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Old 02-03-2009, 03:07 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It would be interesting to know what the cause of the Kindle order "backlog" actually is. The obvious thought is that it's the screens, but that is contra-indicated by the fact that there's no shortage of the other eInk devices which use the same screen. Last spring, when there definitely was a screen shortage, all the devices was back-ordered. That hasn't happened this time.

It may be possible that Sony contracted a larger volume of screens from the supplier than Amazon and the supplier simply didn't have enough to keep up with the Kindles demand.
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