Thread: Is the Kindle2 fugly
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Old 02-09-2009, 12:53 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by bwaldron View Post
I'm with Jon. White isn't the best choice for a e-ink reading device.

* If anything, it makes the reader "disappear" less than a dark frame.

* It makes the user perceive the screen itself as greyer/darker in relation to the device frame.

* It is more likely to get/look dirty.

All that said, I didn't find Kindle 1 to be ugly. (But if I did, I wouldn't say Kindle 2 is different enough to my eyes to make a difference.)
sorry, I was just quoting Amazons reasoning. Which I"m starting to seriously wonder about.
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