Open Question: Have You Seen a Kindle in Public?

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Permalink Reply by Keith Fahlgren on September 9, 2008 at 4:31pm

I've never seen a Kindle in the wild beyond the one I own. I did once see a woman reading a Sony Reader on a plane (during takeoff!).

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Permalink Reply by Jean Nugent on September 17, 2008 at 6:57pm

I saw a woman reading on her kindle while eating breakfast one of our favorite local greasy-spoon. She seemed to be enjoying herself, and I was almost jealous until I pulled out my iPhone. Ah, an interface with lots of lush colors.

I think the first cell phone I saw was a dinosaur from the mid 90's -- one of the huge almost walkie-talkie like ones. I don't remember the first 'real' cell phone I saw - but do remember the first time I heard someone talking on their phone with their spouse at the grocery store, and the first time I was sent the picture of a product so I could also procure it on my first photo-enabled phone. Little, wonderful, life-changing things.

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Permalink Reply by Mac Slocum on September 17, 2008 at 9:25pm

I've seen two Kindles: one at work (which really shouldn't count) and one at BEA. My initial surprise at the BEA Kindle was soon tempered when I realized the guy holding it works for Amazon ;)

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