First newspapers, then computers, then cell phones…
Add comment May 5th, 2009
… Now, another news platform, the Kindle, the electronic reader.
If you’ve never heard of it, the device syncs to the Web wirelessly and delivers books to you for $9.99 a pop. You also can subscribe newspapers and magazines on the thing, which weighs less than a pound but costs more than $350.
To be clear, the Kindle is not new (it debuted in 2007), but this week, the buzz is high this week because a large-screen version more compatible for reading newspapers is expected to be released. Though some say Kindle won’t save newspapers anyway because, again, if you can go to the Web site for free, why would you subscribe with this? Others are more optimistic.
I’m not waiting for Kindle to save newspapers, but I am intrigued. One of our editors takes hers everywhere because she is a voracious reader.
