I don't anticipate ever playing an MP3 on my Reader. First, I have no MP3 music to play: I have everything in WMA, which is not supported on the Reader. Second, it just isn't my custom to listen and read at the same time, and if I really wanted to I've got a perfectly serviceable, tiny sandisk player to do it from. Third, to me it seems to defeat the nifty battery-saving features of the e-ink display. To me the inclusion of MP3 capability on the Reader is neither a positive nor a negative attribute. Now, I do think having photo capability is kind of dumb. Why would you want to browse through a collection of grayscale photos? But, then, I never have really seen the need to carry tons of photos around on every mobile device.
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