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Old 10-04-2014, 01:27 PM   #196
j.p.s
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Originally Posted by kaufman View Post
Of all the silly complaints, this is the winner. What exactly would you like the ereader to connect to via bluetooth? A smartwatch? A phone? A car? Noise-canceling headphones?
OK, text to speech was a bust, partly because the user experience sucked and partly because some so-called author spokesgroup and publishers violently opposed it. But it is a desirable feature and after some r&d will eventually work OK. So, it is reasonable to "like to be able to connect" a bluetooth headphone to an e-reader.
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Given that its an ereader, what possible use could there be for a bluetooth connection?
Keyboard. This would already be supported by the kernel.

Please note your phrase "what possible use" above. I could live without annotation features at all. But they are there and apparently get used. Given that, a keyboard could come in handy.
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Remember before you answer, that any connection is going to require a fair amount of software on the kindle for a really obscure use-case. Its not about turning on the bluetooth, its about all of the software support after it is turned on.
Not necessarily, e.g. keyboard.
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