The Amazon Kindle has been a hit with book lovers but is not going over well with students in college classrooms. Professors at seven universities around the nation tested the wireless e-reader in a pilot project over the past year. All reported that although students liked not lugging books around, the Kindle posed significant challenges that sometimes frustrated students and interrupted studying. "With respect to university courses, the Amazon Kindle is not ready for prime time," said Ted Humphrey, a professor who just wrapped up his pilot project of the Kindle DX at Arizona State University.
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