Recently, I had a chance to create a poll on Linkedin about the gadgets that we will probably see in 2009. I did add PS4, and Xbox 720 as wild-cards.

The initial results are in. As you can guess, there aren’t enough votes to make a clear conclusion from the data. However, the initial results does show that folks are more excited about next generation iPhone than anything else. Another survey showed that folks rather get PS3 or the iPhone than Amazon Kindle for the holidays.

While these surveys don’t prove anything significant, it does show that Amazon has a lot of work to do to create more buzz around Amazon Kindle. Kindle is lacking in the “coolness” department right now, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Amazon decides to go in that direction with Kindle 3.0 (we already know what Kindle 2.0 looks like).

During the past few weeks and months, we have seen companies such as Plastic, Sony, and IRex try to properly challenge Amazon Kindle. Some of these guys try to go thin, some of them try to go cheaper, and in case of IRex, they are going bigger. Amazon Kindle is not as attractive as the iPod, make no mistake about it. But Amazon has a huge competitive edge over everyone (except Google) with its huge digital library. And Amazon’s Whispernet network also helps too. What Amazon has been doing is to create layers over layers of competitive edge. It has also understood the ecosystem of this niche better than anyone else. All this means that companies are going to make it tough challenging Kindle, but it’s not impossible.

So here is my question for you guys. Let’s say you can be any company in the world (Google, Microsoft, Sony, …). What would it take in your opinion to top Amazon Kindle? Size, price, connectivity? or something completely different?

With all the talk about Kindle 2.0 coming out early December this year, I was wondering if any of you have plans to upgrade your Kindles. What would it take for you guys to upgrade? Lower prices? A trade-in program for Kindle 1.0?  Please sure your thoughts.

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As Amazon tries to sell more Kindle with various promotions, I thought I’d ask you guys your thoughts on possible Amazon Kindle promotions that could be on the horizon for us.

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When I got my Kindle I thought it was the best thing ever. It had its glitches and challenges but the fact that I didn’t need to order paper books anymore (and pay the Amazon Prime fee) made me believe that once you switch to Kindle there is a good chance you’ll stay with Kindle. But to my surprise many of my friend and colleagues have gone back to books as they find putting notes on paper books and the whole experience of it hard to let go. So here is my question for today:

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