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Originally Posted by Tony1988
Who knows, maybe they will also get people who were frustrated with uneven lit readers, light leaks, tears etc. Maybe there stable software will bring in some new users. Fact is it probably doesnt matter, ereaders wont make or break sony.
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No doubt they will, but I think that portion of the market is very much a niche that's not going to justify the development/production of the device. While Mobileread is obviously a small subset of ereader population, there was I thought a poll on light vs no on here (can't find it right now) and overwhelming majority want a light. People that don't have a reader yet will likely look at one with a light vs one without that costs more and grab the lighted one. As someone earlier in this thread says bringing out a device without a light would be business suicide.
Reality is that after the initial Nook offering (which definitely had some issues), and the Kindles initial multi-colour effect (which seems to have been solved mostly on newer ones or at least a lot less people complaining), there doesn't seem to be more than isolated problems with the lighting on readers today. A poorly done light would be equally suicidal for Sony as no light.