Got a Kindle? What do you think of it?

[Fido]

I know the Kindle (Amazon) has been discussed before on this board, but I wanted to give this topic some time.

If you have a Kindle, what do you think about it?  Is reading a pleasant experience on it?  Are you thinking about the medium as you're reading, or do you find yourself forgetting about it and just reading?

What kind of stuff do you read on it?

What's your opinion on the state of the technology -- is it very good, or should we wait another generation or two for it to be improved before diving in?

Thanks for indulging my curiosity and for your responses!! 

P.S.  No, this is not informal market research, just my curiosity that prompted me to ask...

[Dan B]

My mom got a Kindle for free when she was in the audience for The View.  It's pretty cool. I don't think she has any books for it yet, though. The only stuff that I've read on it has been like the built-in dictionary and the instructions.  The interface is nice and it's like reading a regular book, but I still think the format of books still wins.

[yesno]

Wait.

see http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php/topic,1585.30.html for my ramblings. 

[Fido]

Thanks very much guys. Yesno, I followed most but not all of your previous post (thanks for re-sharing it!) -- but what I think you're suggesting is that you are not fully satisfied with the Kindle's functionality (e.g. text search capability), and yes, it's one more device.  Also, the LCD screen is a lot less comfortable than reading a book, and not necessarily much better than reading a blackberry or iPhone screen, correct?

Again, thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I'm really curious if anyone else has thoughts about this too.

[yesno]

Thanks very much guys. Yesno, I followed most but not all of your previous post (thanks for re-sharing it!) -- but what I think you're suggesting is that you are not fully satisfied with the Kindle's functionality (e.g. text search capability), and yes, it's one more device.  Also, the LCD screen is a lot less comfortable than reading a book, and not necessarily much better than reading a blackberry or iPhone screen, correct?

It was a Sony reader, so not all of my knocks against it necessarily apply to the Kindle.  The display is identical in both devices, and still nowhere near as easy to read from as paper and not compellingly better than a traditional high res screen.  (I actually got one of my complaints about some e-readers incorporated into the awesome iPhone application Stanza, which now can deal intelligently with text files (such as those from Project Gutenberg) that have hard linebreaks every 75-80 chars (instead of just as a paragraph separator (the way it really is supposed to be done)).)

Omar writes the TBSOWFMU recaps on a Kindle, if I'm not mistaken.

[masterofsparks]

Omar writes the TBSOWFMU recaps on a Kindle, if I'm not mistaken.

Unless I'm very much mistaken, he writes them on an old-fashioned dictaphone. One of the cylinder models.

[Omar]

Omar writes the TBSOWFMU recaps on a Kindle, if I'm not mistaken.

Unless I'm very much mistaken, he writes them on an old-fashioned dictaphone. One of the cylinder models.

I actually dictate them to a team of assistants much like David Milch did for Deadwood teleplays.

[Martin]

Omar writes the TBSOWFMU recaps on a Kindle, if I'm not mistaken.

Unless I'm very much mistaken, he writes them on an old-fashioned dictaphone. One of the cylinder models.

I actually dictate them to a team of assistants much like David Milch did for Deadwood teleplays.

Hopped up on rails or H?

[Omar]

Omar writes the TBSOWFMU recaps on a Kindle, if I'm not mistaken.

Unless I'm very much mistaken, he writes them on an old-fashioned dictaphone. One of the cylinder models.

I actually dictate them to a team of assistants much like David Milch did for Deadwood teleplays.

Hopped up on rails or H?

Rails and a little 'cid.

[Sarah]

'Shrooms, maybe, for a change of pace?  And a bit of Blue to come down after the muse has been running you ragged?

[Fido]

I just realized that Blue could be the answer to my prayers. As a long-time insomniac, I'm always looking for pharmaceutical solutions to my dilemma.

I love how this thread morphed from my inquiry about user acceptance/satisfaction with the Kindle and its sister products into a silly discussion of drugs. FOTs rule!

(If anyone still wants to chime in on the technology end of the thread, I'd welcome it.)

[Omar]

'Shrooms, maybe, for a change of pace?  And a bit of Blue to come down after the muse has been running you ragged?

I haven't done 'shrooms since I got thrown out of 1989 Warrant concert after stealing Joey Turner's guitar and firing a hut dog at Jani Lane (who promptly consumed it).  I'm not near any Das Sieben Und Der Elf locations, so my "Blue" is a paste made from crushed Ambien and fresh blueberries.

[Fido]

I bet that is amazing. Those are my favorite fruit and my favorite prescription drug, respectively.