Comments on: Kindle: Web Browsing Experience Is Horrible

By: Amazon May Sell $750 Million In Kindles by 2010 (That’s A Lot Of Kindles)

Amazon May Sell $750 Million In Kindles by 2010 (That’s A Lot Of Kindles) — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:50:03 +0000

[...] our take? I was down on the Kindle when it first launched but quickly fell in tepid like with it once it was in my hands for a few weeks. But then John Biggs [...]

By: David Smith

David Smith — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:53:12 +0000

I just want to jump in and say that Michael Arrington sounds like a real idiot trying to use the touch screen on a device which doesn’t have one.

LOL.

By: JImmy James

JImmy James — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:40:46 +0000

Best part: Scoble types “www.” Someone tell him it’s 2007.

By: Do You Need a Kindle? | Smart Saving and Investing

Do You Need a Kindle? | Smart Saving and Investing — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:06:22 +0000

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By: Ben Cooper’s Weblog » Blog Archive » A Chat with Ben and Pete - Episode 5

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:05:10 +0000

[...] Arrington hates the Kindle browser [...]

By: Sebhelyesfarku

Sebhelyesfarku — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:05:26 +0000

Another dumbass Maczealot compares Apples and oranges.

By: PookieBadMuffin

PookieBadMuffin — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:00:29 +0000

Ever read instructions? Slapping at the screen when it isn’t touch sensitive? Reviewing something in a bar? Bitching about the browser when it’s meant for reading digital books?

You don’t come across as an exceptionally bright person after a piece like this.

By: mint question

mint question — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:52:32 +0000

omg scoble and arrington are such nerds

“so… that took 55 seconds, and mine took 14″ *adjusts taped glasses and snorts* “is that a 3.5 out of 10, hehe”

lame

By: Ederic

Ederic — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:42:41 +0000

I still read ebooks on my Palm Treo’s eReader.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:00:07 +0000

I think I heard this conversation once before when digital cameras first came out.

By: Sean Coonce

Sean Coonce — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:33:19 +0000

Who brings their kindle to a party

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:43:55 +0000

#37 is dead right - ebook readers will never take off because they are worse than the technology they are attempting to replace. I remember reading somewhere that the definition of a paper page is thousands of times better than any screen. That’s why your eyes never hurt after reading a book for hours.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:33:07 +0000

Get a new cameraman, that guy is a dick.

By: The video is horrible

The video is horrible — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:25:24 +0000

I have to agree with comment #42 Arrington. You are killing your brand by publishing videos that look like this. How can anyone take it seriously?

By: E.T.Cook

E.T.Cook — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:32:20 +0000

Also…it takes a tremendously long time for me to pull up a webpage when mobile safari locks up my iphone, and I have to reset it before I can access it again.

By: E.T.Cook

E.T.Cook — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:31:05 +0000

Arrington, no wonder so many people treat you like a pariah, and call you out. You act like a douche.

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:51:32 +0000

This comparison is just totally silly. Only thing that the Kindle should be compared against is other book-reading devices.

By: Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:12:19 +0000

Web browsing with an etch-a-sketch?

http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

By: Rod

Rod — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:56:48 +0000

IMO the biggest feature of the Kindle is the wireless anywhere with no setup. If Amazon can do it then others can do it - like Garmin providing the same thing with their GPS Navigation systems.

By: Charbax

Charbax — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:10:59 +0000

There are Exabytes of text on the Internet, all of it looks better and is more readable on the Kindle than on your computer screen. And all of this worlds text is potentially available in one click on the Kindle, depending just on the Interface quality of the Interface. This is the beginning of the revolution, finally digital text is readable as printed text on paper and is available magically in one click. It’s one piece of paper that contains the whole Internet and the library of Alexandria.

By: what in the world

what in the world — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:25:02 +0000

What in the world made you think that this video is up to the standard of showing up in a tech magazine?
It’s shaky, dark, noisy and full of annoying camera flashes.
I’ve seen better drunken party videos on Youtube

Sorry for trolling, never done this before

By: Charbax

Charbax — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:19:15 +0000

The Kindle’s experimental browser does have auto-complete URLs.

The Kindle’s EVDO and processor is probably much faster to load the actual website then on the iPhone’s crappy EDGE.

- How can you expect a better user interface for an E-Ink based ebook that does not have a touch-screen? I guess Amazon could have used Wacom stylus function as an additionnal user interface, but they chose not to, possibly because of cost and battery consumption of the Wacom touchscreen system.

- How can you expect a better blackberry-styled keyboard?

- How can any Ebook screen be any better then E-Ink? E-Ink is the absolute best quality you can get for text, it’s the only way to read an electronic book.

The Kindle is the first device in the world that lets the user take books, newspapers and blogs on a portable electronic device. And this technology here is able access the whole worlds books, newspapers and blogs contents. And not only that, but most probably that a few firmware updates can add to the already awesome Wikipedia access an open RSS aggregator(to load any blogs while just paying Amazon for the EVDO bandwidth used), reading of Forums, reading of Google News websites, basically the Kindle is the first device to confortably be able to read the web.

That is why I think that the Kindle is pretty revolutionary and probably worth much more than your 1/10 rating. I hope that the European version will have HSDPA and WiFi, a Wacom touch-screen like the iRex Iliad and a few more firmware features.

By: D.L.

D.L. — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:44:35 +0000

Hey, Mike try the same test without Wi-Fi.

By: PH Langlois

PH Langlois — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:40:35 +0000

Michael > “I couldn’t figure it out just by playing with it, I’d need a lot of time to learn the UI, or I’d have to get out the manual. The iPhone, by contrast, is just completely intuitive.”
Well in fact, thanks to Apple marketing, you’ve been teached how to use an iPhone before having one in your hands.

By: Albert Lai

Albert Lai — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:20:52 +0000

Mike, you are an apple fan boy! =P