Amazon IS innovation in e-readers. Size, features, price are innovations embraced by people who buy e-readers. Many people have moved on from an e-reader to another Amazon innovation -- the
Fire. Putting interactive books on their Fire TV will be an innovative way to increase literacy among children of illiterate parents.
I don't think speech recognition would be a popular innovation. The trade-off in battery life and price would make it unattractive to most.
I'd like to see more efficient display technologies and solar cells to improve battery life and contrast in bright sun. I'd like to see an e-reader that folded in half like a paperback. I think this would be easier to hold and carry.
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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
I agree, by itself, bigger isn't an innovation. It's just bigger. If people were really demanding a larger reader in large numbers, the Kindle DX would have sold better. My Kindle Keyboard and my Paperwhite both fit in my pocket - it's a squeeze, but they fit.
Do people really want speech recognition for their e-reader? Features that are only wanted by a few wind up costing a lot of money with little return. If someone wants to build a Kindle-killer, by all means they should do so. But that doesn't mean people will want to buy it.
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