http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/11/02/can-the-iphone-take-on-the-kindle/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:40:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/11/02/can-the-iphone-take-on-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-224698 J Clark Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:46:16 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/11/02/can-the-iphone-take-on-the-kindle/#comment-224698 If you're looking at this from a Kindle-centric perspective, the iPhone won't replace the Kindle--the hard-core cadre of Kindle users will not see sufficient capabilities in the iPhone to cause them to put their Kindles away. However, this is something of a minority perspective, as there are tens of millions of iPhones/iPod Touches out there and a fraction of that number of Kindles, so really the question is whether the Kindle can be successful enough on its own to stay alive. For people who like to read a lot the Kindle appears to be the best choice; unfortunately reading for long periods of time is becoming a forgotten activity in our short-focused society. Kindle is doing reasonably well from what I can see, and perhaps it's making some money for Amazon. I personally doubt that I will ever buy one, and I have the Kindle app on my iPod Touch which is fine for me. I give the odds of there being a Kindle or similar device around in 3 years at less than 50-50. Amazon will either license its technology into a more general purpose device or it will go the way of so many other "nice ideas" that didn't make it. If you’re looking at this from a Kindle-centric perspective, the iPhone won’t replace the Kindle–the hard-core cadre of Kindle users will not see sufficient capabilities in the iPhone to cause them to put their Kindles away. However, this is something of a minority perspective, as there are tens of millions of iPhones/iPod Touches out there and a fraction of that number of Kindles, so really the question is whether the Kindle can be successful enough on its own to stay alive. For people who like to read a lot the Kindle appears to be the best choice; unfortunately reading for long periods of time is becoming a forgotten activity in our short-focused society. Kindle is doing reasonably well from what I can see, and perhaps it’s making some money for Amazon. I personally doubt that I will ever buy one, and I have the Kindle app on my iPod Touch which is fine for me. I give the odds of there being a Kindle or similar device around in 3 years at less than 50-50. Amazon will either license its technology into a more general purpose device or it will go the way of so many other “nice ideas” that didn’t make it.

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