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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Take the Voyage, add in sound and TTS, card slot, better configuration on margins, line height, fonts and you'd have a much better device.
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All of those things cost money, whether hardware or development time. None of those would increase my likelihood of buying one (which is currently tied to the fact that my PW1 still works just fine), and if they increased the price would only serve to decrease my likelihood of buying one.
Sound: More hardware cost, more weight
Card slot: More hardware cost, more things to go wrong
Configurability: More development cost, more options to confuse less computer literate users, leading to higher support costs, more options often lead to more software bugs and user frustration (see the Kobo forums and all of the complaints about their very useful, but buggy firmware)
Sometimes minimal but sufficient is better.