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Old 08-06-2013, 10:55 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg View Post
Perhaps this explains why Amazon absurdly calls their eInk browser (and, when provided, music-playing feature), experimental. Maybe the lawyers said that if they called it experimental, they could more easily claim, in court, that something else was the primary purpose of the device.
Or maybe it's because it's not a PRIMARY DESIGNED function that they are selling the device based on, but a bonus that they don't want to devote development or support $ to (because they wouldn't likely recoup them), so it's "experimental" so they don't have to put more than limited $ toward it. I doubt they were thinking about this way back when.

Not sure where I come down on the original topic. I'm suspicious of what the companies might be trying to get away with, but it seems there are lots of better options (i.e. tablets) which is what an e-reader would have to become to meet some of the requirements that seem to be indicated in this thread. What benefit is that to society as a whole? No easy answers.
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