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Originally Posted by HarryT
Is it anyone's point who's actually a Kindle owner? As the owner of both a Kindle and a Sony, I'm perfectly satisfied to see a Sony with a plastic case; it certainly doesn't automatically indicate a loss of quality or toughness.
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But unlike Sony, Kindle isn't glossy, is it? What where they thinking...
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Very true.
But it indicates a loss of "unique-ness", the debate-ending trump card: "Who cares if its store is substandard, if its PC software's a nightmare, if it lacks wireless, if it lacks crossplatform sync... It's got a METAL CASE™!" 
Now it's just one of the crowd, competing on the quality of its software, its store, its pricing.
Anxiety is to be expected from such a Big.Thing.  |
You don't need any software to put books on it (which renders software argument moot), neither are you bound to any store.
Wi-Fi is more of a marketing check point than a real feature.
Touch screen still makes it unique.