Comments on: Amazon Kindle sells half as well as Microsoft Zune http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/04/amazon-kindle-sells-half-as-well-as-microsoft-zune/ Daniel Eran Dilger in San Francisco Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:03:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Amazon to Make Kindle iPhone App for e-Book Reading? | i-Phones Plus http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/04/amazon-kindle-sells-half-as-well-as-microsoft-zune/comment-page-2/#comment-18379 Amazon to Make Kindle iPhone App for e-Book Reading? | i-Phones Plus Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:09:02 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3101#comment-18379 [...] techeratti love the Kindle — so what if it’s only available in the US, is selling half-as well as the Zune, Apple targeted “reading” in a recent commercial, and Google just optimized their Books [...] [...] techeratti love the Kindle — so what if it’s only available in the US, is selling half-as well as the Zune, Apple targeted “reading” in a recent commercial, and Google just optimized their Books [...]

]]> By: Amazon to Make Kindle iPhone App for e-Book Reading? | iPhone Daily http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/04/amazon-kindle-sells-half-as-well-as-microsoft-zune/comment-page-2/#comment-17831 Amazon to Make Kindle iPhone App for e-Book Reading? | iPhone Daily Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:00:39 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3101#comment-17831 [...] techeratti love the Kindle — so what if it’s only available in the US, is selling half-as well as the Zune, Apple targeted “reading” in a recent commercial, and Google just optimized their Books [...] [...] techeratti love the Kindle — so what if it’s only available in the US, is selling half-as well as the Zune, Apple targeted “reading” in a recent commercial, and Google just optimized their Books [...]

]]> By: In-depth review: Kindle 2, the Apple TV of books — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/04/amazon-kindle-sells-half-as-well-as-microsoft-zune/comment-page-2/#comment-17720 In-depth review: Kindle 2, the Apple TV of books — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:54:59 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3101#comment-17720 [...] the privilege of test driving Amazon’s e-reader experiment. The company only shipped about a half million Kindle devices last year. That’s perhaps a significant achievement among e-readers but hardly [...] [...] the privilege of test driving Amazon’s e-reader experiment. The company only shipped about a half million Kindle devices last year. That’s perhaps a significant achievement among e-readers but hardly [...]

]]> By: Unboxing of the Kindle2 « Gloria Filiorum Patres http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/04/amazon-kindle-sells-half-as-well-as-microsoft-zune/comment-page-2/#comment-17709 Unboxing of the Kindle2 « Gloria Filiorum Patres Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:01:51 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3101#comment-17709 [...] than the original models, will undoubtedly make the new ebook reader even more attractive to the relatively tiny audience of early [...] [...] than the original models, will undoubtedly make the new ebook reader even more attractive to the relatively tiny audience of early [...]

]]> By: Unboxed: Amazon Kindle 2 gets iPod treatment. Will it sell? — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/04/amazon-kindle-sells-half-as-well-as-microsoft-zune/comment-page-2/#comment-17668 Unboxed: Amazon Kindle 2 gets iPod treatment. Will it sell? — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:03:23 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3101#comment-17668 [...] than the original models, will undoubtedly make the new ebook reader even more attractive to the relatively tiny audience of early [...] [...] than the original models, will undoubtedly make the new ebook reader even more attractive to the relatively tiny audience of early [...]

]]> By: Download Zune Book Reader and Read eBooks from Your Zune http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/04/amazon-kindle-sells-half-as-well-as-microsoft-zune/comment-page-2/#comment-17344 Download Zune Book Reader and Read eBooks from Your Zune Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:20:02 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3101#comment-17344 [...] Amazon Kindle sells half as well as Microsoft Zune I don’t get how the Kindle has become the first “mainstream” eBook reader as some in these comments have asserted. Ask 20 people on the street what a Kindle is and they’ll say “kindling? that’s for fireplaces right? [...] [...] Amazon Kindle sells half as well as Microsoft Zune I don’t get how the Kindle has become the first “mainstream” eBook reader as some in these comments have asserted. Ask 20 people on the street what a Kindle is and they’ll say “kindling? that’s for fireplaces right? [...]

]]> By: Zephyrus of the Anemoi » Fires must be Kindled http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/04/amazon-kindle-sells-half-as-well-as-microsoft-zune/comment-page-2/#comment-17255 Zephyrus of the Anemoi » Fires must be Kindled Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:01:51 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3101#comment-17255 [...] the Kindle itself sold less than Microsoft’s Zune by a 2-1 margin, that doesn’t seem to make it a failure in Amazon’s eyes. To be fair, [...] [...] the Kindle itself sold less than Microsoft’s Zune by a 2-1 margin, that doesn’t seem to make it a failure in Amazon’s eyes. To be fair, [...]

