Jack Schofield: Is the Kindle ebook reader becoming Amazon’s iPod? | Technology | The Guardian
Friday, 15 August 2008, 17:43
"Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney has just doubled his projections for Kindle sales to 378,000 units for this year, 934,000 next year and 4.4m in 2010. "Turns out the Kindle is becoming the iPod of the book world," he told Citigroup clients."
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 17:36
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Ipod users are struggling with the new BBC News website design.
Saturday, 8 December 2007, 16:03
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"[T]echnology won’t save us. If we can’t succeed on the web, we certainly won’t be able to succeed with the Kindle or e-ink, because each of those new technologies will bring their own challenges to the traditional way of doing things. "
Saturday, 8 December 2007, 11:28
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"… reading all this talk about the “iPod moment” for books …. [W]asn’t the deeper surprise/lesson of the iPod that Apple had essentially invented a need where none had formerly existed?"
Monday, 19 November 2007, 08:08
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"[I]f an iPod like that (which we now have, the iPod Touch) was increased to the size of a book, why would there be a need for an eBook reader?"
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 22:45
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"… a new iPhone-like touchscreen music and video player that has a full Internet browser and the capacity to download music."
Monday, 16 July 2007, 19:11
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Some LoudonExtra details: "users will be able to download the site’s restaurant guide onto their iPods and use their cellphones to find restaurants open late at night." Searchable public records databases are key to hyperlocal sites.
