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I'd be interested to see what % of Kindle users make use of the Keyboard. I'm pretty sure that I've only ever touched it for inputting URIs when web-browsing fr
by estel 15y ago
I'd be interested to see what % of Kindle users make use of the Keyboard. I'm pretty sure that I've only ever touched it for inputting URIs when web-browsing from abroad.
- nigham 15y agoI use the keyboard quite a lot, for writing notes. It's amazing how reading a non-fiction book is so much more rewarding if you make highlights and notes. If you're thorough, you can read just your highlights and notes and effectively re-read the same book a year down the line in about 10% of the time; and still refresh your memory well.
- sthulbourn 15y agoI've always thought it was retarded to include a hardware keyboard on a device that will be used ~95% of the time for reading stuff. It's a really smart move to remove it.
- achompas 15y agoReading can be passive or active. As an active reader I highlight and annotate my books, so the keyboard is invaluable for me.
- sthulbourn 15y agoSome sort of stylus would be a more natural fit for that. A keyboard would just slow you down (selecting text, marking it, annotating)
- achompas 15y agoAgreed. This might be ex post rationalization, but the keyboard helps me form thoughts. I've got no problem with it (but we definitely agree on the stylus).
- erd 15y agoIn the two years that I've owned my Kindle, I don't think that I've ever used the keyboard (at least not intentionally).
- portman 15y agoSame. But I know others (like my brother, a student) who use it a ton. They can keep selling the Kindle3 with keyboard for those who want it.
- shrikant 15y agoI'm a fairly heavy user of the keyboard to highlight and annotate lines/paragraphs/sections of books. Some of the keys have completely faded :(
- mcphilip 15y agoI find the keyboard invaluable for the search functionality on a given text. Simple examples: searching the Economist for all references to the ECB (i.e. looking for euro crisis related news); searching A Game of Thrones for Kinslayer to figure out which character was introduced with that nickname.
- sbt 15y agoI don't take notes and tweet them, but I do search for books in the online store via whispernet. I have no idea how that's going to work on this device, probably something like registering your name on Zelda, which will be a pain and probably not worth the real estate.
- chwahoo 15y agoI use it for shopping for my next book when I'm too lazy to get out of bed and go to the computer.