The Kindle DX must have been one of the tech world’s worst kept secret. Because every respectable tech blog was talking about it, pictures were leaked, and we kind of all knew it was coming. And reiterating my lust list, I STILL want a Kindle 2.0. But Kindle DX kinds of brings the ballgame to universities, schools and people who just like it bigger.
Of course it is pretty fantastic, they’ve done away with less buttons which I’m not for, and kept it almost like the Kindle 2. It has tie ins with major textbook publishers, as well as newspapers (of course) because when a picture stays on the screen, we don’t want just three lines of text. We want more like.. three paragraphs – at least.
Naturally we could see how could this tie in with schools when the small, compact “net-book” was the way to go for schools. Uh huh… Internet? Chatting? IM-ing? Twittering? Not exactly total focus, plus having to read it on the small laptop screen (tiring on the eyes) as opposed to straight, direct, electronic ink. Since I was a relief teacher once in ACS (like middle school 12-16 years), well, for all the Fujitsu tablet pcs open during class, only 50% was actually studies.
Well, Amazon is doing seriously great with the Kindle. If not for Whispernet and its tie in with only US. I really want one. And the thing about Amazon stocks – its cheap (for now). Because Amazon is creating many kickass products which once they stop being so localized to the US, will be a great hit.
