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Originally Posted by Cyberman tM
)MP3 playback is a matter of a chip nowadays.
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Not quite. Even if so, a chip is a real expense, and an engineering and hardware design issue, so this would be the last feature to claim should be thrown in.
But it's not just a chip, it a headphone jack and maybe speakers, an amplifier (ok, possibly on the chip) and the power to drive it, a case to allow for the jack or speakers, and then the software also.
I can see why audio would be a appropriate feature on a reader, but I can also see why it'd be the first to go if you want to make a reader that is simple and cheap.
Lack of landscape, on the other hand, is a foolish omission that needlessly diminishes the reading experience for some content.