Der Kindle in der Praxis

Dienstag, 4. November 2008, 23.59 Uhr | Giesbert Damaschke

Da es Amazons Kindle hierzulande immer noch nicht gibt, ist man auf die Erfahrung anderer angewiesen. Bitte sehr, Mr. Morgenstern:

One of my neighbors, a designer of hardware interfaces for professional video editing systems, bought a Kindle a couple of months ago. He put it up for sale on eBay less than a day later. He said the hardware design was “terrible.”

After borrowing and using his Kindle, I understood his rejection of the device. It presents a cluttered interface. And worse, it changed pages when I picked it up, with my fingers touching the long Previous and Next Page bars on the sides. 

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When the Kindle was announced, I questioned whether the e-book reader could supplant the market for printed books. Now, after using the Kindle, I still don’t see how the current generation of readers can overcome the advantages of printed hardcopy: its robust, unbreakable nature; high-resolution text and battery life (unlimited).

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