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Originally Posted by Anarel
Jesus Christ, that was harsh. I love my Kindle and want it to do well, but I don't want YOUR Sony to DIE in a pool of its own blood... err, e-ink.
Of COURSE there are more devices than the Kindle out there, but "better" is a relative concept, Serrah. Do you just hate the hype over the Kindle, that is has become synonymous with the sight of an e-reader, at least in the US? I think the any Kindle 3 is better than a Sony Pocket reader but if someone wants to take bare-bones to a whole new level than for them, the Sony is a better device for them.
If ADE was so bloody important to the Kindle's continued existence in the face of nearly every competitor using it, then Amazon would have either- made the Kindle use ADE or have simply bowed in defeat.
Seeing as neither of those two things have happened....
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We know people want DRM removed. We know people want to be able to buy eBooks from any store selling them. The only way for this to happen is for Amazon to abandon Mobipocket and move to ePub. We have too many other readers using ADE to get them to go Mobipocket. Besides, it's Mobipocket format that's the more obsolete format. So if we had ePub across the board, then we could work on getting DRM removed. Amazon is the hold-out in the format. We had a tower of e-bable that's basically dropped to just about two formats. If Amazon would modernize, we'd be down to one format. I'm not saying Amazon should go away. I'm saying that if Amazon added ADE, it would make life so much easier especially if AZW/Mobipocket would go away.
As I see it, the new nook Touch & Kobo Touch are going to ket into Amazon's sales as you'll get a better reading experience from the touch screen (IMHO). I prefer swiping to button pushing.