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Emre Sokullu

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My Amazon Kindle Impressions / Observations

Fri 07 Aug 2009 21:54:42 | 3 comments

UPDATE: forget my negative observations - it just takes a little while to get used to it.

Negative Ones

As you browse through the pages, the screen flicks, and it temporarily displays randomly located black spots - which results in poor user experience.
There could be a separate button for Kindle Store
Buttons seem to be low quality
Packaging was not as good as I was expecting - my anticipation was a true Apple experience, but it was far from that.
I miss the multi-touch screen of iPhone, it could make note-taking a breeze - which is, I think, a natural component of our reading experience.
Poor blog reading machine, because no images, no Flash components - which are crucial parts of blogs.
Can't delete a book that you've purchased (or there's no easy way)
Chaging pages is slow, once you lose the page, it's so difficult to find wherever you were at

Positive Ones

You can send yourself docs via email - big WINNER!
Amazon.com integration is much better than what I was expecting
Text to speech sounds better than what I was expecting, it's pretty understandable.
Bonus feature: browse the web - even though it's only in text-mode, fine!
Very easy to get started
Letter of Jeff Bezos :) the gadget makes you feel special right from the beginning, because your account info is there, saved, so you don't need to deal with it. Bezos' letter starts with Dear __your name__ :) nice...

All in all,even though my negative points outnumber the positive ones, I liked Kindle. These are only my after buying impressions, I was already pretty positive about it before purchasing and perhaps that's why my expectations were so high.

I think it's worth price, especially when consider the fact that you save the shipping price and there's no waiting, plus Kindle books are much cheaper since they come with no physical costs. The device looks cool too. Highly recommended.