While Amazon's first Kindle managed to create quite the fan base over the past few years, we've been a bit hesitant to welcome it with open arms due to its lack of expandability and passable appearance. Still, a new revision means another chance for Amazon to win us over with its "eBooks Made for Dummies" approach. So, how interested are you in the New Kindle? Let us know below!
Survey: Thoughts on Amazon's Kindle 2?
Compared to the first Kindle, the design looks far more thinner and sleeker than its predecessor. The back sports a sexy aluminum finish like the first generation iPhones, with speaker holes to match (much similar to the Macbook Pro speaker holes). Seeing a pattern here?
According to Mobileread, the Kindle 2 should be announced sometime later today and will be available for $359 on Feb. 24th.
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It looks pretty nice, much better than the first ones. But I have a library that my taxes already pay for, I don't see any reason to spend $350 on one of these.
view peshue's profile
Yes, looks much better but:
1. Make it $100. Replace the cell radio with wifi if you have to (almost everywhere I go, there's an open wifi ap so why bother with cell?)
2. Subscription. The books I want to buy, I want hard copies of. The books I want to read just once and have no need of future reference, I don't need to keep. A netflix type subscription model with access to the entire kindle library is the key.
3. I still hate the keyboard. I know, putting in a touchscreen would likely make it more expensive, but I can't get over how much of the face of the device is wasted on something that is rarely used.
4. Buy a hard copy, get a kindle version free. Some books (mostly architecture books) I'll never buy in e-format because I need to reference them later and because the high quality color photos and drawings can't be matched. It would be nice, however, to have a kindle version on hand to read the text while I'm away from home (architecture books are notoriously large and heavy).
5. What peshue said
view charmac's profile
i'm not an avid reader but i love the idea of this device. wherever you are, for barely any footprint, the books you have tabs on are in your pocket. there are a few eBook readers out there but none with the amazon.com library. the battery life is great and you won't have to worry about having something to do when your in line at the post office or waiting for your clothes at the laundromat.
view FightTheFuture's profile
I'd totally buy one if the books themselves were cheaper.
Most of the books I'm looking at right now are only a dollar or so cheaper for the Kindle version compared with a new, paperback copy. Considering you can buy a used version for less than that and/or then sell your book when you are done reading it.... Kindle just makes to economic sense.
I have a library, too. Unfortunately, they never have the books I am looking for.
view jyw's profile
The kindle is a great idea with poor execution. I frequently move to new countries due to work, own hundreds of ebooks, and even belong to an ebook buyer's club to make them cheaper, but I still use my laptop instead of a kindle.
The kindle should be a delivery vehicle for books, like the ipod is a delivery vehicle for music. But Amazon is focusing on all the bells and whistles before getting the delivery part down.
The Kindle still cannot handle all the ebook formats I own.
Why does it need a keyboard? Or speakers and a headphone jack (should be an option, not standard)?
Why would Amazon remove the SD card slot?!?!
A subscription service, lending ability, or a store that reflects the reduced costs of distribution for electronic material would also make the kindle more appealing.
Amazon beware, competitors are out there.
view Sekai's profile
i got a kindle for christmas. i'm addicted. i work FT and am a FT student so i'm constantly on the go. i always like to read in my free moments (however fleeting they are). instead of having a paperback or two in my bag, i pull out the kindle am and ready to go. if i finish it, i can immediately head to the kindle store and pick out a new book. and it's cheaper (from my experience, each book is between three and fifteen dollars less than the paper copy). it doesn't get much better than that.
sure they have to fix a few glitches, (the screen could be a bit bigger and the pages could turn faster) but i think the kindle is an amazing concept (especially for all of you environmentally conscious people out there). and, when you first get a kindle, they tell you to send them you're thoughts. obviously they listen, as the second kindle seems to have fixed some things that people didn't like.
view ktpotatie's profile
three and fifteen dollars less than the paper copy
Really? I just randomly looked at 7 books from my Wish List -- six well-known contemporary fiction books (Roth, Rushdie, and stuff like that) and one best-selling non-fiction book. All are available in paperback.
Three were not available in Kindle format. Three were less than a buck cheaper in Kindle format. And one was about 1.20 cheaper.
view jyw's profile
I love the idea, but I'm waiting until there is a color screen. The design books & magazines I love wouldn't be the same in B&W
view nat's profile