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Big-screen Kindle coming from Amazon this week
- chaosmachine 18y agoI wish they'd make a version that works in Canada (there's no "Whispernet" coverage here).
- jrockway 18y agoWhy would they release a new device so soon after releasing the Kindle 2?
- nazgulnarsil 18y agoI imagine that a device meant for displaying 8.5x11 documents would have a totally different use and market than the regular kindle.
- andreyf 18y ago...would have a totally different use and market than the regular kindle Still, it wouldn't make sense for them to release it soon after - if anything, they would have released them at the same time, because otherwise, at least some of the user market for the "Kindle 3" has now bought Kindle 2's and are going to be unhappy with Amazon.
- nazgulnarsil 18y agotrue, consumers don't always know that they need something because they lack the imagination to think there's a solution to a problem they have. In the early days of a product family you're experimenting with differentiation and you have to deal with the fact that some customers will buy the "wrong" one (for their needs) and have a less than ideal experience through no fault of your own.
- grinich 18y agoFor the same reason why paperback books aren't printed on a broadsheet.
- andreyf 18y agoI call bull. I, and any other Kindle 2 user, would be mighty pissed for them to release these two back-to-back, but not at the same time.
- mattj 18y agoOh man, if this doesn't have a keyboard on it I'm so getting one. The first two frustrated me so much - why not just give me a bigger screen? Question for anyone who has a kindle - how often do you use the keyboard?
- mlinsey 18y agoI use my Kindle 2's keyboard fairly infrequently, but I'm certainly glad to have it when I do. The thing is, the e-ink screen is far and away the biggest cost on the device. It's certainly far more expensive than the keyboard. So you could say that you would like a smaller kindle without the keyboard, but when you say you want one the size of the current model except with a bigger screen instead of keyboard, you should realize that you're asking for a substantially more expensive device.
- smhinsey 18y agoi'm really curious to see what the price point is for this, if it's real. i imagine those screens aren't easy to come by.