Comments on: Kindle me now http://blog.momekh.com/2009/10/07/kindle-me-now/ Real world advice, ideas and tips on being a better entrepreneur Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:00:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Will Amazon’s Kindle fight back? | Life etc http://blog.momekh.com/2009/10/07/kindle-me-now/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Will Amazon’s Kindle fight back? | Life etc Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:13:34 +0000 http://blog.momekh.com/?p=545#comment-602 [...] e-reader out there. Which was good, but only for Amazon’s bottom line. From a long list of gripes that people had with the Kindle, to the utter lack of choices in the e-reader market, the average consumer was sorta stuck. Not [...] [...] e-reader out there. Which was good, but only for Amazon’s bottom line. From a long list of gripes that people had with the Kindle, to the utter lack of choices in the e-reader market, the average consumer was sorta stuck. Not [...]

]]> By: Why Kindle will have to change | Life etc http://blog.momekh.com/2009/10/07/kindle-me-now/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Why Kindle will have to change | Life etc Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:14:51 +0000 http://blog.momekh.com/?p=545#comment-597 [...] mentioned in a previous post that the Amazon Kindle is operating is a vacuum of sorts, given that all the big guns are focusing on laptops and [...] [...] mentioned in a previous post that the Amazon Kindle is operating is a vacuum of sorts, given that all the big guns are focusing on laptops and [...]

]]> By: Momekh http://blog.momekh.com/2009/10/07/kindle-me-now/comment-page-1/#comment-596 Momekh Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:20:36 +0000 http://blog.momekh.com/?p=545#comment-596 Seems like a 'deal breaker' to me :/ With Kindle, a lot of things are wrong here... hmmm For example: 1. If I can't 'keep' my library of books, then what did I pay for? A license to read only, more of a library pass? FAIL! 2. And if the books on Kindle can not be downloaded onto your PC to view as PDF or whatever, then this possibly is the most underrated case of unfair advantage out there. FAIL! Thanks for the comments, Aqeel :) Seems like a ‘deal breaker’ to me :/

With Kindle, a lot of things are wrong here… hmmm

For example: 1. If I can’t ‘keep’ my library of books, then what did I pay for? A license to read only, more of a library pass? FAIL!
2. And if the books on Kindle can not be downloaded onto your PC to view as PDF or whatever, then this possibly is the most underrated case of unfair advantage out there. FAIL!

Thanks for the comments, Aqeel :)

]]> By: aqeeliz http://blog.momekh.com/2009/10/07/kindle-me-now/comment-page-1/#comment-583 aqeeliz Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:24:34 +0000 http://blog.momekh.com/?p=545#comment-583 Hmm.. It's a double post but after a quick search I realized I was wrong on few points in my last post. You can read other formats on kindle, and can transfer them directly from your PC too. Most probably what I read was a rant of a user. Though Amazon did remotely delete a book from all kindle devices (which Amazon says it won't do again) and few people were locked out of their amazon accounts, making them unable to buy any kindle book, or access the books they had already purchased. There is also a problem that if you break your Kindle or lose it, all your books become useless, unless you buy another kindle or get kindle's iPhone application. Hmm.. It’s a double post but after a quick search I realized I was wrong on few points in my last post. You can read other formats on kindle, and can transfer them directly from your PC too.

Most probably what I read was a rant of a user. Though Amazon did remotely delete a book from all kindle devices (which Amazon says it won’t do again) and few people were locked out of their amazon accounts, making them unable to buy any kindle book, or access the books they had already purchased. There is also a problem that if you break your Kindle or lose it, all your books become useless, unless you buy another kindle or get kindle’s iPhone application.

]]> By: aqeeliz http://blog.momekh.com/2009/10/07/kindle-me-now/comment-page-1/#comment-582 aqeeliz Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:25:05 +0000 http://blog.momekh.com/?p=545#comment-582 There is also a DRM issue. All your books are on server, you can't make a backup, copy your own ebooks on kindle or do anything with them (that is when I last checked, not sure if things have changed). There are quite a few people locked out of their entire collection. I am usually more trusty of big corporations than many other people, but I don't think even I will like to have Amazon complete control over all my books. Jailbroken Amazon, now that is something interesting. As a hardware it 'sounds' amazing, and if I can have a complete control over my books (including ability to copy books on kindle I haven't bought from Amazon) I would love to get my hands on one of them. There is also a DRM issue. All your books are on server, you can’t make a backup, copy your own ebooks on kindle or do anything with them (that is when I last checked, not sure if things have changed). There are quite a few people locked out of their entire collection. I am usually more trusty of big corporations than many other people, but I don’t think even I will like to have Amazon complete control over all my books.

Jailbroken Amazon, now that is something interesting. As a hardware it ’sounds’ amazing, and if I can have a complete control over my books (including ability to copy books on kindle I haven’t bought from Amazon) I would love to get my hands on one of them.

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