Kindle's currently take up to 6 weeks from the time you placed your order (people receiving them today, ordered them around Feb 1).

Sounds like the Christmas backlog is soon to be cleared, and Amazon expects to begin shipping the same day as they are ordered.

Quoted: Amazon.com's CEO says the company is finally ramping up production of its electronic book reader as customers continue to face long delays in receiving it. Read this blog post by David Carnoy on News Blog.

Kindle is supposed to run for a week w/o a charge.

Quoted: Customer Service says that the battery should last one week if the wireless is turned off and 2 days if the wireless is kept on. If yours does not last that long, please call Customer Service, 866-321-8851. Mine only lasts a short day, so Amazon said it is defective and they are replacing it.

Advance to minute 36 to hear interviews of people in a bookstore when presented with a Kindle for the first time.

Scott's rationalization for buying a Kindle on economic grounds...almost works...

Quoted: Mike Koss Says:
December 5, 2007 at 7:22 pm
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I’ve been using a Kindle for about a week - about 100 pages into a book, read Seattle Times, WSJ, and NYT every couple of days.
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I’ve been very happy with it. Newspapers are NOT as nice as reading the physical paper - missing lots of the photos and the layout is just not as easy to scan. I think they could do better with some re-formatting (even better would be to customize subscriptions to the sections and story topics you want to be highlighted).
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But, I’ve canceled my paper subscription anyway - looking forward to the day of getting ALL my magazines and most of my books this way (I was running out of shelf space at home, anyway!)

re-faving Mohit

Quoted: Thousands of free ebooks, pre-formatted for reading on your Kindle.

I've been using the new Amazon Kindle for a couple of days now. I actually love it. Comfortable to hold, feels solid, and the display is beautiful. This is also a great gift for someone WITHOUT a computer who loves to read - you can purchase books directly on the Kindle, with no need to ever hook up to a computer. Books are delivered within 60 seconds from the Kindle store.

And new releases are generally only $10, compared to $15-$20 for new hardback releases.

P.S. If you're going to get one - please click the Buy from Amazon button below - your purchase will help support Faves.com!

Quoted: Amazon.com: Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device: Kindle Store

Deb just got her Kindle last night. I think the Kindle is GREAT. Yes, it is easy to accidentally hit the right-hand Next-Page button when holding a Kindle. But I hold it at the bottom when reading so it's not a very bad problem - just a minor annoyance.

Features I like:
- Display is GORGEOUS! High resolution and awesome contrast. For print - better than an LCD display.
- I don't think it looks cheap at all. The device feels light weight, but solid.
- Interface is simple an intuitive.
- You can bookmark, annotate, or "clip" whole pages to save markers, or your thoughts. Your clippings file can be transfered to a computer (via USB only, I think).
- Downloading content (without a PC) to a Kindle is fast and frictionless.

Kindle comes with a Web Browser (in the experimental section) - I've not seen any developer information on the functionality of the Kindle browser (though it DOES have javascript support). I wonder if there will be a market for Kindle-optimized or Kindle-specific web sites (as their have been for the iPhone).

Excellent review of Kindle and comparison to Sony's Reader.

Quoted: Amazon.com unveiled its Kindle e-book reader last week with a PR extravaganza that might impress even Steve Jobs. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos brandished his first hardware product on Charlie Rose and the cover of Newsweek, and secured testimonials from such