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Originally Posted by DarkScribe
E-Ink is a supplier of screens. While I doubt that they have been idle, they aren't the issue. It is the companies like Amazon who make the devices. As for RIM, I agree - they were very badly managed. This was apparent for quite some time. I traded my BlackBerry 9500 for an iPhone several years ago.
Well it has been fun - well maybe not fun, but distracting. You have an opinion, I have one that differs, only time will determine who is correct. This thread started with a complaint that there was not enough innovation and "new" features - with regard to the screen. I contend that there will be a number of device changes, with my contention supported by patent applications, prototypes, market demand, and press releases from several of the players involved. You choose to dismiss all of this and in some strange way try to use RIM and its problems to support your thesis. RIM has been imploding for years, Amazon has strong growth. I don't see a connection.
At this stage there seems to be little point in going further. We will just bore everyone.
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I, for one, enjoy these types of threads. Learning opposing views and new information about technology takes place best in polemical discussions, in my experience. Thanks for your participation DarkScribe. Your points have been well stated.
I also agree with your above statement; it is the eReader producers, not E Ink alone, that is to blame for the stagnation of eReader displays. The price wars between B&N, Amazon, Kobo, Sony, and others have caused a real drop in eReader quality. Everyone is trying to sell the $50 reader today, and you just won't get the quality that you would with a $200 device. The Kindle 2 was a solid, beautifully made eReader. The Kindle Touch is not (the speakers have even noticeably gotten worse from generation to generation). Until readers protest getting the same devices, with only superficial upgrades, over and over again, we will be left with "satisfaction," but not excellence.
I would like to hear what you think after the Kindle press conference! Do return!
