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More nonsense from our friend "The Educator": Look, if what you say is so obvious and easy
to do, why were companies like Google or ZoHo
waiting to do that until the Kindle arrives?
Your attitude is something like: "Hey Mom
(Google), I hate the Kindle, please release
some Kindle-killer and I'd be happy".

Welcome to reality: Amazon had a good idea and
it's putting it to work. Up to now it seems
it's going fine. Even the "visionary" Jobs
didn't think of that because, according to
him, "people doesn't read anymore".

Just accept the fact that your netbook and
your iPhone suck as ebook readers. It's
difficult to read for long periods of time
with those devices (yeah, yeah, I know, Apple
zealots, their granny and neighbor have 'no
problem' with that, sure, stop drinking the
Koolaid), and the battery life is inadequate.
Isn't a notebook perhaps the best video and
music player out there? And do you see
carrying the damn thing on their ears when,
e.g., jogging? Don't you see many people on
the bus using DVD players instead of netbooks?
Perhaps there is something more convenient in
using an iPod to listen music, and other
devices to watch videos. If you want' to use a
mainframe to listen to music or read ebooks,
fine go for it, but it's silly you think
that's the best way of doing it.

If Amazon does it right and delivers an
outstanding ebook platform with the large
Kindle, it'll be awesome. For instance, I want
the ability to easily create annotations,
highlight text with different colors, create
my own cross references to other parts of a
book or other books, and of course a great
screen I can look on hours (or days) without
draining my battery constantly. Oh, and let's
not forget that Amazon is providing a big
selection of titles, not just out of
circulation books few people read.

It's a shame you are the guy of ZDNet
education. You are still living in the world
of the command line text, and the one-size
fits all device that can do everything and
please everybody and things like that.; Posted by: markbn Posted on: 05/05/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use