NYT's David Pogue Weighs in on Amazon Kindle

The entire eBook non-craze is an attempt to essentially improve on paper books. So far it’s been a near-total failure, even with fancy ink-like screen technologies. Recent efforts like the latest Sony eBook reader have been more impressive. Now, David Pogue, technology reviewer for The New York Times, weighed in on the Amazon Kindle, which was launched last week. He reports that while the $399 Kindle isn’t a home run, it’s at least an exciting triple:

“It gets the important things right: the reading experience, the ruggedness, the super-simple software setup.

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