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Anarel · 06-07-2011, 09:17 AM

>_> why does everyone keep acting like the k3 is soooo heavy, and that removing the keyboard in a next generation device will significantly lighten it and make the size of the device overall more manageable?

I mean, the nook simple touch really isn't that much smaller than the k3 (an inch?) and not much lighter (an ounce?), either. It's not the difference between an ipad and a k2, guys...

Remember when the k3's first hit Target displays and people were complaining that it was TOO light, that people liked the weight of Sony readers or the 1st gen nook because they felt more substantial? Whatever happened to THAT sentiment?

Jeez, it's just like the lack of a user-replaceable battery thing. It's DEFINITELY not ok, and a CON when Amazon removed the ability to replace the battery by oneself, but when anyone else does it, all of a sudden people are saying what Kindle users have been saying for years now- that the battery will outlive the device and by the time it's ready to be replaced one would have already replaced their ereader.

06-07-2011, 09:17 AM	#152
Anarel Evangelist Posts: 424 Karma: 61399 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: K1, GKDX, K3	>_> why does everyone keep acting like the k3 is soooo heavy, and that removing the keyboard in a next generation device will significantly lighten it and make the size of the device overall more manageable? I mean, the nook simple touch really isn't that much smaller than the k3 (an inch?) and not much lighter (an ounce?), either. It's not the difference between an ipad and a k2, guys... Remember when the k3's first hit Target displays and people were complaining that it was TOO light, that people liked the weight of Sony readers or the 1st gen nook because they felt more substantial? Whatever happened to THAT sentiment? Jeez, it's just like the lack of a user-replaceable battery thing. It's DEFINITELY not ok, and a CON when Amazon removed the ability to replace the battery by oneself, but when anyone else does it, all of a sudden people are saying what Kindle users have been saying for years now- that the battery will outlive the device and by the time it's ready to be replaced one would have already replaced their ereader. Last edited by Anarel; 06-07-2011 at 09:24 AM.