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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
How does the added hardware cost compare to the subsidy, and how does it compare to the extra money that they made from in-device purchases vs. side-loading?
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It pays for itself many times over as the majority of purchasers of eReaders don't sideload, get confused and wouldn't purchase an eReader if they had to sync it with a computer, and do all their ebook buying on their device in its ecosystem. All of these customers are now able to spend gobs of money they otherwise wouldn't have been able to thanks to the inclusion of the Wifi circuitry and antenna.
Companies like money. Companies loathe missed revenue opportunities.
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
Color eink was developed years ago and instead of using it for eink e-readers the manufacturers from this coalition preferred to manufacture LCD devices. Do the speakers drain the battery more than the light that was added to the devices?
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The answer to your first assertion is that color eInk is expensive and if the goal is color, then LCD is cheaper. Companies want as much profit as possible, so they go with the cheaper components. Companies are not altruistic and color eInk tech will sit on the shelf until it is financially viable, not just technically possible.
The answer to your second question is an emphatic, "Yes! Those are huge battery drains. The light (Led technology) is negligible compared with the energy to turn pages."
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
And they, or others would market this future color eink device as what? The success of a device depends on marketing so if they can't market it as a device used primarily for reading, then what would it be marketed as?
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They would market a color eInk device as an eReader, however legally it would be a "kerfuffle" (or whatever other term is decided on to be the legal definition of that class of devices). This is the tautology thing I think is confusing you.