I’m sitting at a computer cafe about a minute down the street from my hotel…check- in isn’t for another three hours, so I’ll probably go to the British Museum after I’m done here.
The flight was uneventful and uncomfortable—dinner was hilarious though, there’s tons of turbulence and the plane’s shaking side to side as I try to pour ranch dressing on my salad instead of all over my pants…I couldn’t stop laughing.
The transportation here was pretty straightfoward; all the signs were clear and although the entire network is laberinthine, the indicatons/colors pointed me to the right place. I only got a little lost in Victoria Station after the train from the airport, but after a little common sense I figured out I had only two choices, yellow/green line or blue line (I wanted blue line).
It has DRM. Yes, the books cost too much. Yes, the device costs $400 - the reading of your first Kindle-book will run you up $410. How’s that for an expensive hardcover version of your favorite novel?
All these awful things about the Kindle, while important, don’t “put out the light” on the Kindle (pathetic, I know). The electronic paper screen and its compact size are invaluable assets, as is the lifetime, always on, Sprint EVDO connection.
Two hundred dollars - thats the electronic sweet spot, and how much Kindle should cost. Amazon needs to get real and stop trying to siphon cash off oblivious customers. Electronic paper is the next, well, paper - Amazon needs to jump on the bandwagon without charging an arm and a leg.
