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Title: Amazon's Kindle Oasis and the sheer joy of reading Post by: HCK on May 06, 2016, 04:05:20 pm Amazon's Kindle Oasis and the sheer joy of reading
Michael Gartenberg has covered the personal technology beat for more than two decades at places like Gartner, Jupiter Research and Altimeter Group. Most recently, he spent a few years at Apple as Sr. Director of Worldwide Product Marketing. */ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ The Amazon Kindle Oasis is the ultimate electronic reading machine—it simply costs too much and isn't for everyone. "It doesn't matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don't read anymore. Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year. The whole conception is flawed at the top because people don't read anymore." — Steve Jobs on the introduction of the Kindle "We think iPad will be a terrific e-book reader for popular books and textbooks." Steve Job on iPad Launch day I love books. I love to read. Back when there were bookstores, I'd spend every Friday afternoon browsing the shelves, checking for anything new from my favorite authors, walking the aisl... Source: Amazon's Kindle Oasis and the sheer joy of reading (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/4QuDAU9D5WU/amazons-kindle-oasis-and-sheer-joy-reading) |