MediaPost Publications - E-Readers : Birthing a Middle Child Gadget

narbeauchamp · 12-03-2009, 03:57 PM

http://www.mediapost.com/publication...art_aid=118447

Was just reading this on MediaPost. Interesting article,I was chuckling at the idea of the technophobe mother trying to "sell" the writer on a sep GPS unit.

For me personally,I do like having a dedicated reading device,and that's unlikely to change....(again the "Apple tablet" being mentioned...oy)...a friend who subscribes to MP sent this to me,and asked what I thought....I lost the email I was sending,but will repost it later here when I can figure out how to recover it...

fugazied · 12-03-2009, 04:52 PM

Interesting article, especially the part about forgoing new technology. Honestly even though I use computers everyday I did forgo mobile phones for many years, and when I had to actually use one, simple things like sending a message were slightly annoying and confusing because I had to follow a dodgy UI to get it done. Phones with Android or like the iPhone have already fixed that issue, and I bet older people could pick one of those up far easier than razr with crappy keyboard and UI.

So that let me experience what it must be like for a non tech person to first encounter a computer or some complicated device. Even the tiny things seem foreign and like a trial. Simple dedicated devices shine there, it's easy to teach an older relative to use a Kindle, I've done it a few times now, it's relatively intuitive. Part of that is because it doesn't do 100 things, it really focuses on it's purpose, so yeah there is definitely a place for dedicated reading devices.

12-03-2009, 03:57 PM	#1
narbeauchamp Groupie Posts: 170 Karma: 98 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New York,NY Device: PRS700BC/PRS505/TZ350N/MacBook/Aspire One/iPad/iPhone/BB 9630	MediaPost Publications - E-Readers : Birthing a Middle Child Gadget http://www.mediapost.com/publication...art_aid=118447 Was just reading this on MediaPost. Interesting article,I was chuckling at the idea of the technophobe mother trying to "sell" the writer on a sep GPS unit. For me personally,I do like having a dedicated reading device,and that's unlikely to change....(again the "Apple tablet" being mentioned...oy)...a friend who subscribes to MP sent this to me,and asked what I thought....I lost the email I was sending,but will repost it later here when I can figure out how to recover it...

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12-03-2009, 04:52 PM	#2
fugazied Wizard Posts: 1,305 Karma: 1958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iPod Touch	Interesting article, especially the part about forgoing new technology. Honestly even though I use computers everyday I did forgo mobile phones for many years, and when I had to actually use one, simple things like sending a message were slightly annoying and confusing because I had to follow a dodgy UI to get it done. Phones with Android or like the iPhone have already fixed that issue, and I bet older people could pick one of those up far easier than razr with crappy keyboard and UI. So that let me experience what it must be like for a non tech person to first encounter a computer or some complicated device. Even the tiny things seem foreign and like a trial. Simple dedicated devices shine there, it's easy to teach an older relative to use a Kindle, I've done it a few times now, it's relatively intuitive. Part of that is because it doesn't do 100 things, it really focuses on it's purpose, so yeah there is definitely a place for dedicated reading devices.

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