Yall. As yall know I freelance as a techblogger at TechnicalCrunch and Valleybro sometimes, giving product reviews of some of the most influential gadgets in the history of our modern society. Today I want to blog about the new Amazon Kindle DX.
This is the Amazon Kindle DX. I think it is handheld and has a touch screen instead of a keyboard. Picture taken at the Apple keynote seminar web conference.
From what I understand, it is a computer that gives you only the things that you need–email, google searches, facebook, myspace, twitter, pdf reader, and iTunes. Instant messenger is a $25 monthly fee. You never actually have to ‘buy the computer’, u just rent it on a month-to-month basis. This is the new pricing model for laptops in the future.
I think that his is going to be marketed to college students and tweens, sort of like facebook. They will use it ‘on the go’ to find out movie times and stuff like that. They will listen to podcasts.
I think the point of this new gadget is that you get to ‘doodle’ on it, or something. Similar to the EtchaSketch.
I am not sure if I will get the $50 a month cell phone plan that it can be used with because I already have an iPhone contract. The USB adapter that is require to turn on the cell phone satellite is bulk, and often causes the system to overheat and shut down. This can be annoying in coffee shops where I use my lappy to look busy/scan facebook.
I think it will be important for the Kindle to develop ‘apps.’ In the future, the Kindle will also come out in a series of warm colours, so that u can show off ur personality better. Unfortunately, the Kindle does not load blogs or any site with an RSS feed, since it is intended to only showcase ‘books’ and ‘pdf files.’
According to industry insiders and experts, Apple has already panicked, and this is what the next Macbook will look like. (Photos exclusive to hipsterrunoff.com. please do not repost–link to this page.)
as u can see, in the future, computers will not have physical keyboards. Keyboards actually have a high carbon footprint, and people don’t buy things with high carby footies any more, sort of like how Hummer is ‘going under.’ The user actually has ‘a more meaningful’ experience on this ‘mega iPhone netbook’ which is actually an 18 inch flat screen that u carry around.
I feel overwhelmed by the future of technology. I don’t really ever know what to buy because things are moving so fast. I just got a white Macbook and I feel like ‘a fucking poor loser.’ I feel ‘addicted’ to touch screen technology, and sometimes I touch the screen of my desktop to click on a hyperlink, but nothing happens. I am not sure who I am any more, and I don’t know if technology makes my life better.
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jizzing in my pants
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i tried turning the page on my kindle when i was reading ‘how to be alone’ by jonathan franzen
and i was confused, because it wasn’t turning, and i tried turning harder
my face turned red because i was trying so hard
then i ripped it in half
seemed sweet
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//////////Reply by bro
//////////Posted May 10th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
@tao,
where can i ’steal’ your e-books
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i don’t know man, my computer is fine, i just need HRO and Alice Glass upskirt pics.
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Saw a Kindle on the bus the other day, but the dude had it loaded with porn and stuff
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looks like crls got paid yall$$$
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Are HRO readers even aware of TechCrunch and Valleywag, or does the AltBro/GeekBro Venn diagram overlap more than I thought?
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//////////Reply by NDN(Indian)ALT
//////////Posted May 10th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
@DragonForce, I don’t think so, Valleywag may be, if they are San Jose alts… and doesn’t really sound like Carles is much of a GeekBro from what he has written as well.
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Carlos, the Amazon Reader is just a cell phone with a bigger screen to fit bigger b00bs [via pr0nz]
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jizzscreen and all like ‘hey chk out my new icock’.
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yeah, but can you dj off it?
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some1 better say something funny/snarky about jamesjoycebro so everyone knows they can identify highbrow writer bros via classic pixxx of them
btw i saw one of the vampire weekend guys wearing a rad don delillo shirt on stereogum just a few days ago
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//////////Reply by Eli B
//////////Posted May 31st, 2009 at 7:34 pm
@chuck,
Portrait of the author as a youngbro?
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kindle is a silly word
cuz its useless stuff that you set on fire 2 stay warm, like books
id want one if it wasnt in black&white and they sold them in green
does the kindle hav a webcam in it?
maybe you could do some cArAzy kindle vloging and upload them to youtube
i still want a macbook touchpro cuz it ’suits my needs’ [via azn/blk erotica, music/video/picture editing, and fitting in at coffee places]
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Carles,
I disagree w/ many points in your post for once (well, tech isn’t your area but).
-First, you made the point that Kindle would be targeted towards the pubescent humanoids. However, given the limited functionality, they will go for touch-tablet devices once something like iPod tablet comes out (which has been rumored since way way before Kindle DX was announced) … kids need distractions, bright colour LCD, and a GUI to open many windows simultaneously.
-The new pricing model should refer to content rather than laptops, imo. What you can buy for Kindle are DRM-protected, so you’re basically paying to view content rather than “buying” a book.
-Netbook refers to a sub-notebook w/ screen less than 10~11″ and w/ keyboard. I think you meant touchscreen tablets. (Btw, Micheal Arrington of “TecnicalCrunch” is coming out w/ CrunchPad as you probably know.)
-I understand the cost of using Sprint Nextel’s EVDO network is included in your download price (per content basis). It’s not a subscription model that uses network cards/usb devices.
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//////////Reply by NDN(Indian)ALT
//////////Posted May 10th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
But then this is HRO, I’m assuming Carles was being ironic… and I fell for it and acted like a mainstreamer, damn.
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//////////Reply by White Blipster
//////////Posted May 10th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
@NDN(Indian)ALT, If you ‘make a mistake’ lyke this, does that mean ‘you get demoted’ back to ntry lvl?
Reminds me of snakes and ladders yall
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high carby footies
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//////////Reply by White Blipster
//////////Posted May 10th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
@totalchamp, yessss – that got me too
<3
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Listen carefully & you can hear the old industry moan & whimper as the knife in their side is inched deeper.
@chuck: I bet Stephen Daedalus would still read print tho, blind as he is.
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Just want to do blow off my Amazon Kindle
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i liked the last part. sometimes, late at night, when it’s just me and my macbook and my ipod touch and my xbox 360 and my verizon wireless lg dare (touchscreen of course), i get a little scared that some day there may be a touchscreen big enough that I can lay next to and touch the parts of a virtual girl that I wouldn’t normally had it been a real, breathing person. Sometimes.
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//////////Reply by Switters
//////////Posted May 11th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
@zalex, you’ve frightened and aroused me at the same time. kudos
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//////////Reply by Eli B
//////////Posted May 31st, 2009 at 7:36 pm
@zalex, a touchscream is what you are looking for I think…
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Will this change mac commercials 4ever?
I am a PC
I am a Mac
I am a Kindle.
WHat will kindlebro look like? Will we be able to recognize him/her/it? Maybe it will be a sxy nerd?
hope so?
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//////////Reply by Eli B
//////////Posted May 31st, 2009 at 7:36 pm
@Princess Jazzy Gems, Kindlebro is the psychotic heavens gate bro up top.
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