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Do We Really Want Vendor Lock-in With E-book Readers?

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Do We Really Want Vendor Lock-in With E-book Readers?

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Do We Really Want Vendor Lock-in With E-book Readers? The Kindle e-book reader is, by almost all accounts, a great device. Amazon’s recent fumble with two George Orwell books notwithstanding, almost everyone who… Peter Cohen, Macworld.comMon, 10 Aug 2009 11:30:22 -0700 The Kindle e-book reader is, by almost all accounts, a great device. Amazon’s recent fumble with two George Orwell books notwithstanding, almost everyone who I’ve spoken to who has one loves it. It’s portable, it’s convenient, the books can be quite inexpensive, and the e-paper display doesn’t wear on the eyes or wash out in bright light like a laptop or cell phone display. But Amazon is doing the same thing with the Kindle that Apple did with the iPod–it’s locking ou

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