18-05-2026, 02:12 PM
This thread set me wondering what's been happening lately on the Kindle front: there's a potted history at
https://www.pocket-lint.com/amazon-kindl...dle-oasis/ .
My own enthusiasm began with the 3G keyboard model, and as in other fields I was then also moved to acquire the earliest possible version, launched in the USA in 2007 and never marketed here. A touchscreen version then came our way as a freebie from a financial services company, and my wife took that one over. Kindles didn't take the place of books for either of us, though, and moderate initial usage soon dwindled to practically nothing: our home library amounts to around 3500 books and, again as in other fields, I've never warmed to the idea of buying non-physical products. The poor Kindles never progressed beyond being used for an initial spate of out-of-copyright texts that were cheap or free.
Paul
https://www.pocket-lint.com/amazon-kindl...dle-oasis/ .
My own enthusiasm began with the 3G keyboard model, and as in other fields I was then also moved to acquire the earliest possible version, launched in the USA in 2007 and never marketed here. A touchscreen version then came our way as a freebie from a financial services company, and my wife took that one over. Kindles didn't take the place of books for either of us, though, and moderate initial usage soon dwindled to practically nothing: our home library amounts to around 3500 books and, again as in other fields, I've never warmed to the idea of buying non-physical products. The poor Kindles never progressed beyond being used for an initial spate of out-of-copyright texts that were cheap or free.
Paul
