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Photos: Amazon enters the e-book world

Kindle stokes the fire...

By Caroline McCarthy on 23 November 2007 12:51

The wireless device does not require a PC for synchronisation, and the user doesn't need to install any software.

Photo credit: Amazon.com

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  1. 1. Richard

    And a talking version, for those unable to read print?

    • 26 November 2007 10:09
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  2. 2. anonymous

    It looks like you'd find it sitting next to a Sinclair ZX Spectrum in a tech museum.

    I can imagine the designers conversation, "We can design something better looking than an iPod, with our eyes closed" and so they did...

    • 26 November 2007 11:51
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  3. 3. Karen Challinor

    I wondered what happened to all the old "speak and spell" units that got binned when the "narrator" accessibility applet was released

    • 26 November 2007 14:46
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  4. 4. Simon Allen

    This unit will not do any better than any of the others for a very simple reason: It has too many buttons.

    They might think that making it sync without a PC is good but it means the user has to learn ANOTHER interface. If you could configure from a browser (any browser) then you have to learn nothing new. It sync with BlueTooth or Wifi or cable USB, just like dozens of other devices that the user already knows about.

    Quite apart from the fact that it is geared to a USA only network, they forgot the 1st Law: Keep it Simple Stupid.

    • 26 November 2007 18:44
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