brettg.com » Kindle http://brettg.com Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:01:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Super impressed with Kindle 2 – Can’t wait until UMPCs come like this! http://brettg.com/2010/01/08/super-impressed-with-kindle-2-cant-wait-until-umpcs-come-like-this/ http://brettg.com/2010/01/08/super-impressed-with-kindle-2-cant-wait-until-umpcs-come-like-this/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:04:35 +0000 brettg http://www.brettg.com/2010/01/08/super-impressed-with-kindle-2-cant-wait-until-umpcs-come-like-this/ kindle2I got a chance to get up close with the Kindle 2 over the holidays… Until recently, that’s been pretty hard to do here in Australia.

My verdict: Super impressed!

The eInk screen is very comfortable to read, although I didn’t get a chance to use it in the sun (as it rained in QLD pretty much the whole time).

What I like about the Kindle 2:

  • Super thin
  • Very light – easy to hold for long periods of time
  • Easy to read
  • Long battery life…

What I don’t like about the Kindle 2:

  • Still very limited selection of titles in Australia. It’s getting better, but still not good enough
  • Scrolling control / jog dial – could take a lesson from the old HP TC1100 jog dial
  • Lack of touch input
  • Device is locked in Apple style…

Pros outweigh the cons as far as I’m concerned. The Kindle 2 will do much to attract people to e-reading.

What I’m really excited about is the prospect of using a Tablet PC or UMPC that fills this form factor. No, I don’t want it to run some dumbed down mobile phone OS like Google Chrome or Windows Mobile either… I want full Windows on it. I want it to replace my desktop like my Motion J3400 does… Can’t wait for that – It’s only a matter of time.

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