I think the only way to get it to work is if they practically gave them away. $400 is too high a number to help buy resistance. The is an early adopter - product for the gadget addicted only
Martin wrote: > > I was one of the first folks to leap into the notion of online book > reading. I ahve the Gutenberg site bookmarked, and I used to frequent > many online places featuring fiction. I stopped because I don't have > the time to downloasd stuff anymore. I just can't see this working, > despite its portability. > > ravenadal <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:ravenadal%40yahoo.com>> wrote: > http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140474-c,electronics/article.html > <http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140474-c,electronics/article.html> > > Amazon Kindle 'a Bit Sad,' Designer Says > > French designer Philippe Starck has proclaimed Amazon.com's Kindle e- > book reader "almost modern" but "a bit sad." > > James Niccolai, IDG News Service > > Tuesday, December 11, 2007 09:15 AM PST > > Philippe Starck, the French designer who champions simplicity over > form, has proclaimed Amazon's Kindle e-book reader "almost modern" > but "a bit sad." > > Starck was a speaker at the Le Web 3 social-networking conference > outside Paris on Tuesday. After an energetic, rambling speech about > modern design, he was handed a Kindle by the technology blogger > Robert Scoble and asked what he thought of it. > > "In this type of product, the best design is the least design > possible," said Starck. That means it should be small, simple and > strong, and not distract from the content, which should be the most > interesting part. > > The Kindle almost achieves that, "but the designer wasn't quite > humble enough to completely disappear, so he made a little slope > here, a diagonal there," Starck said. "It's a little sad because the > concept is modern, but the design is less modern, because the > designer doesn't want to disappear." > > "No no," he concluded, "it is almost modern." > > The Kindle launched last month for US$399 and allows people to > download books and newspapers over a wireless network. It is a fairly > plain device with a large screen, a keyboard and gently sloping sides > designed to make it comfortable to hold. > > "Our top design objective was for Kindle to disappear in your hands -- > to get out of the way -- so you can enjoy your reading," CEO Jeff > Bezos said last month. > > Amazon should consider it got off lightly from the critique. Earlier > in his speech Starck said most products today are designed only for > profit and without consideration for those who use them. They are "10 > percent useful and 10 percent [expletive]," he said. > > His speech was billed as "What is social about design" and bore > little relation to high technology, although it was probably the most > entertaining speech of the day and got the most laughs, touching on > furniture designed for sex, Viagra, and the evolution of design over > 4 billion years. > > "I try to make furniture that makes my friends have better sex," he > said, adding that he plans to get married next Saturday. > > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will > get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man > Without A Country" > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try > it now. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
