Saturday, February 21, 2009

Reading the New York Times

It's convenient. It's readable. You can change the type size at will. But it's not perfect. I'm noticing two things about my New York Times subscription:

  • If you don't download the paper a particular day, you just don't get it. Suppose someone mentions a story that occurred on Friday, and you never turned on your Kindle that day. You're out of luck. This doesn't seem right to me.
  • There are very few photos. One article contained the words Chris Brown, right. But there was no photo of Chris Brown. The words didn't make any sense.
It seems to me that if you pay a monthly fee for a paper, you should be able to at least look at it a day or two after the fact, even if you didn't download it that day. In the real world, printed papers pile up on your doorstep if you're out of town. Why can't they pile up on your Kindle?Am I missing something?
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  1. kentuckylizMay 30, 2009 at 1:14 PM

    Thanks for mentioning this quirk. I don't get whispernet at the house but I do in nearby towns where I work and go to church. Some days I don't leave the house so I'd miss that day's paper. I'm not convinced I should subscribe to anything on the Kindle 2.

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