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Seattle Times: Amazon.com’s Kindle fails first college test

DateTuesday, May 25, 2010 at 12:47PM

A negative response to Kindle by students:

If Amazon hoped for honest feedback when it started testing the Kindle DX on college campuses last fall, it certainly got its wish; students pulled no punches telling the Seattle Internet giant what they thought of its $489 e-reader. But if Amazon also hoped the Kindle DX would become the next iPhone or iPod on campuses, it failed its first test.

Complaints included slow page flipping, lack of color, and bugs in the bookmarking functions.

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