hans.gerwitz

My completely unwar­ranted review of Amazon’s new Kindle e-​​book reader, without touching one:

The eink screen’s light gray colouring looks ideal, and a bright white would certainly cause eyestrain. But what’s with the white casing? It appears distracting, like reading a paperback in a frame that covers the margins in bright white.

The keyboard is entirely too prominent, consid­ering how unim­portant it is to the reading expe­rience. It leaves the impression the device considers searching and purchasing as primary use cases, rather than browsing and… reading.

Nonetheless, I’m excited about a future the ebooking. Sign me up for a next-​​gen Kindle that’s all screen.