5 Things Amazon Needs To Fix In the Kindle DX

(3) Card Slot

A card slot will come handy if the user wants to add more content to the Kindle or transfer documents, books or magazine across platforms or Kindle. We understand that the main reason why the Kindle comes without a card slot has to do with digital rights management and copyright issues. But if the Kindle is set to become a more useful device, it will have to evolve into a multi purpose gadget, in which case a 4GB memory won't be enough. Amazon could perhaps introduce SDIO (Secure Digital Input Output) slot, which would allow for a whole raft of peripherals to be connected to the Kindle.

(4) Screen

The 9.7-inch screen might be a full 50 percent larger than the one in the Kindle 2, but it is still not big enough for magazines. The 1200x824 pixel resolution is roughly on par with that of high end Netbooks but its readability is vastly, vastly improved. We desperately hope that Amazon has a 15-inch DX in store. Such a size would be a boon for newspapers, tabloids and other larger format publications. Amazon may seriously need to look into the way the Kindle is built. As it currently stands, the screen covers only around two thirds of the Kindle DX's surface area.

(5) Improve The Web browser

The browser on the Kindle is near useless (Wired said that, not me). If Amazon fixes it, the it might just open the gate to a more complete content consumption experience. Amazon knows all too well that Apple is its most potent competitor. Stanza, the ebook reader that Amazon purchased a few weeks ago, already has gathered more than one million users for the iPhone alone. Amazon's core business is content, not hardware, which means that the quicker it slashes the price of the platform, the better. That could mean slightly changing the Ebook's primary focus.