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Originally Posted by JohnnyRocks
You seem to be chock full of valuable information today. With the abundance of smartphones and tablets, I doubt seriously that "most of the kindle users you know (or that anyone else knows, for that matter), use their kindle (of all devices), to stay connected to the rest of the world. The web experience even on a 3.5" smartphone is light years ahead of ANYTHING that you could do on an e-reader, in terms of surfing or checking email. I won't even go into tablets, or netbooks, or laptops.
I own a Kindle and have not once, in my life, utilized the web browser. I know it's there, but, it's as good as useless and might as well not be [there].
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I believe I made my statement about the Kindle users I know. Knowing them, I have a good idea about how they use their Kindles. Most of them (I can think of 7 off the top of my head not counting the folks I know on BB's) use their Kindles to check email and news sites. I fail to see why this statement would upset you.
I can't help it that my non-representative sample includes folks who use the web browser on their Kindle. They find it works fine for checking their email and other sites.
Believe it or not, there are people who do not own a smart phone. I happen to be one of them. I fail to see a good reason to pay a decent amount for a cell phone and then pay for a data package so that I can be in touch 24/7. I am near a computer often enough to check my email and the web. This is why I don't use my Kindle browser. I am looking at getting a tablet but I am not in a hurry to do so. When I do, I am sure I will check my email on it from time to time because it will replace my netbook.
Just because you don't use a feature does not mean that others do not use a feature. I don't use TTS on my Kindle but I know folks who do. I know folks who have a Kindle and don't use the WiFi at all.
I do think that BN dropping the browser is an intersting choice because it is something that I know some people use. If the people who I know who use the browser on the Kindle were looking to change devices, they would be less likely to choose a device that did not have a web browser.
I am sure that BN made a decision based on the usage it saw and determined that the browser was not a deal breaker for most folks and decided to get rid of it. That doesn't mean that there are not folks who think that this is a bad idea because they used it.