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Originally Posted by davidfor
I have made no claims about how the devices were evolving. I made a statement that Kobo have decided not to include the SD card. The most likely reason is cost. The next most likely reason is that they discovered that very few of their customers actually used them.
But, I do consider the waterproofing an evolution in the devices.
Well a very good reason to put have them in the first place was that when Kobo started, the amount of storage they could put into the device was relatively small. The external SD card slot was needed to have a reasonable amount of storage. Now that they can put much more internal storage, and the overall need for the external slot dropped significantly.
Also, have looked at any recent PC? Did you see a floppy disc drive? If they were so important that the PC makers put them in PCs, why have they been removed?
There is only one reason for you to buy a new Kobo ereader. And it's the same reason for buying a Kindle, a Nook, a secondhand Sony or any of the other devices that can be used to read ebooks. Because it fits your needs. If the device doesn't fit your needs, DON'T buy it. The currently available Kobo obviously don't and, based on your posts, I doubt any future Kobo will. Maybe it's time to spend time in the other forums working out what is right for you.
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the one and only thing we will hopefully agree on is that i am entitled to my opinion just as much as you are to yours.
also i have as much right to use this forum as anyone else does including you.
therefore i will keep commenting if and when i want to do so while watching IMHO the backward steps and continuing lack of evolving Kobo e-reader's.
one more thing Kobo (brainwave) why don't we double the SD card internal storage from 4GB to 8 GB then we can take away the Micro SD card slot, smart idea NO, obviously just a blatant cost cutting decision on their part, that's it for now.
best wishes koboy
