Hey we all need to be social! And so do devices, rather devices need to have more social features/applications if they are to be any useful for the consumer. Am I wrong? Just tell me if iPhone or the HTC Hero had no social app or support for networks like Twitter, Yelp, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc would you still love these devices? Just a thought and there is nothing of the sort shaping up.
Today Amazon, got a step further with its eBook reader, the Kindle by adding more social features. Users will now be be able to make full use of the social media services with a free update. This would enable you to update your status on Facebook and even Twitter right from the device. I welcome the move big time, though I feel the Kindle would soon be eaten up by the iPad.
Coming over to the benefits of the update, there are a few I can think of:
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Easily share your passage from the book and post it to Twitter or Facebook.
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The ‘folders’ which would seriously resolve the issue of organizing books that you possess in your library.
The latter has its own importance, given the fact that you can only store all the books in one directory. This seeds an awful lot of scrolling if you are an addicted reader and have a huge collection in your device.
Why Social?
There is no denying that social is now the default on the Web, you got to be social in order to have your name heard irrespective if you are a device, individual or a firm. Users want more meaning to what they do, rather additional features on whatever device they have. Which is exactly why anything that wasn’t social is adding these social features and those that already have one add more of such to remain on the top [HootSuite is one example]. Kindle’s move is pretty predictable and it would have been pretty stupid for Amazon to not add Facebook and Twitter features to the device.
Be ready to have very scholarly updates from friends who possess a Kindle and love reading.
[via NBC LosAngeles]
