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Originally Posted by Kolenka
The problem with saying "Amazon screwed up, but Kobo got it right" is that they are using the same display and light guide setup.
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Do we know that they're exactly the same, or based on the same principle? I have a sneaking suspicion that, in an attempt to make it come out looking whiter, that Amazon modified it in a way that (when it goes wrong) creates the colour blotching that people refer to.
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Kobo's biggest problem is software QA. If they can lick that, they've got a real chance to effectively kick Sony right out of the market in the west and give B&N a run for their money. Amazon is a tougher nut to crack in the US since they have the brand, the ecosystem, and a good device selection that tends to be reliable (despite first-run production hiccups).
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Without a doubt, software Q&A issues are at the root of most of the complaint threads here in the Kobo forum. And without a doubt, Amazon is a tough nut to crack in places where they're already strongly entrenched. So I agree with all of the above on every count.
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And for the record, Sony *is* offering only one e-reader at a time right now.
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Really? Crazy. They used to release multiple models in the past, didn't they? I recall looking at several models at a time, each time I evaluated Sony e-readers in the past. Interesting.
Well, they have released multiple models in the past, and could do so again if they so chose.
Personally, I would love for them to. I would love for two companies with great hardware (Kobo & Sony) releasing better front-lit e-readers than Amazon and Nook (at least we get to call the company Nook, now, that it's been spun off by B&N into a separate company
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