Amazon.com’s Kindle fails first college test

Amy Martinez: At the University of Virginia, as many as 80 percent of MBA students who participated in Amazon’s pilot program said they would not recommend the Kindle DX as a classroom study aid (though more than 90 percent liked it for pleasure reading). Ouch, I certainly think I would be in the minority (I…

Amy Martinez:

At the University of Virginia, as many as 80 percent of MBA students who participated in Amazon’s pilot program said they would not recommend the Kindle DX as a classroom study aid (though more than 90 percent liked it for pleasure reading).

Ouch, I certainly think I would be in the minority (I would probably like the Kindle as a text-book) but I am in the minority a lot when it comes to technology and early adoption.

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