Thread: Bad news for the Kobo battery.
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Old 03-16-2012, 10:13 AM   #40
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Originally Posted by nogle View Post
There is a (subtle) difference between planned obsolescence and mean time to failure.

Mean time to failure - your Kobo battery will last on average for x charges.

Planned obsolescence - Kobo is introducing a new eBook format that will not be supported on readers produced prior to XX/YY/ZZZZ
Would one not also consider lack of further support to be planned obsolescence? I mean Kobo are still selling the wifi model but no further updates/bug fixes have been seen in a LONG time, well before the Kobo touch was released.

Anyway I dislike consumerism. Why can't one buy an ereader with a replaceable battery? My Astak has one (though can't buy a battery anywhere for it).

If someone released a Pearl e-ink reader, page turn buttons and replaceable battery with a SD slot (not micro) I'm buying.
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