Cell phone or a Kindle?

Oprah discussed the Kindle on her show a couple weeks ago. See LISNEWS story about that here. At the Oprah.com website there is a posting from a user complaining that Oprah has on financial people that say not to spend money on things we want just on things we need and then has a show promoting the $350 Kindle. Other people have commented both pro and con to the point. I found one person’s comments to be particularly interesting: I loved the show about the Kindle. My 12 year old daughter is such a huge reader….. when I saw the show I thought it would be a great christmas present for her. but since I was not working at the time I thought there would be no way that we could afford one. (actually two because I want one too). My daughter is always researching new books to read and is always nickle and diming us to death. We come from a small community and our library is 30 miles away. Also, they never have the new releases, so we are ordering books on line since we want to encourage her to keep reading. Tonight I asked her if she would rather have a Kindle or a cell phone. She has wanted a cell phone for the last 2 years, but just can’t justify the monthly charges. But tonight, when I talked with her, she said she would rather have a Kindle which was wonderful.

November 12, 2008 by Libraries

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4 Responses

  1. Anonymous says:
    November 12, 2008 at 4:01 pm

    The Kindle is much, much
    The Kindle is much, much better than reading on a small cellphone screen.

  2. Bibliofuture says:
    November 12, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    What I found interesting about the comment
    1) Person at least raised the library as a place to obtain books. Library was 30 miles away so not best option. Person also complained that library did not have the new releases they were looking for.

    2) Pre-teen given choice between a cell phone and an ebook chose the ebook. I did not read the comment to suggest that the child intended to read books on the cell phone if that was the electronic purchase they selected. I took the comment to indicate that given the choice between a cell phone to talk on and an ebook to read with the child chose the ebook.

  3. Anonymous says:
    November 12, 2008 at 6:18 pm

    I am glad that little girl
    I am glad that little girl loves reading so much!

    Someone should tell them about bookmoochers though.

  4. tomlinton says:
    November 13, 2008 at 3:23 am

    Techie or Reader
    I’ve noticed a basic difference
    in the review of Kindles
    Readers seem to love it
    and use it to read
    Techies seem to hate

    I suspect that READ?
    is the pivot question
    :>)

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