Kindle can't say 'Barack Obama'...let's waterboard it

Categories: Books, Politics as Entertainment, Ridiculata, Tech

Obamakindle_l In a surprisingly cheeky piece, the NY Times points out that the Amazon Kindle electronic reader has a few glitches in pronunciation, the most glaring of which is an inability to say "Barack Obama." (Apparently it comes out sounding like "brack Alabama.") Amazon has since fixed the pronunciation and will include it in an online update. Still, I’m thinking conspiracy. What else can’t you say, Kindle? "America"? Why do you hate our freedom?

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Jordan
Fri 05/08/09 3:54 PM

“What else can’t you say Kindle? “America”? Why do you hate our freedom?”
I lol’d.

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Ellen
Fri 05/08/09 4:14 PM

Man, that article was worth reading just for the punchline. Nice one.

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fancypants
Fri 05/08/09 4:45 PM

Obama really can’t take a bad picture. But I love how you used a photo of him like he was angrily staring down the kindle.

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snarkythisam
Fri 05/08/09 6:04 PM

Or is that freedom hates the Kindle? Could it be the Kindle’s lack of open architecture? Or its insistence on one sole vendor for all its input?
Is this your retaliation Kindle? Then, touché–that is, if you can say it. Mwahahahah

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kindle
Sun 06/28/09 2:54 PM

I don’t think that Kindle can’t say that name. I think that it doesn’t want to so good for you Kindle.

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