 device of the year?

Actually, I thought it is quite odd, too.

[daffy4u]

Since it's October and the list is already out, maybe the qualifying period was Sept 2007 to Sept 2008 (or something like that).

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

Since it's October and the list is already out, maybe the qualifying period was Sept 2007 to Sept 2008 (or something like that).

spoil sport, you ruined all the fun .

p.s. I know you're right. The Kindle clearly came out after they published last year but they really ought to call it something else or wait till January to publish it.

Dale

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

spoil sport, you ruined all the fun .

Tee hee hee

[RickyMaveety]

Ooooo, and my Livescribe Pulse Pen is on page two!!

Gee .... suddenly I feel so cutting edge!!

[NatCh]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

... they really ought to call it something else or wait till January to publish it.

Or specify that they're using fiscal years or sumthin' ....

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Ooooo, and my Livescribe Pulse Pen is on page two!!

Gee .... suddenly I feel so cutting edge!!

I looked at that and didn't quite understand what it is for. How do you use that product?

Dale

[digitalzen]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

I looked at that and didn't quite understand what it is for. How do you use that product?

Dale

I'm interested to learn more too...seems like it corrects your sloppy handwriting?

[Alisa]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

I'm glad the Kindle got this mention. But, truthfully Whispernet is not why I bought the device. Kindle store content is why I bought the device.

BOb

It's not why I bought the device. I figured, meh, maybe I'll use it once in awhile but probably not. I figured it was just for the tech-phobic who were uncomfortable with transferring files. Wikipedia search sounded nifty. Now that I have it, I realize how lovely it can be, especially in combination with the free sample chapters. I love instant gratification. My husband actually gets a lot more use out of it than I do since he commutes on the train. He's a fast reader and goes through a lot of books. He can always get a new one even if he's nowhere near a computer.

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

I looked at that and didn't quite understand what it is for. How do you use that product?

Dale

Well, it's got a little camera in the tip, so it records every pen stroke you make, and then it uploads it, exactly as you wrote it, into the computer.

However, it also records (with amazing clarity) all the sounds in the room, and uploads them as well. So, if you are in a lecture or a meeting and taking notes, you can click on what you wrote and it will play the audio back for you.

The thing is .... it will do that on your computer, but it will also do that in the paper notebook itself. So, if I have a question about what someone said, I can play it back immediately .... I don't have to wait until I'm at my computer.

It also has a calculator in it and they are building language translation modules for it. It's just toooooo neat. I use it to take audio messages off of my message machine, for client meetings, for client phone calls (I ask the client if it's ok if I record, and explain to them that it will make it easier for both of us because I won't need to call them back and have them repeat information), and I used it a LOT at the Bar Convention. It holds about 200 hours of audio and 200 pages of writing .... and then you just archive it on to your computer.

It's the BEST!!

[DaleDe]

Thanks, sounds like a neat device. If you not at your computer how can you access a given message? Does it actually match the scan of the note internally to find the message? So it isn't tracking the stroke it is scanning the results. I can see that, in your line of work, it would be practically essential.

Dale

[RickyMaveety]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Thanks, sounds like a neat device. If you not at your computer how can you access a given message? Does it actually match the scan of the note internally to find the message? So it isn't tracking the stroke it is scanning the results. I can see that, in your line of work, it would be practically essential.

Dale

No, it actually uses the camera to track the stroke of the pen. If you are not at your computer and you want to hear the audio, you just touch the point on the notebook page where you started recording, and the audio will play out of the speaker in the pen.

If you want to hear the audio really well, and record surround sound, then you just plug in the headphone/microphone set that comes with the pen.

It uses special paper, but the paper costs the same as regular notebook paper and you can get it at Target or from Amazon, so it's not a big deal to get more.

The text is searchable in the computer (however, it really is best to block print if you want search to be perfect .... what I do is use my regular handwriting, and then block print the occasional key word so I can find it on search.

When you upload it ... if there is audio attached, the text is green. No audio, it's black. Then when you play the audio, it actually recreates the strokes as the audio is playing.