Já se fala no Kindle 3, com tela maior e touch-screen

Artigo de hoje do blog da fast Company fala de rumores sobre o Kindle 3, com tela muito maior e touch-screen (assim não se perde 30% do aparelho com um teclado). Aí sim a coisa vai ficar bacana. Leia abaixo recorte que fiz na matéria.

But there are still criticisms: The screen is still relatively tiny, there’s no touch-screen function and stylistically it’s still somewhat of a mess with about 30% of its top surface dedicated not to its primary function as an e-book visualizer, but for a keyboard.

So it’s no surprise that the rumors from an (of course) unidentified contact inside Amazon point to the Kindle 3 solving many of these issues. The new device would be larger in size and have a touch-screen, and debut “by the end of this year.” That’s it for details, though Digitimes, where the rumors have surfaced, is a pretty reputable source.

The increased size screen with touch-control is a no-brainer–Kindle rivals Plastic Logic has been aggressively pushing its upcoming innovative flexible-screen e-reader for months (pictured with the Kindle 1 above.) It’s got a notepaper-sized screen, better for viewing magazine and newspaper-style content, and touchscreen input for note-taking, page annotation and so on. And Fujitsu’s already trialling a large full-color e-book of its own. If the Kindle 3 didn’t follow these trends then it’d run the risk of being a failing device even with the Amazon eco-system to drive the text content.

Fonte: Amazon Kindle 3 Rumors Surface: Bigger, Better (Of Course) | Technomix | Fast Company.

Outro dia eu sonhei que a Livraria Cultura é que iria lançar o Kindle no Brasil. Só um cara muito fã para sonhar com uma empresa. :-)