is Roberto Mateu’s geeky blog.
The iPad is a great casual computer, but the Kindle is the superior reading device. And there doesn’t need to be any “killing”. If you really like an iPad for its other uses, now that a Kindle’s entry price is $140, it’s perfectly reasonable to have both.
Agree completely.
I had assumed that after a few weeks of using the iPad, the Kindle would be sold. Now, the only reason it could get sold, is if I buy a new version.
Why the iPad Hasn't Killed Kindle →
Daniel Lyons, on Newsweek:
I suggested to Bezos that maybe Amazon didn’t care about selling Kindle machines, that maybe the device wasn’t important. He said that wasn’t the case, but that “our goal with the Kindle device is separate from the Kindle bookstore.”
This sounds like a good strategy for Amazon. Let the Kindle device team go after what he calls the purpose-built reading device market, while the Kindle software team tackles the best reading experience in all platforms.