Don’t get me wrong, I love my kindle. But there are some things that really frustrate me and leave me salivating for whatever it is that Apple is about to come with. Here are the ten reasons I think Apple’s new device will be a kindle killer:
- Sharing and interaction. I like reading blogs on my kindle, but I don’t because I can’t easily share what I’m reading. One of the main reasons I read blogs is to find great content to share with others. There’s no easy way to do this on my kindle. So I often wait and use my laptop for my daily reading. I’m confident Apple’s device will make it easy for me to tweet a link to something I want to share.
- Email. A device the size of the kindle and I can’t do email.
- Touch screen. Every time I hand my kindle to someone to look at they try to use the screen like an iPhone screen.
- Color. Pictures anyone?
- Multimedia. My kindle is 3 times the size of my iPhone and I can’t watch a movie on it.
- The kindle is functional (sort of), Apple’s device will be sexy.
- The app store. A device just for reading books? That would be like having an iPhone and only using it for making phone calls.
- Enhanced content. I think this is going to be a game changer. Embed video in a book. Finally.
- Social interaction. While Amazon has completely ignored Seth’s suggestions. I’m guessing Apple will embrace them without even reading them.
- You. Apple’s customers will be passionate evangelists.
