Mossberg Review of the Kindle

Here is the Wall Street Journal's review of the Kindle:

Kindle Review

Mossberg thinks the Kindle is poorly designed, although it does have some nice features. And to think that Amazon invested 3 years of design for the thing! Let's face it - Apple is just better at designing the software, and the hardware to go with it, for cool and useful electronic devices.

The Kindle

Gentlemen, what do you think of the new Kindle book reader from Amazon? Still kind of expensive at $400, but that's where the iPod got its start, right? There were rumors about a year ago that Apple was developing an easy way to read books with an electronic device. I wonder is that was true?

Apple Shares through the roof!

Apparently Apple shares have gone up big time in anticipation of the iPhone going on sale in China. Boy, you talk about a huge and emerging market. If Apple gets going in China, and if the Chinese realize how good Macs are, then Apple would be poised for even MORE growth!

Memory Lane

I still remember when we got our first online email address with Yahoo - beginning storage: 32 Mb. Then along comes Google with their 1 Gb memory, then 2 Gb and counting! Yahoo just abolished its memory storage limit - that's right, unlimited memory! Our Google address has 4.5 Gb and counting.

I know I complain about the state of the World sometimes, but memory storage these days is pretty darned good!

Turd at the Top!

The Brown 1st generation Zune is at the top of the Amazon Bestseller List at $130 for the 30 Gb player. It is outselling the black 1st generation Zune ($140) and the 2nd generation black Zune (by far more attractive than 1st gen). Are we as Americans so cheap as to buy a turd for an MP3 player just because it is inexpensive?