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Wolf3 · 02-16-2011, 11:24 AM

The DX 2, bizarrely, only has 128MB instead of the 256 in the Kindle 3, even though they came out around the same time, and the DX 2 has an eInk Pearl screen.

So there may be a legitimate hardware reason they can't easily role out the same software to both...the DX 2 is essentially a DX 1 or Kindle 2, it just happens to have an updated eInk Pearl screen.

Now why they'd have a $380 model with old software and half the RAM and introduce a $140 model at around the same time with twice the RAM is beyond me...

I'm kind of guessing they'll have a DX 3 that uses eInk Triton or something (color) this year...maybe. Not sure how well that actually works, but I'd love to have graphic novels and REAL full magazines available, without resorting to an LCD screen, which I love for computers/TVs, but would prefer not to use for books.

02-16-2011, 11:24 AM	#141
Wolf3 Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 386 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Nook 2, Kindle 3, iPad 2, iPod 4	The DX 2, bizarrely, only has 128MB instead of the 256 in the Kindle 3, even though they came out around the same time, and the DX 2 has an eInk Pearl screen. So there may be a legitimate hardware reason they can't easily role out the same software to both...the DX 2 is essentially a DX 1 or Kindle 2, it just happens to have an updated eInk Pearl screen. Now why they'd have a $380 model with old software and half the RAM and introduce a $140 model at around the same time with twice the RAM is beyond me... I'm kind of guessing they'll have a DX 3 that uses eInk Triton or something (color) this year...maybe. Not sure how well that actually works, but I'd love to have graphic novels and REAL full magazines available, without resorting to an LCD screen, which I love for computers/TVs, but would prefer not to use for books.