]]> By: daGUY http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/04/amazon-kindle-sells-half-as-well-as-microsoft-zune/comment-page-2/#comment-17221 daGUY Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:48:41 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3101#comment-17221 The Kindle 2 was just officially released today (well, available for preorder): http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/B00154JDAI/ref=nosim/daringfirebal-20 Overall, it looks like a solid update over the original - longer battery life, better display, better design (although it's still ugly in my opinion...but at least this time it's symmetric!), etc. At the same time, I still kind of feel like this is a solution looking for a problem. Don't get me wrong - being able to carry around your entire library, search, look up definitions, etc. and download new books on the fly is pretty cool. But I feel like most people do more "short" reading nowadays (newspapers, magazines, blogs, websites, etc.), and while the Kindle can handle these things, other devices do it better (iPhone/iPod, for instance). Maybe I'm just not in the target market. Bezos mentioned in his presentation that books have been largely the same for 500 years. Maybe that's because there's not really anything wrong with them? The Kindle 2 was just officially released today (well, available for preorder): http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/B00154JDAI/ref=nosim/daringfirebal-20

Overall, it looks like a solid update over the original – longer battery life, better display, better design (although it’s still ugly in my opinion…but at least this time it’s symmetric!), etc.

At the same time, I still kind of feel like this is a solution looking for a problem. Don’t get me wrong – being able to carry around your entire library, search, look up definitions, etc. and download new books on the fly is pretty cool. But I feel like most people do more “short” reading nowadays (newspapers, magazines, blogs, websites, etc.), and while the Kindle can handle these things, other devices do it better (iPhone/iPod, for instance). Maybe I’m just not in the target market.

Bezos mentioned in his presentation that books have been largely the same for 500 years. Maybe that’s because there’s not really anything wrong with them?

]]> By: KathyLee http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/04/amazon-kindle-sells-half-as-well-as-microsoft-zune/comment-page-2/#comment-17211 KathyLee Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:00:25 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3101#comment-17211 Hey! I'm a tech-savvy cat lady! :-D But I don't follow Oprah... I sadly agree with Jobs, but not that I don't read anymore - I don't read fiction anymore. I spend a lot of time reading, but it's online blogs, news, tech news and rarely any books. Even magazines are out-of-date by the time you get them. One thing about the Kindle which seemed neat, is the subscriptions to newspapers/mags. That could be cool if offered on the iPhone. I don't want to carry an e-reader just for that - the back-lit LCD of the iphone is ok on my eyes (thus far) for reading articles, not sure what it would be like for entire books. Hey! I’m a tech-savvy cat lady! :-D But I don’t follow Oprah… I sadly agree with Jobs, but not that I don’t read anymore – I don’t read fiction anymore. I spend a lot of time reading, but it’s online blogs, news, tech news and rarely any books. Even magazines are out-of-date by the time you get them. One thing about the Kindle which seemed neat, is the subscriptions to newspapers/mags. That could be cool if offered on the iPhone. I don’t want to carry an e-reader just for that – the back-lit LCD of the iphone is ok on my eyes (thus far) for reading articles, not sure what it would be like for entire books.

]]> By: Joel http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/02/04/amazon-kindle-sells-half-as-well-as-microsoft-zune/comment-page-2/#comment-17198 Joel Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:29:29 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3101#comment-17198 If I ever launch a product, I wish it would have the "epic fail" of getting it Oprah, and selling out at 500,000 units. Perhaps, and here's a strange thought, some times different people have different opinions...? Did you try any other e-readers, like the ones which fully support pdfs...? Or did you try to use the service provided by Amazon, or the other formats it supports. Perhaps the Kindle 2 will support pdfs... Its a bit like saying I can't play ogg files on my iPod, and so all mp3 players must suck, and the Ipod is "epic fail". Do one will want them things...! :D If I ever launch a product, I wish it would have the “epic fail” of getting it Oprah, and selling out at 500,000 units. Perhaps, and here’s a strange thought, some times different people have different opinions…?

Did you try any other e-readers, like the ones which fully support pdfs…? Or did you try to use the service provided by Amazon, or the other formats it supports. Perhaps the Kindle 2 will support pdfs…

Its a bit like saying I can’t play ogg files on my iPod, and so all mp3 players must suck, and the Ipod is “epic fail”. Do one will want them things…! :D

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