Comments on: Amazon to unveil digital book, newspaper

By: tinac

tinac — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:37:15 +0000

I’ve been reading books and daily news for several years on my Palm PDA.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:01:46 +0000

1) The Asus eee PC might be a problem - same price point, PC function which obviously could include WiFi download of newspapers.

2) cell-phone pricing model, anyone? Give away a WiFi- or high-speed-cell-enabled news reader with a contract for a two year subscription (maybe three - I’m not sure what the break even point is).

By: Tipustiger

Tipustiger — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:42:01 +0000

Is that a Speak & Spell? I call dud.

By: Swift Loris

Swift Loris — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:02:38 +0000

MAN, that is ugly!

I probably wouldn’t get one anyway, since I have constant access to a computer and prefer to read books with pages. But to have to spend time looking at and handling that awful-looking thing would be incredibly depressing.

By: David Johnson

David Johnson — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:50:39 +0000

in order to beat existing handhelds or tablet pcs, i think this type of thing would have to be cheaper than a laptop, lighter and rugged as hell so you could lug it everywhere.

it also has to be super simple and super good at the target activity. that thing has a lot of buttons and extra plastic in my opinion.

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:59:06 +0000

I have an iPhone… why do I need this?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:10:58 +0000

You’re right, I wouldn’t use it, even if Apple made the iText. “Look, a $400 iPod stripped of all functionality beyond putting words on the screen!”

By: Cory Bergman

Cory Bergman — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:28:42 +0000

I’m hoping this is just an early prototype photo. But even if it is cool looking, would you read a book on it? A newspaper?

I can’t imagine reading a newspaper in an “old fashioned” layout on a digital screen — reading it online is far superior, especially now that online layout has made great strides over the last couple years.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:27:12 +0000

Seriously, that looks like a gag photo.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:58:20 +0000

Look at how 80’s that brick looks… will it work with a 286?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:02:50 +0000

That’s one $400 piece of ugly.

By: Z

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:06:27 +0000

Sorry. I’m still waiting for the flat portable screen that Dave Bowman used in 2001: A Space Odyssey

But this is close. Perhaps a lower price would sway me. $400’s too much to do something my smartphone can already do pretty well at 1/4 the cost.