In the past few days, I have read all kinds of articles about how iPhone 2.0 crushes the Kindle, and how Kindle 2.0 is no better than the first Kindle. I love the iPhone. I think Apple has done a lot of good things to make the iPhone the best gadget in the world. At the same time, I think the iPhone is overrated. There I said it. The iPhone may have the best mobile applications. It may even be “cooler” than the Kindle. But it certainly doesn’t make you smarter!
I hear our leaders talk about how the U.S. has become less competitive in science and how we don’t have enough engineers. You know why? Because we spend more time on entertainment (videos, games, …) than actually reading good books. People just don’t spend enough time reading and learning these days. Sure. You read blogs. But a lot of those blogs are opinions and not facts. And let’s not forget that a lot of those blogs (maybe 90% of them) are written by folks who read blogs and not books. You see the trend? We spend less time reading material that is well-researched and more time reading opinions and link-baits. If you read blogs for an hour a day, you are at least trying. A whole lot of folks don’t read books nor blogs. They read magazines, but nobody has become the next Einstein by reading celebrity magazines.
I am not going to argue for the Kindle being faster or less weighty than the iPhone. I find those comparisons to be too shallow. Think about it. Amazon Kindle allows you to read books wherever you are and actually exercise the muscle that matters the most. If you are using the iPhone to read books 2-3 hours a day, then more power to you. But a lot of iPhone users don’t, and that is why Amazon Kindle is better than Apple iPhone.
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4 comments
#1RickFebruary 17, 2009, 8:54 pm
Well put sir…glad someone has pointed out that iPhone users, though they CAN read entire books, typically don’t. I also like your point on the need to actually read well developed, fact based writing that took time and effort to produce as opposed to a blog written up (many times with spelling and grammatical errors) on the spur of the moment.
Let’s hope the K2 really does kindle a spark to read more and continue stretching the mind:-)
#2P. RadFebruary 18, 2009, 7:20 am
Thanks Rick. I am a blogger, and I love all bloggers for what they do. But we as a nation need to get on a better information diet. Blogs are great to find out about latest developments and even get ideas. But a well-researched book on a Kindle is just something else. I do hope that our government, our communities, our people will spend some time to get our kids to read more. Use the muscle that matters. We have the technology to make reading fun again. Make math cool again. Make arts cool again. Let’s hope
#3coffeeFebruary 24, 2009, 2:16 pm
Kindle's appearance is certainly reminiscent of Apple products
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