Hmm. I’m conflicted.Amazon is releasing something called the Kindle, which is, in essence, an iPod for books. You can download books, newspapers and even blogs to the Kindle and read them anywhere.
On the positive side, I can download books whenever I want without having to run to Barnes and Noble to do so. It has a nice screen that seems like it would be pleasant for reading. And it looks vaguely like the bastard offspring of an iPod and a Speak ‘n’ Spell.
On the negative side, why in the blue hell would I spend four hundred dollars for a “convenient, portable reading device with the ability to wirelessly download books, blogs, magazines and newspapers”? Last I checked, books, magazines and newspapers were already portable.
Ah, screw it. I’m buying it. But only because it’s shiny.
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