Amazon Kindle - really ugly name

JSWolf · 09-08-2007, 07:42 AM

The Amazon Kindle is really poorly named. It just sounds not nice.

Andanzas · 09-08-2007, 08:25 AM

Is that the name for sure? When did Amazon reveal it?

JSWolf · 09-08-2007, 08:56 AM

There is a NYTimes article about the Kindle (ghastly name).

Nate the great · 09-08-2007, 09:07 AM

And do you really trust the NYTimes? Honestly, I don't

JSWolf · 09-08-2007, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

And do you really trust the NYTimes? Honestly, I don't

In this case, as far as the name of the device goes, YES. But there is nothing to stop Amazon from changing the name between now and release.

THJahar · 09-08-2007, 09:22 AM

Hmm I dunno ...I kinda like the name kindle.
It's going to start a fire of unstoppable e-books that can't be put out :-)

NatCh · 09-10-2007, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

In this case, as far as the name of the device goes, YES. But there is nothing to stop Amazon from changing the name between now and release.

Heh, they probably got it from us, and we don't know that that will really be the name.

JSWolf · 09-10-2007, 11:39 AM

They really could have come up with a better name. But since most people know it by that name, I bet that's going to be the name.

Liviu_5 · 09-10-2007, 01:18 PM

Actually I like the name; kindle a fire and let e-books take off

Anyway more imaginative than Sony Reader or Nokia 770 or Ebookwise or Cybook;

Though gotta hand it, Iliad is still the best name as of now

NatCh · 09-10-2007, 01:21 PM

I kind of like "kindle" as well, it's an old word that most folks have lost awareness of, so it's neat that way. But, yeah, iLiad is the current best one, with Cybook being runner up in my opinion.

Bob Russell · 09-10-2007, 02:43 PM

I like Kindle also, and hope they keep it. Makes me think of kindling the e-book fire as others have mentioned. Besides, it's what I'm used to now!

yvanleterrible · 09-10-2007, 06:41 PM

I like Kindle for the idea of ebooks setting fire through paper book mentality. Its got a German ring to it like 'kinder', young ones, the newness of ebooks.

jasonkchapman · 09-10-2007, 09:20 PM

I rather like the idea that books "kindle" the fires of the imagination, but I'm a confessed Romantic.

RWood · 09-10-2007, 10:24 PM

Kindle - Knuddel

It does have a good ring to it.

TadW · 09-11-2007, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasonkchapman

I rather like the idea that books "kindle" the fires of the imagination, but I'm a confessed Romantic.

Kindle sounds like fire sounds like Fahrenheit 451 - and that sounds so much not like reading books

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09-08-2007, 07:42 AM	#1
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09-08-2007, 08:25 AM	#2
Andanzas Out of print Posts: 487 Karma: 1549538 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Sony PRS-500 (recycled), Pocketbook Inkpad X Pro	Is that the name for sure? When did Amazon reveal it?

09-08-2007, 08:56 AM	#3
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,784 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	There is a NYTimes article about the Kindle (ghastly name).

09-08-2007, 09:07 AM	#4
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	And do you really trust the NYTimes? Honestly, I don't

09-08-2007, 09:22 AM	#6
THJahar Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 58 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Leicester, UK Device: Jinke V2 Prototype	Hmm I dunno ...I kinda like the name kindle. It's going to start a fire of unstoppable e-books that can't be put out :-)

09-10-2007, 11:39 AM	#8
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,784 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	They really could have come up with a better name. But since most people know it by that name, I bet that's going to be the name.

09-10-2007, 01:18 PM	#9
Liviu_5 Books and more books Posts: 917 Karma: 69499 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: White Plains, NY, USA Device: Nook Color, Itouch, Nokia770, Sony 650, Sony 700(dead), Ebk(given)	Actually I like the name; kindle a fire and let e-books take off Anyway more imaginative than Sony Reader or Nokia 770 or Ebookwise or Cybook; Though gotta hand it, Iliad is still the best name as of now

09-10-2007, 01:21 PM	#10
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I kind of like "kindle" as well, it's an old word that most folks have lost awareness of, so it's neat that way. But, yeah, iLiad is the current best one, with Cybook being runner up in my opinion.

09-10-2007, 02:43 PM	#11
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	I like Kindle also, and hope they keep it. Makes me think of kindling the e-book fire as others have mentioned. Besides, it's what I'm used to now!

09-10-2007, 06:41 PM	#12
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	I like Kindle for the idea of ebooks setting fire through paper book mentality. Its got a German ring to it like 'kinder', young ones, the newness of ebooks.

09-10-2007, 09:20 PM	#13
jasonkchapman Guru Posts: 767 Karma: 2347 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NYC Device: Sony Reader, nook, Droid, nookColor, nookTablet	I rather like the idea that books "kindle" the fires of the imagination, but I'm a confessed Romantic.

09-10-2007, 10:24 PM	#14
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Kindle - Knuddel It does have a good ring to it.