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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Are you quite sure that absolutely nothing suggest significant R&D? Look how "innovative" some Kindle competitors are. Nothing innovative about the Tolino for example, just a perfect copy of a PW. Waterproofing is not expensive research wise - all it takes is extra seals. Saying that Amazon didn't spend much money on R&D is foolish. Take this review for example:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/tech...-oasis-amazon/ |
The tolino has a tap to change page feature, which I could find useful.
Amazon's addition of 4 more LEDs (holy mother of innovation!) reminds me of Gilette's innovation model - just add one more blade to the razor every year and shoot a dazzling ad around it.
Sociological studies of how people use the reader in various environments cost pennies, relatively speaking. It cost them $100 a customer to conclude that a wedge shaped device makes better ergonomic sense? Somebody please fire their lead 'scientists'. I could have told them that for a one time payment of $50.
Plonk a long wedge along one side, and they didn't even make full use of it. A puny 250 mAH (?) battery is what resides in a small portion of it. I guess you gotta keep that battery tiny so you could then sell the battery cover that now becomes vital to making the device last as long as an e-ink device should.