I Know The Guy Who Owns This Place

I have to say, I’m a surprised Amazon Kindle fan. I bought it in December as both a fun toy and a way to haul a ton of books with me to Australia. I figured that would be it. I’d use it and find some things that bothered me so much that I basically never picked it up again. I am shocked to find that I was wrong. (No offense, Amazon, it’s not personal. I do that with gadgets all the time.)

I read on the Kindle at least 4 times a week. Getting the Wall Street Journal every morning in my hand and not in a big, cumbersome and ink-smudging form alone is almost worth it. Putting the Whispernet wireless feature in there was sheer genius.

It’s got some faults (buttons are way too easy to hit, back/previous is confusing, page flipping is a little slower than I’d like), but I now use it as much as I use my iPod.

We’ll see how it does in the market. It’s way early in its life, but I’m pleasantly happy with where it started.

~ by bryan on March 2, 2008.