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Old 12-10-2014, 02:12 PM   #177
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It's pretty flipping obvious, Jon: they want people to buy frontlit devices, like the PW. They have not "removed the ability to have a light cover"; they've simply removed the ability to have one that's powered by the device itself. You must surely remember all the problems that the external power connectors of the K3 caused? Spontaneous reboots, etc? The fact that they've removed such a troublesome thing is hardly a surprise.
But Amazon has since fixed the light cover issues they had on the K3. I know for a fact that Amazon's light cover for the Kindle Basic (non-touch) works well. So if Amazon was going to remove the light cover connectors for failing to work, then why put them in newer models?

The thing is, nobody makes a cover for the new Kindle Touch Basic that has a light. One of the better Reader lights from m-edge is no longer being made. I know you can get them from eBay and such, but a lot of people will look for a complete solution and not a piece from here and a piece form there.
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