A Look at the Kindle Assistively

The Amazon Kindle

Pros

-10.3 oz (size of a paperback book)
-Amazon Whispernet-FREE high speed cellular wireless network (Spring EVDO)
-Memory-200 internal book storage + SD (extra memory) slot
-re-download bought books at no extra charge
-Newspapers and magazine's go automatically to the kindle overnight
-customisable font size
-access to 300 blogs(kindle version)
-bookmarks and remembers last reading spot
-ability to notate, edit and export notes
-glare free clear screen and uses eInk making a great display
-upload .JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG formats

Cons

-$400.00
-$10 book download
-Newspapers=$6-$15p/m // Magazines=$1.25-$3.49p/m // FREE ONLINE
-overpriced content
-can't add blogs not on the amazon list
-Web browsing is terrible and plug ins unavailable
-No real browser
-black and white screen great for reading but terrible for any web stuff including periodicals


How to make it better?

-colour screen
-text/font/ customisable options
-free/almost free content
-book swapping
-social network
-bigger overall size
-scrolling and page turn buttons
-cheaper:take out web browser content/ability such as wikipedia


Some questions and notes

-Why read periodicals and magazine on device such as kindle if easily available online?
-Structure of non digital periodicals and magazine different than digital online version
-Is there a way to get paper periodicals on screen in non web based format without having to scan everything?
-doc format most compatible/popular among eReaders
-eReader.com prices are slightly cheaper than buying a physical book from amazon.com
-prices are high because the web bill is covered by Amazon which they make up for by upping the content price
-how do we make it wireless without phone bill? Wireless only available if near your computer? Bluetooth?