TGIF: Giant Kindle devours the world
I knew it wouldn't take long before Amazon's Kindle grew completely out of control. I could understand the appeal of the standard version, and even the super-sized DX, which was more friendly to newspapers and textbooks.
But why did Amazon chieftain Jeff Bezos feel the need to build the Kindle-saurus (shown here), approximately the height of a Baltimore rowhouse? Did we really need an indie-movie-house sized screen? Or memory that allows it to hold "every papyrus scroll, cuneiform tablet and book ever written." And how portable can it be if the specs call for a "Ford F-150 carrying case"?
For another take on giant Kindles, check out this hilarious video on the 9XXXD model. And have a great weekend!
Comments
Kindle owners are actually having a nationwide meeting on Saturday, June 6, at 10 a.m. at local Starbucks shops across the nation. I kid you not. You can read about it on Kindleboards: http://www.kindleboards.com/blog/2009/05/save-the-date-national-kindle-koffee-day-june-6/ or on an Amazon Discussion forum http://www.amazon.com/tag/kindle/forum/ref=cm_cd_ef_tft_tp?%5Fencoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdThread=Tx1PMZ73JEKK34B&displayType=tagsDetail I'm not sure what to think about this. It may be planned by a group of thieves who just want everybody to vacate their homes at this time! Oh well, at least the Kindles will be safe at Starbucks.
Posted by: Gail Farrelly | May 29, 2009 12:20 PM
The video is hilarious!!!!
Posted by: Vicki Stokes | May 29, 2009 2:47 PM
I enjoy the Amazon Online Reader and its text to speech capability. How can any one compare Kindle to the Sony Reader?
http://www.reader-kindle.com/index.html
Posted by: Reader Admin | May 31, 2009 6:39 PM