The Kindle is great, I want one too! I wonder were they got the name from. Well, regarding your twitter post about Chris Pirillo. I couldn't watch through the video. You said its "Awesome!!!" I think its terrible unfunny.

Cali: Leo said he is getting one also. You two should compare notes. The prices is too steep to compete with Sony.

I am not a fan of e-book readers. I would like to actually have the book. However, the Kindle looks really nice, and I am thinking of buying it. Cali — Does Jude Ng have a website? Who is he? He makes really nice graphics. See you on U-Stream tonight!

After watching the videos on Amazon I have one criticism: They charge you for uploading personal documents to Kindle. I understand this policy but nevertheless it bothers: You have email your .doc files (nothing heard about pdf) to Amazon, and they convert the files and upload it to the device for a "small fee".

Jude Ng doesn't have a Web site, unfortunately. It drives me crazy that I can't promote something for him. :) He's a viewer who did the original one for us, we loved it, and he's been making it better ever since!

Kindle seems…. I dunno, what's the point? I never understood these e-book readers. I mean, the idea is great.. but at $300+ why the hell wouldn't I just walk up to the library and borrow a book. Or buy used books. $300 can buy you a lot.. and you can hand it off to your buddy. And more importantly, it's another thing to lose. And they need to hire apple to design it for them. I just don't see a market for this to thrive in.

I love the idea of an e-reader, but they're way too expensive. There are two things that attract me. 1. I could download every "classic" for free online and have them all on my e-reader (with much less weight I might add) and 2. I don't like having to read documents on my computer because it's not good for the eyes (and according to "The Plug-In Drug" light from a TV or monitor actually affects your brain in a similar way to drugs), so it'd be nice to send, say, my dissertation to the e-reader so I could review it without looking at a computer screen and failing to have good posture. If the above comment is true - a small fee for my own documents - I would never get the Kindle. Everything I would want it for is my own (free) files. Of course, if everyone was like me, they couldn't afford to take much of a loss on the reader itself, because they wouldn't be making returns based off of book sales.

As one of the ultimate early adopters of eBooks, I'll be curious to see how this latest effort does. I own one of the very first Rocket eBooks from the mid-90s. I think there were fewer than 1000 books available when I got my Rocket Reader and for a while, I was THE hit of any airplane I flew on. EVERYONE wanted to see what I had. Battery life was supposed to be 16 hours (the longest non-stop airplane flight at the time) and as I recall it would hold 10-12 books. I agree that makers might find more success by discounting the reader and selling content at a higher price - like the cell phone companies. For those who say "what's the use" - I tend to agree as long as publishing remains where it is. The real value in the eBook will be when publishers begin to marry other technology with their printed content. Multiple various endings for fiction is one such new idea, as would be audio highlights of the books. I'll be looking forward to your review of the Kindle.

So this morning I see Cali’s Twitter about a thing called “Amazon Kindle”. Never heard of it before. A Google search and a couple of page views later, I found I was clicking the “Buy” button. Although this proves my need for adult supervision while on Amazon, I think I’ve got a justification this time. I’m horrible about throwing out magazines. There’s always an article I feel I want to refer back to. I’ve recently been denying myself magazines that I really would like to read, but I know they’ll pile up until they become hazards to navigation, so I’m trying not to let it get started. I love real books, but my house is already full of them and I keep getting more and never get rid of any. With the ability to offload to SD cards, Kindle may pay for itself in recovered real-world house space alone. I think I agree about the need for Apple design. There’s something about that QWERTY keyboard that reminds me of my dad’s 1970 Texas Instruments calculator. Great UStream tonight, by the way! The time slot tonight was just about perfect for me in Seattle, but I strongly support the idea of rotating times around to serve the global audience.

Before getting to the content… I like the new intro to the show. But I really miss the bloopers at the end. Did you really do an entire show in one perfect take? ;-) I've been reading eBooks for many years now and have quite a collection. I started on my Palm back in 1999 and then to my Blackberry and now on my Windows Mobile smartphone. I have alwasy been a big fan of being able to carry around several books with me wherever I may be and to be able to read whenever I want. Reading on a relatively small screen with something I can hold in one hand, and turn pages with that same hame, has always been a great experience when waiting in queues and standing on a train or subway. The advantages are many. The disadvantages are also frequent and annoying. The price for most eBooks is currently extraordinarily expensive. This plus the fact that DRM means I can't read my book on any of my devices. I can only read it on the device I was using when I bought the eBook. When I moved from Palm to Blackberry, for example, I suddenly could no longer access all of the eBooks (about 65 of them at the time). I had to rebuy books I wanted to be able to carry around with me. That's ridiculous. Imagine not being able to read any books you bought because you moved house. The Kindle has all of the negative aspects I've always disliked about autonomous eReaders: Yet another device to carry around in addition to what I'm already carrying? No thanks. I've already gone from carrying around my mobile phone and my iPod to a Smartphone. I'm not going to add another device. Yet another DRM-protected book which I will not be able to read when I move on from this eReader to another… which everyone certain will eventually? No thanks. $400 for a machine wihch can only read books and such? No thanks. I'll spend that much money on some other handheld which can do that and so much more. Imagine how many books I can read on an 8 GB iPod Touch for $100 less and that's just one possible example. I'm afraid yet another eReader is going to be one of the rare product ranges that this early adopter ain't gonna adopt. All of that said… I can't wait for your review! Thanks. PS: Dave Peterson you really need to check out Zinio!

i just wanted to say that I LOVE the new opening sequence, but I don't particularly care for the music. Keep up the great work!

1. Thank God - Great new beginning - keep it. 2. Is it me or does this episode look like bluescreen….? 3. Bloopers please! 4. Have a great day.

Thanks for the tip on Zinio, Derek. I'm checking it out now. After an hour of playing with my new Kindle I can tell that it won't be as good for magazines as it might be for books and newspapers.