Comments on: The iPhone Line Book Club http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:23:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rich Madison http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/#comment-893246 Rich Madison Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:05:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14154#comment-893246 <p>You Can Still Win! By Andre Taylor</p> You Can Still Win! By Andre Taylor

]]> By: Andrew http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/#comment-889224 Andrew Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:32:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14154#comment-889224 <p>Today I slowly shuffled my way into the NYC "Cube" while reading Vanity Fair. Once you are acclimated to the syntax and get the cast straight, it's a great read. Has held up well for 160 years.</p> <p>I saw another guy with "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?", a business book by an IBM CEO.</p> <p>What stuck me was how few people were reading books. I estimate 7%. I don't get that. Four hours in one place seems like the perfect opportunity to get immersed in a novel.</p> Today I slowly shuffled my way into the NYC “Cube” while reading Vanity Fair. Once you are acclimated to the syntax and get the cast straight, it’s a great read. Has held up well for 160 years.

I saw another guy with “Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?”, a business book by an IBM CEO.

What stuck me was how few people were reading books. I estimate 7%. I don’t get that. Four hours in one place seems like the perfect opportunity to get immersed in a novel.

]]> By: iPhone Users: Despite Rumors, AT&T WiFi Not Live - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/#comment-889137 iPhone Users: Despite Rumors, AT&T WiFi Not Live - GigaOM Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:16:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14154#comment-889137 <p>[...] that starts with a “c.” Instead I will go with comedy of errors. Activation delays, long lines, online issues, application roll-out issues - it has been a train wreck that makes Brittany Spears [...]</p> [...] that starts with a “c.” Instead I will go with comedy of errors. Activation delays, long lines, online issues, application roll-out issues – it has been a train wreck that makes Brittany Spears [...]

]]> By: ChrisK http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/#comment-888992 ChrisK Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:21:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14154#comment-888992 <p>I didn't read since I had three children to distract me during the hourlong wait (Portland, day three). One of whom suggested that I wait a month or two and then there would be no line. Or maybe wait another year when there'd be an even better iPhone available. This same child has taken it upon herself to banish TV and computers for a week from the household. Lots of reading going on there with the 11-, 15-, and 17-year-olds. Kids these days.</p> I didn’t read since I had three children to distract me during the hourlong wait (Portland, day three). One of whom suggested that I wait a month or two and then there would be no line. Or maybe wait another year when there’d be an even better iPhone available. This same child has taken it upon herself to banish TV and computers for a week from the household. Lots of reading going on there with the 11-, 15-, and 17-year-olds. Kids these days.

]]> By: Chris http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/#comment-888915 Chris Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:49:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14154#comment-888915 <p>Somebody was actually pretending to read Ulysses while waiting in line for an iphone?</p> <p>That's the geek equivalent of guys wearing sunglasses in the dance club. Come on now, you're not fooling anybody.</p> Somebody was actually pretending to read Ulysses while waiting in line for an iphone?

That’s the geek equivalent of guys wearing sunglasses in the dance club. Come on now, you’re not fooling anybody.

]]> By: Zella http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/#comment-888765 Zella Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:07:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14154#comment-888765 <p>Those iPhone Lines are definitly intense. But as far as the reading part goes, I definitly agree with the "book-toting iPhone customer". Maybe not so much books, but reading is still in; whether it be a magazine, online journal, or one of those new e-readers.</p> Those iPhone Lines are definitly intense. But as far as the reading part goes, I definitly agree with the “book-toting iPhone customer”. Maybe not so much books, but reading is still in; whether it be a magazine, online journal, or one of those new e-readers.

]]> By: Prasoon http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/#comment-888702 Prasoon Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:24:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14154#comment-888702 <p>And it was Jobs who once said that Phone market was also not lucrative and Apple wont get into it and then ROKR happened and then iPhone.</p> <p>bottomline: never believe what he says because he is speaking of present but not of Apple's future which he has otherwise clearly thought of in his mind already.</p> And it was Jobs who once said that Phone market was also not lucrative and Apple wont get into it and then ROKR happened and then iPhone.

bottomline: never believe what he says because he is speaking of present but not of Apple’s future which he has otherwise clearly thought of in his mind already.

