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aceflor · 04-12-2016, 05:40 AM

I totally approve the concept of a "green" e-reader, and I think the solar cover would make it perfect.
I also am delighted to see buttons making a come back.

BUT....
1. I would have loved a waterproof device, because 6 months of the year, half of my reading time is spent on the water or near the water. That's probably just me though, and I realize that many are not interested in this feature
2. Bigger BUT : if those pics are real, that thing is butt ugly imho.
3. Due to its price the Voyage was a niche product, so what does it make the Oasis.. a mini-niche product ???

I am still incredulous regarding those pics. The design of that thing is just too.. weird (in a bad sense) for me to believe they are real. I am thinking April's Fool from Jeff.
But I have been wrong in the past so maybe it is indeed what the new Kindle will look like. And if so, unless there is a huge feature that we have missed in the specs, I am out.

04-12-2016, 05:40 AM	#428
aceflor Wizard Posts: 3,472 Karma: 48036360 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: where the sun lives, or so they say Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe	I totally approve the concept of a "green" e-reader, and I think the solar cover would make it perfect. I also am delighted to see buttons making a come back. BUT.... 1. I would have loved a waterproof device, because 6 months of the year, half of my reading time is spent on the water or near the water. That's probably just me though, and I realize that many are not interested in this feature 2. Bigger BUT : if those pics are real, that thing is butt ugly imho. 3. Due to its price the Voyage was a niche product, so what does it make the Oasis.. a mini-niche product ??? I am still incredulous regarding those pics. The design of that thing is just too.. weird (in a bad sense) for me to believe they are real. I am thinking April's Fool from Jeff. But I have been wrong in the past so maybe it is indeed what the new Kindle will look like. And if so, unless there is a huge feature that we have missed in the specs, I am out.