Comments on: Ebook readers: owners want email, battery life and internet http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/ebook-readers-owners-want-email-battery-live-and-internet/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mary http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/ebook-readers-owners-want-email-battery-live-and-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-1144810 Mary Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:59:25 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=28449#comment-1144810 Let me chime in here as one who couldn't care less about the internet connectivity of my Kindle. When I got the K1, of course I tried it out, was underwhelmed and gave it up. With K2 it is somewhat faster, but zippy it is not. There are too many other ways to get on the internet to get excited about that as a feature. Yes, I love Whispernet for getting books, blogs and periodicals, but I'd rather save my battery life for reading than to suck the life out of it doing a slow crawl around the internet. Let me chime in here as one who couldn’t care less about the internet connectivity of my Kindle. When I got the K1, of course I tried it out, was underwhelmed and gave it up. With K2 it is somewhat faster, but zippy it is not. There are too many other ways to get on the internet to get excited about that as a feature. Yes, I love Whispernet for getting books, blogs and periodicals, but I’d rather save my battery life for reading than to suck the life out of it doing a slow crawl around the internet.

]]> By: Khidr http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/ebook-readers-owners-want-email-battery-live-and-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-1144776 Khidr Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:39:53 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=28449#comment-1144776 I couldn't disagree more on the desire for internet access. I think the Kindle has oversold some of the features that people need in a solid ebook reader. While I enjoy the concept behind whispernet and the upcoming sony daily edition, It's just not an efficient place to browse a multimedia rich internet. Ultimately though, I think the poll backs up some of Steve Jobs recent comments, that a lot of people would prefer a more general purpose device that reads ebooks, rather than a dedicated ebook reader. Not me, I have a netbook that is a very portable web gateway, and a sony prs-505 that is a dream to read books on. I couldn’t disagree more on the desire for internet access. I think the Kindle has oversold some of the features that people need in a solid ebook reader. While I enjoy the concept behind whispernet and the upcoming sony daily edition, It’s just not an efficient place to browse a multimedia rich internet.

Ultimately though, I think the poll backs up some of Steve Jobs recent comments, that a lot of people would prefer a more general purpose device that reads ebooks, rather than a dedicated ebook reader. Not me, I have a netbook that is a very portable web gateway, and a sony prs-505 that is a dream to read books on.

]]> By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/ebook-readers-owners-want-email-battery-live-and-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-1144775 Steve Jordan Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:39:08 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=28449#comment-1144775 Internet connectivity? E-mail? Funny... that doesn't sound like a "dedicated device" anymore to me... It's also obvious that these stats were compiled in the U.S., not internationally. Internet connectivity? E-mail? Funny… that doesn’t sound like a “dedicated device” anymore to me…

It’s also obvious that these stats were compiled in the U.S., not internationally.

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