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March 11, 2009
Kindle 2.0 first impressions
Got the Kindle yesterday. Unboxing. very cool packaging. Very Apple. totally recyclable no large manual, no device driver software, just a quick start guide, the device and a power cable. Good stuff.
Using the kindle
- I somehow thought it had WiFi. But no EVDO for 3 years. Slower, but ok. Makes the UI easier to use, no passwords, etc. Good decision for them.
- There are no free books on the Amazon store, you have to go to a web site that serves them, download, and copy using USB over to the Kindle. The process is ok for a techie like me, but lacks the love of the iPhone store. Since the first thing I wanted was free books, the first thing I did was go to other places and NOT the Amazon store. If they had free, I would be there looking for free and probably buy other stuff (like Apple).
- The Mp3 player thing is cool. But it won’t play QT files which is a pain
- The Audible integration is a hack, would like to have it tighter.
- my daughter LOVED the text to speech. You can have the device read you any book, very cool.
- The browser, while no javascript and optimized for a small list of sites, does a good job on any site with an M. implementation. First site i went to was M.twitter.com and posted a tweet. Worked like a charm! very cool.
- The dictionary is a blast to use. Finn and I spent half an hour this morning just looking up words.
- They need more younger childrens’ books like 6-10. The children’s section is really teen with books like Twightlight, etc. They need The Giggler Treatment, and more books on poop.
- Love the tactile feel of the keyboard.
- They made alot of UI decisions that make the device incredibly easy and intuitive to use and NOT like a computer. That is good. Stuff like you just start typing on the keyboard and the search box starts filling in, no need to open a separate box. Having a next page button on the right AND left to allow right/left handed people is good. Having no backlight is good because of the longer battery life and more book like feel.
- i HATE the fade to black flash back to white screen refresh thing when it changes pages or when it loads a new screen. It looks like flicker. The refresh of graphics is slow.
- The browser does a good job of rendering color pictures in monochrome. I could browse my blog www.deepgreencrystals.com and see all the pictures just fine.
- I am not paying for reading any blogs, that is whack
- I like the magazine integration, I am subscribing to Technology review.
I am reading 20,000 leagues under the sea. for free.
Posted by Martin at March 11, 2009 8:56 AM
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