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Old 06-18-2015, 09:21 AM   #74
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
All right, we'll try again.

Amazon did not update the DX because it wasn't popular enough.
Amazon has a different measurement of success than Kobo.
Amazon correctly deduced that not enough people were interested in the DX for its larger size to make it financially worth it for them to pursue a large-screen device.
Amazon is different than other companies (except Apple as they have the same mentality). Amazon has a "We are not going to support the older hardware even if we can" mentality. Hecki, Even Sony was able to ad some version RMDSK to the 500 in order to get ePub support. The DX could have had firmware updates to add new features and maybe it would have sold better, but once new features came out and the DX didn't get them, it wasn't worth buying.
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