Poll: When you bought yours, were you a “Kindle virgin”?
“When you bought your first Kindle, what was your previous Kindle experience?”
That’s the question posed by Leslie in a recent KindleBoards poll.
For me, I was sitting in a Starbucks in Atlanta when a lady at a nearby table started reading a Kindle. I was so excited, and – prodded by my wife – I worked up the nerve to ask her how she liked it. (I’m a serious introvert.) The Kindle owner graciously showed me how it worked, let me hold it, and described how much she loved it. I remember vividly how much smaller and lighter it was than I expected. A short while later, I opened up my own Kindle, which was a gift from my wife.
My experience, as it turns out, is not the norm…
A snapshot of the results shows that, out of 199 responses, about 65% of you bought your Kindle without having ever seen or touched a Kindle. Less than 10% of buyers had occasion to try a Kindle out before buying. This poll probably reflects how many of our members are early adopters, who ordered Kindles before they started appearing in the wild.
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One of the benefits of our active forums is that we can quickly survey a lot of Kindle owners with these types of questions. Hit the comments link below to see the current results, and to vote!