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6charlong · 03-17-2011, 06:22 PM

I think Amazon only needs three things to establish the Kindle DX as a solid competitor.

1. improved firmware, especially a better PDF rendering engine

2. an SD card slot because the audience for a large format Kindle is people who do have a lot of PDF files and those are large files, that are easier to organize on external cards where you can sort by subject, author, case, etc.. Then the internal memory can be used for books you download from Amazon

3. thin like the iPad 2 and as light or lighter.

I think it would be smart for the next Kindle to be an updated DX.

03-17-2011, 06:22 PM	#80
6charlong friendly lurker Posts: 896 Karma: 2436026 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Device: Kindle, nook, Apple and Kobo	I think Amazon only needs three things to establish the Kindle DX as a solid competitor. 1. improved firmware, especially a better PDF rendering engine 2. an SD card slot because the audience for a large format Kindle is people who do have a lot of PDF files and those are large files, that are easier to organize on external cards where you can sort by subject, author, case, etc.. Then the internal memory can be used for books you download from Amazon 3. thin like the iPad 2 and as light or lighter. I think it would be smart for the next Kindle to be an updated DX.