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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I skipped the KPW2, as my KPW1's screen was already 95% perfect (it has some small shadows on the very bottom of the screen which doesn't bother me, as I only see them in complete darkness, using very low light levels).
The firmware improvements of the KPW2 have been backported, so the only real improvement of the KPW2 is the 25% faster CPU. That doesn't cut it for me.
To be honest, there isn't much more I'd want in an e-reader that doesn't improve the reading experience directly. If Amazon would either...
- Keep the KPW3 exactly as it is now, except at 6.8 or even 7 inch (in 4:3 format) using a resolution that ups the screen to 300 dpi
- Build Kobo-like customizations of fonts and margins and such into the reader
... then I would seriously consider it.
If the only improvement is "We improved the front-light another 5%, made the CPU 20% faster and added some stuff to the Goodreads part", I'll skip this one as well.
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I guess we will have to agree to disagree...I view reading on a PW1/2 as like watching TV on an old VGA standard TV. The resolution would suck and so would the image quality. EInk is so behind the curve as to be little more than a joke. The only thing that makes it usable at all is its ability to work in direct sunlight. And the PWs have the most gawd awful screen I've seen on a reader since the Sony PRS-700 introduced Mr. Magoo Vision.
