A LOT of people carry books aroudn with them, in backpacks, briefcases, ect. I often have 2 to 3 full sized books in my backpack, which i take everywhere. I would much rather a single kindle.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Jed Rothwell wrote: >> The Kindle 2 screen size is 4.8" high, 3.6" width, 6" diameter (15.3 cm >> diameter). The weight is just over 10 oz (280 g). This is about the same >> page size and weight as a 517-page paperback book on my shelf. (A book >> by David Hume.) > > I don't generally carry 500+ page books around with me. I choose > slimmer volumes when I'm going out. > >> >> Paperback book size (h, w): 7" x 4", 1.25" thick, page size excluding >> margins: 6" x 3.5" > > Palm Pilot size: > > 4 3/4" x 3" x 5/8" thick > > Palm wins running away. > > >> Kindle 2 overall gadget size: 8" x 5.3", 0.36" thick, page size >> excluding gadget 4.8" x 3.6" (as I said) So it is about an inch shorter. > > But it's an inch longer than the book, and it's an inch wider -- and the > book was already awkwardly large for a lot of pockets. (Compared to a > Palm Pilot, the Kindle is an outrageous pig.) > > This sounds to me like it's too big to fit in a pocket. Consequently, a > Palm Pilot is far more useful in many circumstances, even with its > wretched screen and lousy OS. > > A Kindle at home takes the place of a book (which I can easily carry > around the house) or a computer screen (which is already in the house). > A Kindle on-the-go doesn't take the place of anything; it's too big so > I'd leave it home. > > So, right now it's just a toy: it does jobs which other things we > already had also do, but doesn't do those job a whole lot better than > what we already had. > > A Palm Pilot at home takes the place of a book, and on the go it does > too, because it's small enough to take along easily. So, it does a job > things we already had do *not* do: It lets me take along large books in > a format that fits easily in a pocket. > > Consequence: I bet there are a lot of Kindles gathering dust. > > Wake me up when they make folding Kindles, right not I'm not interested, > thanks. > >
