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Old 03-05-2011, 03:42 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by snipenekkid View Post
OK, rather than a simple dedicated and locked in free reader what if Amazon decided to do a media consumption device using the very inexpensive LCD panels, even IPS panels are likely inexpensive compared to E-ink.

With Amazon's ability to stream or outright download content, some streaming content is now free for Prime account members, a slate type multi-media device makes sense and could easily be free tied to your Amazon Prime account and even something like Skype or one of the CellCo's to also add a phone service if wanted.

Amazon did not buy the touch screen company last year for no reason and also likely had far more reaching plans than simply a touch screen to Kindles since the could do so at any time for a lot less cost than was spend on that company.
I don't want to read on anything other then eink ATM. I feel that the majority of people who do not have an eink reader, have yet to actually use one. The conversion to complete acceptance is instantaneous.

This whole locked down or in thing is a misnomer, the devices are never locked, Amazon itself makes a free tool to convert epubs into a kindle friendly format. Why doesn't the Kindle simply allow epubs to be read then?? The books sold from Amazon have some DRM but who cares. Anyone who wants to share these DRM books with others will share them.

I feel that streaming books from the cloud, is definitely a viable option,
http://bookworm.oreilly.com/

That site even has a mobile version, which works almost as good as the Kindle's built in book interface, but almost is not good enough of course.

And streaming books from the cloud requires constant connectivity, as well as a decent battery. For the foreseeable future I would still like local storage of my books.

Yes there's a bunch of stuff that could be added to the Kindle to turn it into a multifunctional tablet, but I see the Kindle as a book, the last book I'll ever need, it just needs a bit of cash to spur the development of content.

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