Re: another Kindle review

Thanks, Mary, for this very interesting link!  This review may be "roughly drafted," but it's 
certainly not hastily written!  I appreciated being able to read thoughtful, insightful 
comments from a well-informed, clear-eyed observer!  And I found placing the Kindle in 
the context of Apple, the iPod and iPhone, and iTunes very helpful.  Daniel goes into detail 
on every limitation and drawback of the Kindle but makes an effort to understand their 
origins, which are sometimes technical in nature, and doesn't blow them out of proportion.  
I especially enjoyed his comment, "Within its price target, it blindly blows past any 
previous example of shoddy looking electronics gear to attain a level of unsophisticated 
ugliness that would seem difficult to rival."

John

--- In [email protected], "Mary E. Tyler" <dejahvu@...> wrote:
>
> Roughly Drafted is a widely read rabidly pro-mac blod (Daniel calls  
> it a Magazine but it's not taken THAT seriously. He's the only person  
> who ever writes for it). Here's his take on the Kindle:
> 
> <http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/12/10/in-depth-review-can-amazons- 
> kindle-light-a-fire-under-ebooks/>
> 
> dej
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