Officially the most boring and one of the most ugly devices in the world (beaten just by Packard Bell).

Your opinion on this device?

It's a fairly interesting use of technology, but I'm not sure how good the "bookstore" is.

kindle? more info needed

Amazon's electronic book thing. MP3 player for writing.

Daaaaaam thats ugly

Schlurbi, it's effectively an MP3 player for books, you do have to buy it.

The main problem I can see with it is you have to buy the books again if you have them in paper format and want them on the Kindle.

Very much a "proof of concept" device

True, though I do kind of like the idea of having the Kindle store loads of books.

I think it would do really well if it was in colour and you could get magazines and newspapers delivered automatically via subscription.

It has been out for over a year, they are now bringing out a new version, the Kindle DX.

They're more comparable to early generation MP3 players than anything else, though, which is what Si is getting at.

I was implying that it is looking as though the concept has been proven. It works, and according to the article in the telegraph something like 500,000 have been sold.

Yeah, but it's still very much in its early stages, it has a lot of refining to come.

This being the third. I do know this.

Then post it.

I can't read minds.

*sigh* If I must... although the DX is the third in the line of these, it is still proof of concept in itself. The screen still can't have colour yet, no scrolling or anything (basically redraw rate is rubbish). For amazon really it's all about the bookstore. If they can get their teeth firmly in there early (which they are), then when a decent proper model comes out surely then they already have the market ready to just feed the proper colour shiz.

Amazon Kindle

Aaron's picture was actually the Kindle 1, I think, the Kindle 2 looks a lot better, though far too iPod-y for my tastes. The Kindle DX looks better again, and is much bigger (screen).

Si is right about the bookstore. If they can add subscriptions to that, especially Newspapers, they will be laughing.

Ah, Amazon basically trying to get in early on what they believe to be a potentially highly profitable market.

Potentially? It is, and there's no doubt about it. Especially with magazines and newspapers in tow. I think it will work really well if they can get a user friendly low-power colour screen (extended reading on a computer monitor isn't friendly), OLEDs, maybe, and an automated content delivery system. I can see a lot of potential from busness people who jump on the train with their Kindle and have the days newspaper just there.