Most important new feature to add poll

markbot · 10-26-2009, 01:47 PM

Except for color....I would say higher contrast screen. touch would be nice but the core functionality is more important.

markbot · 10-26-2009, 01:51 PM

I forgot to add "expanded file support"

BenG · 10-27-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by markbot

I forgot to add "expanded file support"

That would have been my choice.

zelda_pinwheel · 10-27-2009, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markbot

I forgot to add "expanded file support"

i've added that for you.

pdurrant · 10-27-2009, 09:23 AM

ePub support - or is that "Expanded file support"?

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Originally Posted by markbot

Except for color....I would say higher contrast screen. touch would be nice but the core functionality is more important.

Daithi · 10-27-2009, 09:47 AM

I have around 1,000 files and really want a way to manage all these files. My vote goes to folders/tags. (Expanded file support, i.e. ePub, is a close second.)

Yoshi 1080 · 10-27-2009, 10:15 AM

Touchscreen and extended file support (EPUB, ideally with Adobe-DRM).

daffy4u · 10-27-2009, 10:31 AM

Folders. I still haven't found a need for ePub but it would be nice to have non-DRMed ePub support (to compliment my future Plastic Logic Que

).

JMikeD · 10-27-2009, 11:09 AM

Folders/tags first, expanded file support second.

Alisa · 10-27-2009, 01:33 PM

That was a tough choice! The only feature on the list I don't care about is WiFi.

markbot · 11-09-2009, 03:37 PM

folders is probably the easiest feature to add on that list. if u thought forward...i think you'd be happier with a large color screen than folders. the reason being that if u had a color screen, u could easily add folders at any time. however, if u added folders....this would not mean they would have solved the technical challenges of a fast bright colorful screen.

there is an easy solution to the folder problem. just keep the bulk of the digital documents on your computer and transfer them to the device when needed to help organize them. alternatively, u can use the search feature on the kindle to find your documents.

PiVi1962 · 11-16-2009, 03:20 AM

1. A software program to upload personal fonts (full unicode fonts for non-western alphabets).
2. A software to upload non-English voices for the text-to-speech gadget.
3. Card slot, to memorize more books and/or have different libraries.
4. Landscape and portrait. It has to be possible to switch between the two possible ways of reading the text.
Just the first few not already mentioned in the list after a couple of days of use.

mdibella · 11-17-2009, 03:38 PM

My choice would be...reduce the amount of wasted real estate. I want my EBook reader to fit in my purse, and without the keyboard, K2 would fit nicely.

fugazied · 11-17-2009, 04:29 PM

Wow I just choose one? I really would like to lend books to my friends. I don't mind DRM as long as I get the SAME rights as a paper book gave me, and that's a right that's missing. I want to finish a book and lend it to my mother who I bought a Kindle for.

But really touchscreen and extended file support would be the next two. Touchscreen could reshape the Kindle interface, remove those buttons we don't need and bring it into the 21st century.

GJN · 11-18-2009, 05:14 AM

How about multi-lingual dictionaries? That should require no new software and I'd quickly buy French-English, German-English, and Spanish English dictionaries. And how about incorporating Unicode support in the next software update?

View Poll Results: What feature would you like Amazon to add to the next generation Kindle?
Touch screen	8	9.64%
Wifi	2	2.41%
Folders	32	38.55%
Faster refresh	3	3.61%
Higher contrast screen	11	13.25%
Ability to borrow books from elibrary	7	8.43%
Ability to lend books	3	3.61%
Expanded file support	17	20.48%
Voters: 83. You may not vote on this poll

10-26-2009, 01:47 PM	#1
markbot Guru Posts: 612 Karma: 7511929 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York, NY Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2	Most important new feature to add poll Except for color....I would say higher contrast screen. touch would be nice but the core functionality is more important.

11-16-2009, 03:20 AM	#12
PiVi1962 Member Posts: 12 Karma: 60 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: none	1. A software program to upload personal fonts (full unicode fonts for non-western alphabets). 2. A software to upload non-English voices for the text-to-speech gadget. 3. Card slot, to memorize more books and/or have different libraries. 4. Landscape and portrait. It has to be possible to switch between the two possible ways of reading the text. Just the first few not already mentioned in the list after a couple of days of use. Last edited by PiVi1962; 11-16-2009 at 03:22 AM.

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10-26-2009, 01:51 PM	#2
markbot Guru Posts: 612 Karma: 7511929 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York, NY Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2	I forgot to add "expanded file support"

10-27-2009, 09:47 AM	#6
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	I have around 1,000 files and really want a way to manage all these files. My vote goes to folders/tags. (Expanded file support, i.e. ePub, is a close second.)

10-27-2009, 10:15 AM	#7
Yoshi 1080 Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 204 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Germany Device: iPad, iPhone, Mac	Touchscreen and extended file support (EPUB, ideally with Adobe-DRM).

10-27-2009, 10:31 AM	#8
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	Folders. I still haven't found a need for ePub but it would be nice to have non-DRMed ePub support (to compliment my future Plastic Logic Que ).

10-27-2009, 11:09 AM	#9
JMikeD Evangelist Posts: 473 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Various and sundry	Folders/tags first, expanded file support second.

10-27-2009, 01:33 PM	#10
Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	That was a tough choice! The only feature on the list I don't care about is WiFi.

11-09-2009, 03:37 PM	#11
markbot Guru Posts: 612 Karma: 7511929 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York, NY Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2	folders is probably the easiest feature to add on that list. if u thought forward...i think you'd be happier with a large color screen than folders. the reason being that if u had a color screen, u could easily add folders at any time. however, if u added folders....this would not mean they would have solved the technical challenges of a fast bright colorful screen. there is an easy solution to the folder problem. just keep the bulk of the digital documents on your computer and transfer them to the device when needed to help organize them. alternatively, u can use the search feature on the kindle to find your documents.

11-17-2009, 03:38 PM	#13
mdibella Groupie Posts: 193 Karma: 1107 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Infinite Kindles, Occasional Sony's	My choice would be...reduce the amount of wasted real estate. I want my EBook reader to fit in my purse, and without the keyboard, K2 would fit nicely.

11-17-2009, 04:29 PM	#14
fugazied Wizard Posts: 1,305 Karma: 1958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iPod Touch	Wow I just choose one? I really would like to lend books to my friends. I don't mind DRM as long as I get the SAME rights as a paper book gave me, and that's a right that's missing. I want to finish a book and lend it to my mother who I bought a Kindle for. But really touchscreen and extended file support would be the next two. Touchscreen could reshape the Kindle interface, remove those buttons we don't need and bring it into the 21st century.

11-18-2009, 05:14 AM	#15
GJN Guilty Bystander Posts: 104 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Florida Device: MacBook Pro, Kindle, iPad, and other gadgets	How about multi-lingual dictionaries? That should require no new software and I'd quickly buy French-English, German-English, and Spanish English dictionaries. And how about incorporating Unicode support in the next software update?

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