Comments on: Will the Kindle be the new Sears catalogue someday—even if it won’t be so handy in the outhouse? http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/29/will-the-kindle-be-the-new-sears-catalogue-someday-even-if-it-wont-be-so-handy-in-the-outhouse/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:01:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/29/will-the-kindle-be-the-new-sears-catalogue-someday-even-if-it-wont-be-so-handy-in-the-outhouse/#comment-677639 David Rothman Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:51:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/29/will-the-kindle-be-the-new-sears-catalogue-someday-even-if-it-wont-be-so-handy-in-the-outhouse/#comment-677639 LOL. Guess the OLPC XO beats the Kindle in that respect. My recollection---please, don't anyone try it---is that you <em>can</em> stand on the XO or even drop it. Mine's arriving Wednesday, supposed, and for some reason or another I don't want test the durability claims. Excellent point about the pictures and shopping, although Amazon could always strip out the text. Remember, people shop for books in part on the basis of the cover. Happy holidays, Al. David LOL. Guess the OLPC XO beats the Kindle in that respect. My recollection—please, don’t anyone try it—is that you can stand on the XO or even drop it. Mine’s arriving Wednesday, supposed, and for some reason or another I don’t want test the durability claims. Excellent point about the pictures and shopping, although Amazon could always strip out the text. Remember, people shop for books in part on the basis of the cover. Happy holidays, Al. David

]]> By: Al http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/29/will-the-kindle-be-the-new-sears-catalogue-someday-even-if-it-wont-be-so-handy-in-the-outhouse/#comment-677616 Al Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:08:07 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/29/will-the-kindle-be-the-new-sears-catalogue-someday-even-if-it-wont-be-so-handy-in-the-outhouse/#comment-677616 I realize this is not to your point, but you should not stand on a Kindle to reach a top shelf nor start a fire with one. As for on line shopping, the pictures are not all that sharp, are not in color and the browsing experience is very slow. I personally would shop on my computer, but then those that don't have computers might really welcome this feature. I realize this is not to your point, but you should not stand on a Kindle to reach a top shelf nor start a fire with one.

As for on line shopping, the pictures are not all that sharp, are not in color and the browsing experience is very slow. I personally would shop on my computer, but then those that don’t have computers might really welcome this feature.

]]> By: hoberion http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/29/will-the-kindle-be-the-new-sears-catalogue-someday-even-if-it-wont-be-so-handy-in-the-outhouse/#comment-677435 hoberion Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:49:49 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/29/will-the-kindle-be-the-new-sears-catalogue-someday-even-if-it-wont-be-so-handy-in-the-outhouse/#comment-677435 I editted the wikipedia article :) I editted the wikipedia article :)

]]> By: hoberion http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/29/will-the-kindle-be-the-new-sears-catalogue-someday-even-if-it-wont-be-so-handy-in-the-outhouse/#comment-677431 hoberion Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:47:04 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/29/will-the-kindle-be-the-new-sears-catalogue-someday-even-if-it-wont-be-so-handy-in-the-outhouse/#comment-677431 the irex illiad can also be used without a computer the irex illiad can also be used without a computer

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