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Originally Posted by l_macd
However, it remains to be seen if the next Kindle only really offers front-lit tech as it's upgrade or not. If so, and there is no improvement to the screen resolution, it'll probably just be mainly software related improvements too. Which wouldn't make the PRS-T2 that bad an update to the Sony reader, would it?
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Well, let's not forget Sony *dropped* audio capabilities in going from the T1 to the T2 so the software upgrades came attached to a hardware downgrade.
The odds of Amazon dropping audio from the Kindle Touch aren't too high, considering Amazon actually sells audio ebooks in the Kindle store. (To the tune of a few hundred million bucks a year.)
Plus, they already have a rock-bottom priced audio-less model (at US$79-109). And it has really good paging buttons.
If the T2 street price really runs $99 they'll be a good match for the other epub readers in that price range--last year's Nook STR and Kobo touch--but not the Kindles. Which, BTW, already offer support for Amazon's KF8 (their answer to epub3).
T1 was a good match with last year's Kindle Touch but the T2 isn't playing in that arena anymore.