Le Kindle a pour lui le catalogue en ligne d'Amazon, une bonne finition et un processus d'achat transparent. L'interface en anglais, et un contenu essentiellement disponible dans la même langue le dessert.
Much of what the Kindle 3G offers isn't that far removed from the last iteration of the Kindle that we saw. There have been improvements: it is smaller and lighter, the response from the screen is faster and the contrast is better. None of these are really deal breakers in our mind and none are unique to the Amazon Kindle. However there is one significant factor that we can't ignore: the price.
Having waited so long for the Kindle to arrive in the UK I find myself somewhat underwhelmed by its arrival. The ability to buy a book and be reading it in seconds is, without a doubt, a fantastic feature, but it's not enough. The need to order the Kindle from the US and pay for it in USD will be enough to put off some consumers, along with the need to continually buy books in USD from Amazon.com. Add to that the fact that the Kindle store is nowhere near as extensive as it should be, and the fact that you're paying more for an electronic version of a book than you are for a hardback!
The idea of subscribing to periodicals is great, but the fact that anyone outside of the US won't get any pictures in those publications, even if they are local to that reader, spoils what would otherwise be a superb feature. Then you've got the built-in web browser that also won't work outside of the US, all of which goes to prove that this International edition of the Kindle is more about cashing in on foreign markets, rather than serving them.
But it's the proprietary eBook format that really spoils the party for the Kindle. Because this device will only read eBooks purchased from Amazon, you're missing out on a simply massive library of free literature that you could happily read on pretty much any other eBook reader. Perhaps if Amazon improves its available library of books and reduces the price, then this won't be so much of an issue, but for now, it's a deal breaker for me.
