Amazon May 6 press conference - breaking news, your reactions

[srmalloy]

I love my Kindle 2 and do not want to lug a big one around.   I thought that was what the kindle was about.

Aside from being much thinner, the Kindle 2 has about the same footprint as a trade paperback.; it looks as if the Kindle DX will have the same size relationship to a hardcover book, which makes it inconvenient to carry around for casual reading, but better for displaying illustrations and diagrams in books. They fill overlapping but distinct niches with regard to their expected use.

[srmalloy]

I won't be getting one any time soon. Because I don't need it.
Bigger screen, rotation, native pdf and more storage.  Not enough to tempt me.
For college students who can get their technical textbooks on it. Great!  Now tell me when the textbook publishers who are "on the team" are going to deliver.
Rotation - nice but I can live without it.
Native PDF - One of the better features.
More Storage - I can't use the storage I have now.

And, from the pictures, a major design failure. This is intended, among other targets, to be used for textbooks and reference materials. But if you look at the pictures, you can see that more than 80% of the population will be unable to hold the Kindle DX in one hand and use the other to write notes while still being able to page back and forth in the document -- only 8%-15% of people are left-handed, and with all the controls on the right side you're stuck on the current page if you've got a pen in your right hand and holding a Kindle DX in your left.

[Ann in Arlington]

it looks as if the Kindle DX will have the same size relationship to a hardcover book,

But much thinner and lighter. . . .so it is a consideration but, for example, it's smaller than even a baby laptop and lighter too.  So if the reason to bring a laptop is to have access to PDF type documents, the DX has you covered there.  Of course, you can't print them from it. . . .

Ann

[Ann in Arlington]

And, from the pictures, a major design failure. This is intended, among other targets, to be used for textbooks and reference materials. But if you look at the pictures, you can see that more than 80% of the population will be unable to hold the Kindle DX in one hand and use the other to write notes while still being able to page back and forth in the document -- only 8%-15% of people are left-handed, and with all the controls on the right side you're stuck on the current page if you've got a pen in your right hand and holding a Kindle DX in your left.

Or. . . .you turn the whole thing upside down. . .the page rights itself to your orientation and you page through using the buttons with your left hand as you write with your right.  Granted, that puts the keyboard upside down at the top. . .but in this scenario, you're not using the keyboard anyway.

Ann

[thejackylking #884]

Lovin it.  I want one