Comments on: Amazon’s Kindle is slowly changing my life http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/2010/10/14/amazons-kindle-is-slowly-changing-my-life/ At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded - Wittgenstein Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:02:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 By: mike http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/2010/10/14/amazons-kindle-is-slowly-changing-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:02:31 +0000 http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/?p=944#comment-165 @ ivan: yeah colors and animations would definitely improve it (as long as the price remains so accessible!). ps glad you like the theme!

@ ramzez: well as I said I’ve been reading several pdfs on the kindle; you’ve got to struggle a little to find the right orientation and size settings but in most cases the end results was acceptable to me. Some pdf take forever to load though, and that’s quite annoying. I’m not sure how much this can be improved however.. cause it seems to me that a lot of it is determined by the kindle size, and not by the software handling the pdf format (which is notoriously difficult to handle!). Thanks for the comment though!

]]> By: ramzez http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/2010/10/14/amazons-kindle-is-slowly-changing-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:37:38 +0000 http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/?p=944#comment-164 I agree with all points, apart from PDF, the Amazon’s implementation is awful, makes reading pdfs very uncomfortable and conversation is not very good.

]]> By: IvanDM http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/2010/10/14/amazons-kindle-is-slowly-changing-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:43:12 +0000 http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/?p=944#comment-163 BTW, your blog theme is AWESOME!

]]> By: IvanDM http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/2010/10/14/amazons-kindle-is-slowly-changing-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:42:38 +0000 http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/?p=944#comment-162 This is insightful.
I agree with your points, but there is one big problem with the “current” Kindle (and other similar ebook readers) for me: the screen.
I know that it’s “that way” (“digital ink” is the common name, I recall), to save battery and to be super light. But I don’t like this technology. I need:
– colors
– decently fast animations

That’s why I’m on hold: I’m waiting for a breakthrough.
And I think the Qualcomm Mirasol (http://www.mirasoldisplays.com/) will be that breakthrough.

I really wish Apple decides to embrace it and make a product with it, but if not, I’m confident either Amazon or Sony will use it to make the next generation of their eBook readers.
And that’s what I’ll go for.

Currently, I read on my iPhone, and even if Sun is it’s archenemy, is “good enough”.

Will join you later ;)

]]> By: mike http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/2010/10/14/amazons-kindle-is-slowly-changing-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:32:26 +0000 http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/?p=944#comment-161 you know what I didn’t know about that! I just tried it and yes it works as you say, searches across your entire library. thanks Mirko :-)

]]> By: Mirko http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/2010/10/14/amazons-kindle-is-slowly-changing-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:48:02 +0000 http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/?p=944#comment-160 Well…nice review! I was kinda impressed by the Kindle as a reading device…It does the job, and it does it very well. I heard there is a search feature which searches across all the PDFs you have got in your Kindle…amazing! Let’s say I have 10 PHP books and I need to know what the flock() function does…instead of manually search in all of them I just need to type “flock” and it gives me all the related material on a single page????? Is it right?????

Anyway, the best feature is the matte screen…I hate glossy screens when it comes to read something in the light..It gives me a headache ;)

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