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Please leave my Kindle alone. I don't want it to be fancy. I want to read books on it. Cheap, long battery life, and a screen that reads like a book is as cleve
by rapind 15y ago
Please leave my Kindle alone. I don't want it to be fancy. I want to read books on it. Cheap, long battery life, and a screen that reads like a book is as clever as I ever want from it. I have no intention of replacing my kindle anytime soon. I don't care if a new version comes out that's 10 times faster... I'm completely content with the one I have.
When I want to use an iPad (for something other than reading books), then I'll just use my iPad.
- WalterBright 15y agoMe too. The Kindle is optimized for reading books, and it does that very well. I'm satisfied with it.
- loglog1234 15y agoi don't want kindle to change a thing except getting cheaper and lighter. Kindle is the most touched device I touch every day.
- sliverstorm 15y agoI actually kind of appreciate that it is not really good at anything else. It means it will never be co-opted for some other duty.
- nodata 15y agoThe first question I always get from people who haven't seen a Kindle before is "can you go on the internet with it?" sigh "No- it's just for reading books. Nothing else." The problem is, I realise that it can go on the internet. It's just so damn slow that it makes everything else look way better. Not offering web browsing would stop feature creep.
- rmc 15y agoAlthough I agree that removing non-primary features would help have a more honest comparison, there is a great advantage to the Kindle having a web browser. You can download books straight from the internet to your device. You can go to the Project Gutenberg website (http://www.gutenberg.org/ http://www.gutenberg.org/) browse for a public domain book, and download it straight to your device. You don't need to use an intermediate computer.