You will have a hard time getting me to give up books. There is a good chance the batteries won't run out before I get to the end of a chapter.
On Nov 19, 2007 11:26 AM, Jack Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amazon has released the Kindle, their electronic book device. This is > a very interesting product. My initial reactions: > > It's the right size/weight. I didn't like the industrial design of it > at first (too antiseptic?), but it's growing on me. I can't imagine > enjoying sitting down with it as much as I do a book made of paper, > but then, once you get into the story, maybe the object you are > holding doesn't matter so much. > > On the other hand, there are several things that really appeal to me, > like the ability to search your content, the ability to annotate > (without defacing the book), and bookmarking. > > They've done some really smart things, such as including the wireless > service in the fee for the product, rather than requiring a separate, > monthly fee or service contract. You can read the first chapter of any > book for free before purchasing. It handles magazine and newspaper > subscriptions. It also will display blog content, but is limited to > some specific set of blogs, and this comes at an extra fee. They also > charge a fee to put your own documents on the device (via email). > > As for the UI, call me spoiled, but their selection wheel with the > separated selection indicator bar seems disconnected. Having had an > iPhone for over a month now, I would want the ability to select things > by tapping them on the screen. Even without a touchscreen, why can't > the selection be shown within the content display, rather than in a > separate display beside it. > > I like that they made the next/previous buttons available on both > sides, but made the previous button significantly larger on the left, > and the next button larger on the right. Still, I want to flip pages > with a horizontal swipe of my finger. > > Using a grayscale display makes sense for reading books, but when it > comes to magazines, blogs, and even newspapers, color would be > desirable. > > > What do you all think? > > > Jack > > > > Jack L. Moffett > Interaction Designer > inmedius > 412.459.0310 x219 > http://www.inmedius.com > > I am in search of the > simple elegant seductive > maybe even obvious IDEA. > With this in my pocket > I cannot fail. > > - Tibor Kalman > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
