Comments on: Samsung Papyrus Ready To Roll

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:24:25 +0000

I’m just not seeing the attraction of this device. Not for $300. The Papyrus reminds me of the Palm Pilot back in the 1990′s. I did read ebooks on those, but I expect something a little bit better today — especially for the cost.

By: cameron

cameron — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:05:23 +0000

I would not be all that worried about Google.

The business models that Amazon and Google are pursuing a very different and can probably coexist.

They both have the same goal of making every book ever published available online. Hopefully both of these strong companies will help push publishers into the 21st century.

By: Panah

Panah — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:04:14 +0000

While I agree with that, I still think Google is a dangerous partner not to have. They are scary good and have world domination plans. Who knows what they are up to.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:40:42 +0000

I honestly do not think the Sony/Google book deal is going to amount to much.

Most all of the popular public domain text’s are already available for the Kindle.

The rest is rather obscure and probably only of value to a small number of people.

Makes one hell of a press release, but overall the deal doesn’t amount to a lot for the end user.

By: John Cade

John Cade — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:25:14 +0000

How about Sony + Google Whopper. If Sony adds wireless, it could be a decent competitor.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:06:20 +0000

Amazon really does have the iPod of books right now.

Sure there are plenty of other MP3 players you can buy. Hell there are even some pretty cool ones, but nothing can replace the iPod.

Same thing with the Kindle. All these ebook readers are coming out, but nothing has yet come close to being better than a kindle