No doubt you've heard about another, ho hum, eBook reader called Kindle offered by Amazon.com. Once all the hype dies down, I predict it is doomed to failure for many reasons that are all too familiar from past false starts. First of all, it is a proprietary, unifunctional device. It just costs too much and it does only one thing, and it only reads one format from a single source. It's also too big and clumsy. While I applaud Amazon's attempts at eBook promotion, I think it would be better advised to promote MobiPocket, which is a company Amazon recently acquired, but are not doing much with. Too bad. I'd much rather read a MobiPocket eBook on my multi-functional PDA, which I can also use as a phone, TV, satellite radio, send and receive email, do word processing, cruise the Internet and more for the same price or less.
Anyway, here's a fairly positive review for you to read and learn more about what I believe will be an ill-fated device.
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2007/11/27/why-kindle-will-change-the-world.aspx
Tim Hillebrand
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