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I wonder if amazon plans to increasingly centralize functionality to their servers (the cloud) while reducing functionality of kindle units. I can see them eventually selling a dirt-cheap device that doesn't even have a battery. Not long ago they patented wireless transmission of power (a la Tesla).
The fact that collections has only ever been a functionality available to registered devices is evidence this has always been the long-term vision. We can expect to see dumber, cheaper kindles that depend increasingly on being connected. Perhaps the ultimate goal is to stream books to a kindle that will be just be a screen and a wifi unit.
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