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Monday, November 19, 2007
Obligatory Fanboy Declaration: Amazon is staple in my household. Almost all gift purchases, especially Christmas gifts, are purchased there. The prices rock, delivery is usually free, and they have everything. If you ask me, and some have, Amazon.com represents the Mecca of modern commerce.
On to my gushing, geeky gizmo gawking...
Kindle, Amazon's first tangible product, appears to be the revolutionary leap into ebooks that so many geekified readers yearned for. For the past few years, I stumbled through the bleeding edge of ebook reader technology (PDAs, phones, computers, BlackBerries. You name it, I have tried it.). If they pull it off as well as the demo makes us believe, I could be in heaven.
Being a not-so-small guy, I am a sucker for hardcover copies of books. They tend to be more durable, substatial to hold, and just a whole lot cooler (if you ask me). However, if a simple 10.3 ounces can hold up to 200 books, I will gladly stop lugging around my shoebox sized hardcover novels. No longer would I be restricted to whatever book is in my backpack. If a different genre/story grabs my fancy for the available free time I have at that moment, I can jump right into it regardless of where I am. This is the coup de grâce for me. Put my entire library in the palm of my hand using a retina-friendly screen, and I am a disciple.
Does paying $2 to read a blog feed seem outlandish to me? Yes.
Is it an entirely unproven technology? Yes.
Will version 2.0 will be more refined, easier to use, etc.? Yes.
Am I am jumping on the Kindle bandwagon solely based on Amazon's marketing? Yes.
Do I still want one in the worst way? Hell yes!
