Re: Re: Amazon Kindle

> Even the
> original iPods could handle text files, but the file size was so
> limited it wasn't possible to load an entire book onto them.

That is inaccurate. In order to load and read ebooks in Notes, you  
had to break them up into 4K increments. There was even a small  
program automated to do it for larger plain text files. It wasn't  
difficult to use (tried it once) and it worked nicely. The screen was  
not optimal for reading, though and very few publishers distributed  
in that format, though some did.

> So, if
> the more current models allow larger files sizes on board, then,
> again, it's quite feasible to read an ebook on an iPod.
>

I imagine since the browser is just Safari, you can indeed access  
files larger than 4K.

> the experience is more likely one a committed ebook reader
> would accept rather than someone who hasn't tried them.
>
> One needs to keep in mind that the Kindle's target are the latter, not
> the former.

Hard to say. There are a LOT more iPod owners than there probably  
ever will be Kindle owners. If a publisher had to choose a market to  
target, I'd place my bets on the iPod. Though granted, there was a  
comment made about audio books being "books" and unfortunately, I am  
one of those luddites who think of books as things you READ. I think  
of audio books as audio--as close to music as they are to books-- 
perhaps closer.

dej
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