]]> By: shetaan819 http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/#comment-888669 shetaan819 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:26:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14154#comment-888669 <p>I actually did bring a book with me as it was the only thing I could think of that wouldn't run out of battery...I read voraciously online and only read non-fiction, this was the first time in years I had to rely on an actual physical book but it was a nostalgic experience,...btw, the book was 'Maximum City' by Suketu Mehta...</p> I actually did bring a book with me as it was the only thing I could think of that wouldn’t run out of battery…I read voraciously online and only read non-fiction, this was the first time in years I had to rely on an actual physical book but it was a nostalgic experience,…btw, the book was ‘Maximum City’ by Suketu Mehta…

]]> By: Cobb http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/#comment-888652 Cobb Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:27:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14154#comment-888652 <p>We early adopters have grown scales over the years. That's why some of us are just now reading about Marx and Frued, and in French so certain people don't know. Aside from that, the Kindle is a butt-ugly product which is technically inferior to other failing eBook readers on the market. I suspect, as should most people, that this time next year a good Kindle-sized touch tablet could be the killer tech.</p> We early adopters have grown scales over the years. That’s why some of us are just now reading about Marx and Frued, and in French so certain people don’t know. Aside from that, the Kindle is a butt-ugly product which is technically inferior to other failing eBook readers on the market. I suspect, as should most people, that this time next year a good Kindle-sized touch tablet could be the killer tech.

]]> By: George Burke http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/#comment-888650 George Burke Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:16:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14154#comment-888650 <p>Reading most certainly is not dead. Although the iPhone and other e-reading devices aren't yet the best for reading, there still needs to be a shift in the way we get our reading material. I run a book rental service -- BookSwim.com -- that rents books in a Netflix-style format with no due dates or late fees and free shipping back and forth.</p> <p>It would have been fun to hand out some free books to people waiting in line at the Apple store all day (by the way, I waited 1/2 hour in line before giving up and going home).</p> <p>-George</p> Reading most certainly is not dead. Although the iPhone and other e-reading devices aren’t yet the best for reading, there still needs to be a shift in the way we get our reading material. I run a book rental service — BookSwim.com — that rents books in a Netflix-style format with no due dates or late fees and free shipping back and forth.

It would have been fun to hand out some free books to people waiting in line at the Apple store all day (by the way, I waited 1/2 hour in line before giving up and going home).

-George

]]> By: Abbi Vakil http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/#comment-888626 Abbi Vakil Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:33:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14154#comment-888626 <p>What's interesting is that here is a line full of early adopters, people who like being on the cutting edge of technology, smack dab in the middle of the tech capital of the world, and how many Kindles do you see? I saw none & I visited all the Apple stores in the Bay Area because my company was handing out iPhone T-shirts to those waiting in line on Thu night & Fri morning. While Steve Jobs may not be right about our reading habits, his commentary about the Kindle was spot on.</p> What’s interesting is that here is a line full of early adopters, people who like being on the cutting edge of technology, smack dab in the middle of the tech capital of the world, and how many Kindles do you see? I saw none & I visited all the Apple stores in the Bay Area because my company was handing out iPhone T-shirts to those waiting in line on Thu night & Fri morning. While Steve Jobs may not be right about our reading habits, his commentary about the Kindle was spot on.

]]> By: Steve http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/#comment-888615 Steve Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:49:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14154#comment-888615 <p>Thats funny, I waited so long I got through a good 4 chapters of cryptonomicon by neil stephenson.</p> Thats funny, I waited so long I got through a good 4 chapters of cryptonomicon by neil stephenson.

]]> By: iDN http://gigaom.com/2008/07/15/the-iphone-line-book-club/#comment-888600 iDN Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:03:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=14154#comment-888600 <p>I don't an iPhone line here in Israel (and that's unfortunate). Anyway, although I'm only 18 and my buddies long ago stopped reading at all (I mean, reading in the sense of understanding what they're reading. They tend to forget that reading is all about comprehending), I still continue to read like crazy, but only informative books (science books for the most pat). People just don't get it. As big as the internet is, it's just impossible to dig up information on the internet in the clear and concentrated form of an informative book. If I want to found out a specific fact instantly, I most likely search it online, but if I want to study molecular biology in more depth, the internet is useless, in my opinion.</p> I don’t an iPhone line here in Israel (and that’s unfortunate). Anyway, although I’m only 18 and my buddies long ago stopped reading at all (I mean, reading in the sense of understanding what they’re reading. They tend to forget that reading is all about comprehending), I still continue to read like crazy, but only informative books (science books for the most pat). People just don’t get it. As big as the internet is, it’s just impossible to dig up information on the internet in the clear and concentrated form of an informative book. If I want to found out a specific fact instantly, I most likely search it online, but if I want to study molecular biology in more depth, the internet is useless, in my opinion.

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