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I am pleased and also honored to have been sent an advance copy of The Daylight Computer.
It performs functions similar to those of an iPad and a Kindle, but with improvements.
My first surprise is that I proved capable of operating the thing. It requires no expertise above and beyond what you need to use your current devices, arguably less.
Here is the review of Dwarkesh, and here is the review of @patio11. Both are consistent with my impressions, but Patrick McKenzie’s uses are closer to mine. I’ve been looking for a Kindle improvement for a long time, and this is it. Kindle Fire was not.
This seems to be the best general reading device humans ever have invented. Compared to a Kindle, the page is much larger, the color choice is excellent, scrolling is easy, and it captures far more of “does this feel like reading a book?” impression than a Kindle ever did. It also can handle all sorts of glare and sunlight issues.
It can connect to a wireless system more easily and effectively than a Kindle — ever have that problem in your hotel room? The hotel makes you fill in extra fields, and the Kindle interface is not well suited for that.
The Daylight Computer just seems very generally well thought out.
I am also told that an AI function will make it possible to query reading passages at will, and easily, yet without leaving your reading window. This is not yet up and running on my demo version, but it will be a major advance.
So I will continue to use this device and also will travel with it.
There is some other set of associated benefits, something about being able to use some iPad-like functions, but without the full distractions of the internet (see the Dwarkesh review). That is not relevant for my own planned consumption habits, but it may be a significant benefit to many.
You can pre-order yours here.
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