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Old 08-17-2010, 10:51 AM   #60
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Originally Posted by captkjaneway View Post
Carl, I don't believe the suggestion is that they detract from the reading experience, for me it would be the cost they would add to the equipment, thereby pricing the unit out of my range for what purpose other than to make it more like a tablet that you can read off.

For me the Kindle is keenly priced, and does what I need it to in the main.

If as others have suggested the method that books are indexed/stored is frustrating then yes I'd like to see a method of improving that, but wouldn't want a solution that meant we ended up with Oracle on the thing to manage it.
Well, I can see that, yes. However, I have seen the claim made that even having optional features available somehow diminishes the Kindle as a reader. It wasn't on this forum, and I don't pretend to understand how that works, but I've seen it more than once.

That said, I don't want the Kindle turned into a multi-purpose clone of the iPad either. But we're really talking about optional software addons here, which should never impact the price or performance of the Kindle at all.
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