Thread: Forthcoming Kobo devices
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Old 07-10-2013, 06:41 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by TechniSol View Post
The Glo seems like a pretty natural successor to the Touch... I could see keeping an unlit 6" device, but Kobo doesn't really compete with Amazon on the low end pricing, and they have the Mini. Maybe we'll get lucky and get a Mini with lighting. I can't imagine it would be all that hard to shoehorn some LEDs and a driver circuit into the case, since the Glo is actually shorter than the Touch... I think a smaller device with lighting would be a nice way to go, but baring that a reader with a flexible e-ink display might be another way to go.

I think now that the Genie is out of the bottle it's going to be hard to make money with unlit e-ink displays. The lighting is just such a handy feature at the expensive of only a bit of contrast.
absolutely... lighting is everything... it makes the device look so much more desirable.

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