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If it did anything else then I would end up distracted and not reading books. When I read a paper book I have no other distractions,that's what I want from my K

If it did anything else then I would end up distracted and not reading books. When I read a paper book I have no other distractions,that's what I want from my Kindle. I already have a phone, a laptop, a desktop, that can do all these other things. I'm on holiday right now, if my Kindle did all those things then I wouldn't feel like I was lying by the pool reading,rather I was lying by the pool on the internet.

WarDores 7y ago
Exactly, it was this quote > For all I love about it, it seems unlikely to ever progress beyond its current role as a pleasant book reader largely disconnected from all other sources of content. that summed it up for me. That's all I want. I want it to be disconnected from all other sources of content. I don't want to be interrupted with a notification saying that x website uploaded a new article or whatever.
- yiyus 7y ago
  I don't think anyone is asking for that. But I would gladly pay a small fee to have an app with my newspaper that gets updated in realtime and give me a great reading experience without ads, where I can choose the topics I am interested in. I would also love to have an application to manage lots of scientific articles or that allows me to review papers. And I would like to do those things in my "disconnected" device with the nice e-ink screen. Notifications? Of course not.
macintux 7y ago
He’s suggesting it could be a really good newspaper and magazine reader as well, not that it should become an iPad.
- criddell 7y ago
  A black and white reader isn't going to be a good newspaper or magazine reader. There are better devices for that. He also wished for an app store and that starts to sound a lot like wishing it become an iPad. That a Kindle is boring is a feature, not a problem. I don't pick up a Kindle for the Kindle-ness, it's for the books on it. With the right book, some days that boring Kindle is the device that I just can't put down. Frankly, I wish Amazon would stop with stuff like Goodreads integrations. Take that out and focus relentlessly on the reading experience - better display, better battery life, better ergonomics, and most of all - better typography.
  - macintux 7y ago
    > A black and white reader isn't going to be a good newspaper or magazine reader. Considering newspapers were black and white for hundreds of years, and for a long time printed color photos as black and white, this seems an odd conclusion.
    - criddell 7y ago
      People are used to full color now. There's no going back.

WarDores 7y ago

Exactly, it was this quote > For all I love about it, it seems unlikely to ever progress beyond its current role as a pleasant book reader largely disconnected from all other sources of content. that summed it up for me. That's all I want. I want it to be disconnected from all other sources of content. I don't want to be interrupted with a notification saying that x website uploaded a new article or whatever.

yiyus 7y ago
I don't think anyone is asking for that. But I would gladly pay a small fee to have an app with my newspaper that gets updated in realtime and give me a great reading experience without ads, where I can choose the topics I am interested in. I would also love to have an application to manage lots of scientific articles or that allows me to review papers. And I would like to do those things in my "disconnected" device with the nice e-ink screen. Notifications? Of course not.

macintux 7y ago

He’s suggesting it could be a really good newspaper and magazine reader as well, not that it should become an iPad.

criddell 7y ago
A black and white reader isn't going to be a good newspaper or magazine reader. There are better devices for that. He also wished for an app store and that starts to sound a lot like wishing it become an iPad. That a Kindle is boring is a feature, not a problem. I don't pick up a Kindle for the Kindle-ness, it's for the books on it. With the right book, some days that boring Kindle is the device that I just can't put down. Frankly, I wish Amazon would stop with stuff like Goodreads integrations. Take that out and focus relentlessly on the reading experience - better display, better battery life, better ergonomics, and most of all - better typography.
- macintux 7y ago
  > A black and white reader isn't going to be a good newspaper or magazine reader. Considering newspapers were black and white for hundreds of years, and for a long time printed color photos as black and white, this seems an odd conclusion.
  - criddell 7y ago
    People are used to full color now. There's no going back.