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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Let me reiterate:
I still don't care. I am more than happy with my Kindle. Which has dictionaries, nested collections structure, user-installed fonts, unlimited format support via calibre, more onboard memory than I will ever fill up even without an SD card (read: a HELL of a lotta books)...
And you still shouldn't expect conversations to gravitate around whatever the Pocketbook does. It is generally understood that when most people think about ereaders, they are not thinking about fringe devices, regardless of whether or not they are the most popular device in any given country that doesn't happen to contain the majority of ereaders bought and sold.
When I ask "what ereaders offer audio" it is among the less helpful answers to point out some insignificant device made by an insignificant manufacturer and used by a vanishingly small percentage of even knowledgeable ereader nerds, as though that is somehow supposed to demonstrate that Amazon should jump on the bandwagon and offer it too (again).
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Eschwartz, the title of this thread is "Why No SD", not "why the Kindle is superior as it is". Many of us, include myself, have given reasons why they think an SD chip is a preferred part of their e-reader (liseuse).
Amazon wants to be the Model T of e-readers. Minimal features at a low price. Grab the mass market. That's fine, if that's what you want. If it's not, you find other, smaller providers. They cost more, but you get what you want. My concern is that the Kindle will drive out all the other niche players out of the business.
A non-ereader example is music players. There is not a single player in the market available new, that handles both external storage and has a user replaceable battery. (if I'm wrong, please let me know, as I want one...) There used to be, back 5+ years ago, but most of them didn't have any external storage, or were limited to 2 GB chips (FAT 16). So I buy Sansa Clips and throw them away if the battery fails... And I don't worry about the time it takes to load a 64 GB chip, I just pop it out and stick it into the replacement.
So many of us here are extolling the advantage of SD chips. (A standard, user replaceable battery is just as important.) I'm still running a 1st gen e-ink reader because it has all the features I want, and I'm not trapped in a "walled garden". That's my taste. YMMV.