Comments on: Amazon Kindle To Become Blind Friendly http://www.bestebookreaders.com/amazon-kindle-to-become-blind-friendly/ Everything Ebooks Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:51:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: P. Radhttp://www.bestebookreaders.com/amazon-kindle-to-become-blind-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-655 P. Rad Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:24:36 +0000 http://k.indled.com/?p=1323#comment-655 Exactly. Though I wouldn't call Amazon lazy. It's just they have been very slow with their approach. Kindle will be strong for the foreseeable future but Amazon could have done much better. Exactly. Though I wouldn’t call Amazon lazy. It’s just they have been very slow with their approach. Kindle will be strong for the foreseeable future but Amazon could have done much better.

]]> By: Katiehttp://www.bestebookreaders.com/amazon-kindle-to-become-blind-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Katie Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:50:51 +0000 http://k.indled.com/?p=1323#comment-654 I think Amazon had really been lazy with the Kindle, up until recently when they realized the Nook is going to be a serious competitor (if not the current version, then certainly a future model). Now we're getting huge OTA updates, promises of more features just around the corner, and desktop applications for viewing purchases off of the Kindle. Honestly, this stuff was a long time coming, and there are still several ways for the device to improve that I can't believe haven't been implemented yet (and I'm not talking huge hardware changes). No customizable screensavers? That's ridiculous, in my opinion, and B&N made absolutely the right decision there. (I cannot stand looking at Alexandre Dumas and Harriet Beecher Stowe, no matter how good their works are, and refresh the screen again when their pictures show up.) I'm anxious for them to implement the new organization system they spoke of last month, but I can't believe they didn't do that sooner, and I hope it's pretty flexible (customizable categories, ability to put books in multiple categories, maybe utilize tags).Anyway, I'm glad that Amazon is stepping up and giving us the features we should have had long ago, but it's annoying that it took a serious competitor to make it happen. I think Amazon had really been lazy with the Kindle, up until recently when they realized the Nook is going to be a serious competitor (if not the current version, then certainly a future model). Now we’re getting huge OTA updates, promises of more features just around the corner, and desktop applications for viewing purchases off of the Kindle. Honestly, this stuff was a long time coming, and there are still several ways for the device to improve that I can’t believe haven’t been implemented yet (and I’m not talking huge hardware changes). No customizable screensavers? That’s ridiculous, in my opinion, and B&N made absolutely the right decision there. (I cannot stand looking at Alexandre Dumas and Harriet Beecher Stowe, no matter how good their works are, and refresh the screen again when their pictures show up.) I’m anxious for them to implement the new organization system they spoke of last month, but I can’t believe they didn’t do that sooner, and I hope it’s pretty flexible (customizable categories, ability to put books in multiple categories, maybe utilize tags).

Anyway, I’m glad that Amazon is stepping up and giving us the features we should have had long ago, but it’s annoying that it took a serious competitor to make it happen.

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