Can¹t we all just...use our mobile phones and computers? I mean, we carry this stuff around with us as it is. Laptops, Treo, Blackberry, iPhone...why not just use all this stuff to read books? People already know how to use RSS, they listen to or watch podcasts all the time. Why not just go to a site, click, get your book, and read on demand?
On 12/13/07 10:23 PM, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I think the only way to get it to work is if they practically gave them > away. $400 is too high a number to help buy resistance. The is an > early adopter - product for the gadget addicted only > > Martin wrote: >> > >> > I was one of the first folks to leap into the notion of online book >> > reading. I ahve the Gutenberg site bookmarked, and I used to frequent >> > many online places featuring fiction. I stopped because I don't have >> > the time to downloasd stuff anymore. I just can't see this working, >> > despite its portability. >> > >> > ravenadal <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:ravenadal%40yahoo.com> >> <mailto:ravenadal%40yahoo.com>> wrote: >> > http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140474-c,electronics/article.html >> > <http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140474-c,electronics/article.html> >> > >> > Amazon Kindle 'a Bit Sad,' Designer Says >> > >> > French designer Philippe Starck has proclaimed Amazon.com's Kindle e- >> > book reader "almost modern" but "a bit sad." >> > >> > James Niccolai, IDG News Service >> > >> > Tuesday, December 11, 2007 09:15 AM PST >> > >> > Philippe Starck, the French designer who champions simplicity over >> > form, has proclaimed Amazon's Kindle e-book reader "almost modern" >> > but "a bit sad." >> > >> > Starck was a speaker at the Le Web 3 social-networking conference >> > outside Paris on Tuesday. After an energetic, rambling speech about >> > modern design, he was handed a Kindle by the technology blogger >> > Robert Scoble and asked what he thought of it. >> > >> > "In this type of product, the best design is the least design >> > possible," said Starck. That means it should be small, simple and >> > strong, and not distract from the content, which should be the most >> > interesting part. >> > >> > The Kindle almost achieves that, "but the designer wasn't quite >> > humble enough to completely disappear, so he made a little slope >> > here, a diagonal there," Starck said. "It's a little sad because the >> > concept is modern, but the design is less modern, because the >> > designer doesn't want to disappear." >> > >> > "No no," he concluded, "it is almost modern." >> > >> > The Kindle launched last month for US$399 and allows people to >> > download books and newspapers over a wireless network. It is a fairly >> > plain device with a large screen, a keyboard and gently sloping sides >> > designed to make it comfortable to hold. >> > >> > "Our top design objective was for Kindle to disappear in your hands -- >> > to get out of the way -- so you can enjoy your reading," CEO Jeff >> > Bezos said last month. >> > >> > Amazon should consider it got off lightly from the critique. Earlier >> > in his speech Starck said most products today are designed only for >> > profit and without consideration for those who use them. They are "10 >> > percent useful and 10 percent [expletive]," he said. >> > >> > His speech was billed as "What is social about design" and bore >> > little relation to high technology, although it was probably the most >> > entertaining speech of the day and got the most laughs, touching on >> > furniture designed for sex, Viagra, and the evolution of design over >> > 4 billion years. >> > >> > "I try to make furniture that makes my friends have better sex," he >> > said, adding that he plans to get married next Saturday. >> > >> > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will >> > get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man >> > Without A Country" >> > >> > --------------------------------- >> > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try >> > it now. >> > >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
