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Could be that they intentionally put out a device that they knew would be unpopular to many customers in order to sell more Voyages.
Perhaps the Voyage had not been selling as well as had been anticipated because many people were sitting on the fence, eagerly awaiting something better. To encourage them to bite the bullet and buy a Voyage, Amazon churns out the Oasis, designed to disappoint. People then buy the Voyage.
Once the oversupply of Voyages has been suitably reduced, Amazon then comes out with a device with all the features which people have been been clamoring after. People then dig a little deeper to get their dream device, passing on or selling their Voyages to others who might never have shown much interest in ereaders.
Amazon not only clears their stock, but potentially gets new customers as old Voyages get sold cheaply or passed along...
After all, what other rational explanation for such a device could there be?
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