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ProfCrash · 04-09-2012, 10:02 AM

Part of it is that the e-readers are affordable enough that it is easy to upgrade on a whim for some folks. While there is an onging issue with uneployment, underemployment, and the like, there are plenty of people who are doing fine and can afforf $100 for a new e-reader when the latest and greatest is released.

I tend to skip one generation, I went K1, DXG (I wanted the larger screen), K3 (for travel). I find myself using my K3 more and more. I have a feeling that the DXG is going to begin gathering dust. I am nit sure why, probably because the K3 is just lighter and easier to use.

I am going to be picking up a tablet before the baby comes. If the Amazon format change screws over my reading on the K3, I will pick up a KT or wait for the next iteration of Kindle to be released.

04-09-2012, 10:02 AM	#10
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Part of it is that the e-readers are affordable enough that it is easy to upgrade on a whim for some folks. While there is an onging issue with uneployment, underemployment, and the like, there are plenty of people who are doing fine and can afforf $100 for a new e-reader when the latest and greatest is released. I tend to skip one generation, I went K1, DXG (I wanted the larger screen), K3 (for travel). I find myself using my K3 more and more. I have a feeling that the DXG is going to begin gathering dust. I am nit sure why, probably because the K3 is just lighter and easier to use. I am going to be picking up a tablet before the baby comes. If the Amazon format change screws over my reading on the K3, I will pick up a KT or wait for the next iteration of Kindle to be released.