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Originally Posted by theinfamousj
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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And wouldn't it be better for them if the device was in color?
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Originally Posted by theinfamousj
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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And black and white LCD would be cheaper than eink. Still e-readers have eink.
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Originally Posted by theinfamousj
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.
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And this device would be sold along side the black and white eink devices? Marketed in the same way, except not called an e-reader? How would that even work?