Amazon's Kindle in a crashed state — must the content be rel

For those of you who have been around long enough to experience some of the earlier PDAs based on flash memory like Palm's initial Pilot and later, devices like the iPaq that were based on Microsoft's PocketPC operating system, then you'll remember what a drag it sometimes was when those devices became so inoperable that you had to issue what is known as a hard reset to return them to a functioning state. Like other personal devices that have come before it, Amazon's Kindle ebook client (downloader, reader, etc.) is a flash-based device that, like anything else with an operating system (the Kindle is a Java device), is going to crash from to time.

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[kgonepostl]

Remove the battery.....

[utube3888]

I beg your pardon- "what pull out and count 15" is that technology current? At $400 a pop this thing seems prehistoric when compared with an iphone and netbooks at the same price range.

[utube3888]

Like I said this Kindle is a piece of junk. Not worth even $20. At $400 you can get a net book is more reliable, faster, works with various applications and it is in full color.

[Xinoutorah]

I agree that is is not ready for public use. I think they should keep working on it.

[Uberhilarious]

It is very slow. My palm zire 71 has NEVER lost content after a reset. And resests about 4 times faster. Also the screen doesn't flash while changing pages.

[camdaddy09]

i was under the impression that the screen could keep its current look without any power? is that correct?

[ptsong]

This item is not ready for prime time. Only sucker will pay $400 for this junks.

[clintonlies]

I wish he would have pulled the battery and counted to 15 to see if that would cause a loss

of the books.