[Air-L] Kindle For iPhone App Released

[Dr. Rasha Abdulla]

I love the analysis by Charles Ess, and totally agree with it. I'm in my
mid-thirties, and I'm a strong proponent of new media in general, but I
can't quite substitute books for a device yet. There's something about
holding a book in your hand (and I know the same was said about newspapers,
and look what's happening now, but still...) Call me old fashioned, but I
love the feel of a book, and the smell of a book, and the notes or lack
thereof that I make on a book. I like the fact that I know how to reach the
graph I want based on how the page looks, and the pages before and after
look, and the part of the book that the page is in looks. And I love the
feeling of flipping the page.

Don't get me wrong, I will still enjoy a Kindle if only for the convenience
of the sheer volume of information literally at my finger tips, but I still
enjoy my paper books!!

-- 
Rasha A. Abdulla, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Journalism and Mass Communication
The American University in Cairo
www.rashaabdulla.com