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Amazon Kindle | Walt Mossberg’s gadget museum
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In today’s Walt Mossberg’s gadget museum, Walt shows us his original Kindle. Amazon announced the first Kindle in November 2007, the same year Apple released the first iPhone. The Kindle set off an e‑reading revolution — modern Kindles start at just $79, with everything from the first design but the E Ink screen stripped away.
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“It was just awful ” haha
I Love Kindle!
What if someone puts apple battery case and magic mouse 2 on Steve Job’s desk? Hmm.
did his work revolved around TECH or Apple?
So he says that there were no successful e‑readers before kindle, but they don’t show any. The ones they show are e‑readers that came after.
New record? Only 2 secs for him to mention Apple.
really liking these videos, hopping to see a lot of them and longer too
please make these videos longer. they’re way too shallow to be worth watching otherwise. The subjects are interesting, but there’s basically no depth. Why not demo the device? Or show it in comparison to modern equivalents? or give proper specs?
I want to see more of that! I’m just this type of guy, and I think we could have another channel about this kind of oddities, and Walt is funny when he shows off his gadgets!
Shittty
I had one of those original Kindles up until very recently, when I finally replaced it with a Kindle Paperwhite.
this video ended far too soon
#bookteam
Are you a smoker, Walt?
This guy is really nice. Watching his videos is relaxing and peaceful.
Ah the kindles — a great device that I will never get
I’ll continue to rely on dead trees for my reading pleasures — its just better on print — although I can see the practicality of 600 books in a package lighter than 1 book
We need a bit bigger and a color kindle
i thought this idiot had retired? 🤔
I hated that design, but I miss real page turn buttons. I still have a Sony PRS 350 because I don’t want to give them up (also because only Sony ever respected peoples’ time enough to let us import organization from the computer, instead of doing it all completely manually on the device).
maybe im a little odd and admittedly i’ve never even held one, but i like that design
why did you idiots disable comments on that ridiculous vaping video. I hope you get sued over that. I for one will donate money to anyone willing to file a suit
I freaked love these videos 👍👍👍
I LOVED the original Kindle design. You could tell it was made by someone who loved books. The way it was angled actually meant you could hold it by its thick part (its “spine”) like how you would hold a book by its spine and use it one-handed. The keyboard and scroll wheel were unfortunate necessities in a time before the iPhone, but I wish newer Kindles had retained the wedge shaped, physical button design.
Bought my first and only Kindle in 2011 and it still works like a charm. The best piece of tech I’ve ever owned.
The scroll thing is not half bad…I’d want that on my paperwhite
oh Jesus, can’t this f**** guy just retire already?
“Just awful” is dead on. I bought this from a friend and nearly gave up on e‑readers until the Paperwhite. Always turned the page by accident and only one horrible font. “Cold” comes to mind with Kindle 1, and it’s easy to see how this emboldened the paper book argument. Now, as much as I love to look at nice paper book on my shelf, the Paperwhite is a pleasure. I sent my original Kindle in for recycling. Maybe I should have kept it as a museum piece 🙂
I’d still prefer to read a physical book.
Amazon still makes the ugliest devices, just shows all that company cares about is market share.
Wow, this is so biased and judging based on current tech. I remember buying the kindle when it first came out and LOVING it. I would sometimes turn the page accidentally, but everything else about it was wonderful and the battery would last forever. I just connected my kindle from a decade ago, and it still works. I’m reading some classics that were already in my collection at that time, since it sadly does not have wifi. I prefer reading on it than on any newer device. I guess was still hurts the most from this device is that I paid over $400 for. Yikes!
(Suzie) I’m still using my 1st generation kindle…I love it!!! I tried a new model and had to send it back because I HATED it!! I love having a button to turn the page, I was constantly touching the screen inadvertently and getting thrown into somewhere in the future and couldn’t find my way back!
I still have my first release Kindle. I loved it and was so upset when they stopped supporting it.
In fairness, it’s really easy to accidentally turn the page in a physical book as well.