Comments on: JaffeJuiceTV: Joe on the Kindle and GE http://www.leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/ innovative communication for innovative communicators Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ari http://www.leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/comment-page-1/#comment-3124 Ari Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:49:53 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/#comment-3124 I have to say I find Jaffe's points pretty obvious. Not much new there. I have to say I find Jaffe’s points pretty obvious. Not much new there.

]]> By: Ari http://www.leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/comment-page-1/#comment-6860 Ari Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:49:00 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/#comment-6860 I have to say I find Jaffe's points pretty obvious. Not much new there. I have to say I find Jaffe’s points pretty obvious. Not much new there.

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/comment-page-1/#comment-3123 Lee Hopkins Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:54:05 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/#comment-3123 Oh, and I know there's the <a href="http://www.irextechnologies.com/products" rel="nofollow">iLiad book reader</a> in Oz, courtesy of Dymocks. I've played with one (Dymocks are a client of mine). But I just can't come at paying $900 for a device that admittedly DOES meet all of my requirements (except for the outrageous price). If any PR company wants to send me one for review with no return... Oh, and I know there’s the iLiad book reader in Oz, courtesy of Dymocks. I’ve played with one (Dymocks are a client of mine). But I just can’t come at paying $900 for a device that admittedly DOES meet all of my requirements (except for the outrageous price).

If any PR company wants to send me one for review with no return…

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/comment-page-1/#comment-6859 Lee Hopkins Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:54:00 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/#comment-6859 Oh, and I know there's the <a href="http://www.irextechnologies.com/products" rel="nofollow">iLiad book reader</a> in Oz, courtesy of Dymocks. I've played with one (Dymocks are a client of mine). But I just can't come at paying $900 for a device that admittedly DOES meet all of my requirements (except for the outrageous price). If any PR company wants to send me one for review with no return... Oh, and I know there’s the iLiad book reader in Oz, courtesy of Dymocks. I’ve played with one (Dymocks are a client of mine). But I just can’t come at paying $900 for a device that admittedly DOES meet all of my requirements (except for the outrageous price).

If any PR company wants to send me one for review with no return…

]]> By: On upgrading one’s personal technology, whether one wants to or not http://www.leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/comment-page-1/#comment-3122 On upgrading one’s personal technology, whether one wants to or not Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:06:29 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/#comment-3122 [...] that, plus thinking about the geek-culturally-defined ‘transformational’ products like the Kindle and iPhone, I have received a large kick up the mental [...] [...] that, plus thinking about the geek-culturally-defined ‘transformational’ products like the Kindle and iPhone, I have received a large kick up the mental [...]

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/comment-page-1/#comment-3121 Lee Hopkins Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:03:32 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/#comment-3121 A bit more research and it looks like the only real alternative in Oz in the <a href="http://www.bookeen.com/ebook/ebook-reading-device.aspx" title="read about the cybook3" rel="nofollow">cybook</a>. I've played with one, but like Yusuf, I have real issues paying $500 for something that only comes in black and white and could be wiped out of existence by a spilt coffee or sudden rain. Annoyingly, the cybook doesn't offer the ability to annotate; even a stylus that offered hand-written annotations in the margins would help. At least the Kindle has that. But I do like the idea of not being tied to Amazon, which Kindle forces you to be. But Mrs BetterComms, in her grounded, practical way, would argue, "What is the point in spending $500 on a gadget when a paperback costs around one twentieth of the price? If 'they' want us to go green to save the planet then 'they' can supply you one for free." And I have to agree with her; whilst the greeny credentials of ebook readers are wonderful (no more chopped trees), the cost of being an early adopter is too high until some cheaper distribution method (like we have with mobile phone plans and free phones) becomes available to the masses. A bit more research and it looks like the only real alternative in Oz in the cybook. I’ve played with one, but like Yusuf, I have real issues paying $500 for something that only comes in black and white and could be wiped out of existence by a spilt coffee or sudden rain.

Annoyingly, the cybook doesn’t offer the ability to annotate; even a stylus that offered hand-written annotations in the margins would help. At least the Kindle has that.

But I do like the idea of not being tied to Amazon, which Kindle forces you to be.

But Mrs BetterComms, in her grounded, practical way, would argue, “What is the point in spending $500 on a gadget when a paperback costs around one twentieth of the price? If ‘they’ want us to go green to save the planet then ‘they’ can supply you one for free.”

And I have to agree with her; whilst the greeny credentials of ebook readers are wonderful (no more chopped trees), the cost of being an early adopter is too high until some cheaper distribution method (like we have with mobile phone plans and free phones) becomes available to the masses.

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/comment-page-1/#comment-6858 Lee Hopkins Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:03:00 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/#comment-6858 A bit more research and it looks like the only real alternative in Oz in the <a href="http://www.bookeen.com/ebook/ebook-reading-device.aspx" title="read about the cybook3" rel="nofollow">cybook</a>. I've played with one, but like Yusuf, I have real issues paying $500 for something that only comes in black and white and could be wiped out of existence by a spilt coffee or sudden rain. Annoyingly, the cybook doesn't offer the ability to annotate; even a stylus that offered hand-written annotations in the margins would help. At least the Kindle has that. But I do like the idea of not being tied to Amazon, which Kindle forces you to be. But Mrs BetterComms, in her grounded, practical way, would argue, "What is the point in spending $500 on a gadget when a paperback costs around one twentieth of the price? If 'they' want us to go green to save the planet then 'they' can supply you one for free." And I have to agree with her; whilst the greeny credentials of ebook readers are wonderful (no more chopped trees), the cost of being an early adopter is too high until some cheaper distribution method (like we have with mobile phone plans and free phones) becomes available to the masses. A bit more research and it looks like the only real alternative in Oz in the cybook. I’ve played with one, but like Yusuf, I have real issues paying $500 for something that only comes in black and white and could be wiped out of existence by a spilt coffee or sudden rain.

Annoyingly, the cybook doesn’t offer the ability to annotate; even a stylus that offered hand-written annotations in the margins would help. At least the Kindle has that.

But I do like the idea of not being tied to Amazon, which Kindle forces you to be.

But Mrs BetterComms, in her grounded, practical way, would argue, “What is the point in spending $500 on a gadget when a paperback costs around one twentieth of the price? If ‘they’ want us to go green to save the planet then ‘they’ can supply you one for free.”

And I have to agree with her; whilst the greeny credentials of ebook readers are wonderful (no more chopped trees), the cost of being an early adopter is too high until some cheaper distribution method (like we have with mobile phone plans and free phones) becomes available to the masses.

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/comment-page-1/#comment-3120 Lee Hopkins Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:25:29 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/#comment-3120 <a href="http://ramblingonthisandthat.blogspot.com/2009/02/to-kindle-or-not-to-kindle.html" title="To Kindle or not to Kindle" rel="nofollow">Yusuf has some interesting observations</a> about the Kindle. Yusuf has some interesting observations about the Kindle.

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/comment-page-1/#comment-6857 Lee Hopkins Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:25:00 +0000 http://leehopkins.net/2009/04/24/jaffejuicetv-joe-on-the-kindle-and-ge/#comment-6857 <a href="http://ramblingonthisandthat.blogspot.com/2009/02/to-kindle-or-not-to-kindle.html" title="To Kindle or not to Kindle" rel="nofollow">Yusuf has some interesting observations</a> about the Kindle. Yusuf has some interesting observations about the Kindle.

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