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Why assume everyone knows an acronym instead of spending the extra 1000ms to type it out once for us?
Text-to-speech. Sorry, I assumed people here were familiar with accessibility tech. (If I recall correctly, the marketing material for Kindles used to use the term 'TTS', I don't think it's that obscure.)
Think of it as an accessibility issue. Full words are more accessible.
I got my Kindle in 2012 and it still runs like a brand new device. I think Amazon's issue will eventually be that, unlike the iPhone, no one needs to upgrade their kindle more than once per decade or so. Of course if the newer models had dramatically better features or apps I would be tempted to upgrade.
I got my Kindle in 2012 and it still runs like a brand new device. I think Amazon's issue will eventually be that, unlike the iPhone, no one needs to upgrade their kindle more than once per decade or so. Of course if the newer models had dramatically better features or apps I would be tempted to upgrade.
Think it needs a new battery but apparently you can't get that done
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I read a book per week and don't notice any typography issues. Now, I'm sure it can be improved, and I don't doubt that a typography nerd could certainly spot issues. But "bad" seems like quite an exaggeration. I like to protest against this modern trend of exaggerating how "bad" we supposedly have everything just because someone can ID some improvements that could be made.
A higher res screen would be nice. It's surprising how improving the resolution reduces eyestrain.
And if you want larger for example a boox max 3 is 13.3 inch, "only" 2260 x 1650 for 200ppi though.
Epub seems to be present everywhere and I always need to convert it to mobi/azw3 while uploading...
I've used Kindles for 7 years now, it's by far my most beloved gadget and I don't go anywhere without it. And I love it just the way it is — a reader of books without any other distractions. The only thing I really wish they'd do software-wise is add reading stats / achievements — they have that for kid accounts but for some reason didn't extend it to adult readers.
If you link your account with Goodreads, you can get stats that way
1. Vendor lock: You can't install or change most of the things including OS and Apps.
2. Locked down OS: You can't do anything with your device. If you try to change the OS you'll maybe brick it.
3. Planned obsolescence built in: If the vendor decides it's "time to say goodbye" you won't get updates anymore and probably feature by feature your device won't work any longer. After some time it's so old, insecure etc. you don't even want to use it to do even the simple tasks it was designed for.
The kindle isn't a reference for me in this sector at all. If you want to start the discussion about nice e-Readers you should consider comparing the Sony DP, Onyx Boox Note and the Remarkable. Those are the leading innovators and so far I'm afraid I haven't seen any device that can compete.
Personally I'm waiting for an eInk device with color (at least some colors), wacom pen that works without battery (like in Onyx & Remarkable) but an open, real linux on it so you can do anything with it. The Onyx comes close to this as it uses android but as we all know it's not really the linux you want when you wish for a "real linux" ;-)
I'm a bit sad that innovation in this sector stopped and I'd be willing to pay up to 1k $ for the described features.
That's the problem with many proprietary consumer devices (take the iPad into this category as well). 1. Vendor lock: You can't install or change most of the things including OS and Apps. 2. Locked down OS: You can't do anything with your device. If you try to change the OS you'll maybe brick it. 3. Planned obsolescence built in: If the vendor decides it's "time to say goodbye" you won't get updates anymore and proba…
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Epubs and Mobis are for all purposes identical and can converted back and forth with ease (they are both just HTML containers), and you can certainly sideload DRM-free Mobis on Kindle, so I don't see that as a major problem. What is a problem is the very poor handling of PDFs on Kindles.
Amazon whispersync automatically converts PDFs that you send as well.
That's the problem with many proprietary consumer devices (take the iPad into this category as well). 1. Vendor lock: You can't install or change most of the things including OS and Apps. 2. Locked down OS: You can't do anything with your device. If you try to change the OS you'll maybe brick it. 3. Planned obsolescence built in: If the vendor decides it's "time to say goodbye" you won't get updates anymore and proba…
Unfortunately companies can't make devices for 1 person.