Steve Jobs vs. Amazon's Kindle


	Steve Jobs vs. Amazon's Kindle

weirdguy

1-28-2008 10:19 AM

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apple, mac, amazon, reading, books, learning, education, kindle, ereader

weirdguy says:

Is Steve out of touch with reality or is he onto the next "insanely great" idea? Read for yourself.

What do you think: Is reading books a fading past time or a changing paradigm?

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