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Re: The Kindle Index

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Post by mvid »

guccimane wrote: post #2

iOS and Android have a Kindle app, which means every iPhone, iPad, and Android device can also be a Kindle. This fact is conspicuously missing in the analysis.

They can be, just like a computer can be. Ever tried reading on one of those for >30 minutes? Awful.

Re: The Kindle Index

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Post by midas »

I wonder if the reason that there are so few e-readers for sale is because their use-case doesn't really change. In other words, they remain useful for much longer.

This might make people hold onto them instead of constantly upgrading to the latest version.

Re: The Kindle Index

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Post by joejohnson »

mvid wrote: post #3
guccimane wrote: post #2

iOS and Android have a Kindle app, which means every iPhone, iPad, and Android device can also be a Kindle. This fact is conspicuously missing in the analysis.

They can be, just like a computer can be. Ever tried reading on one of those for >30 minutes? Awful.

The last four or five books I've read were in iBooks on my iPhone. I can't imagine that the Kindle App for iOS is a dramatically worse experience.

Re: The Kindle Index

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Post by omarish »

midas wrote: post #4

I wonder if the reason that there are so few e-readers for sale is because their use-case doesn't really change. In other words, they remain useful for much longer. This might make people hold onto them instead of constantly upgrading to the latest version.

Definitely agree with you.

I've had an older Kindle for a while now. It's an uncanny relationship. With most of my electronic devices, I can tell you the exact specs, when I got it, and how antiquated it is. My Kindle is different; it feels like a book to me, not a complex device.

Brilliant work on Amazon's part.

Re: The Kindle Index

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

mvid wrote: post #3
guccimane wrote: post #2

iOS and Android have a Kindle app, which means every iPhone, iPad, and Android device can also be a Kindle. This fact is conspicuously missing in the analysis.

They can be, just like a computer can be. Ever tried reading on one of those for >30 minutes? Awful.

The last seventy or so books that I read on my iPad, from novels to textbooks, weren't too bad.

Re: The Kindle Index

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Post by ChrisClark »

midas wrote: post #4

I wonder if the reason that there are so few e-readers for sale is because their use-case doesn't really change. In other words, they remain useful for much longer. This might make people hold onto them instead of constantly upgrading to the latest version.

In my case that is 100% correct. I've got the Sony PRS-650. It isn't wireless, doesn't have a built in light, simple functions (read a book). But there is no reason for me to upgrade to anything that has more features.

I plug it in when I want to put a bunch of books on it, I have a light in the case, I only want to read books. No reason for me to upgrade.

I'll upgrade when it breaks or another family member wants one.

Re: The Kindle Index

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Post by muhfuhkuh »

midas wrote: post #4

I wonder if the reason that there are so few e-readers for sale is because their use-case doesn't really change. In other words, they remain useful for much longer. This might make people hold onto them instead of constantly upgrading to the latest version.

Good point. Why would there be so much churn for a few bells and whistles bezeled around an e-ink display.

That said, that new Nook Simple Touch with the "backlight" could be a gamechanger, at least for me.

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