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Originally Posted by binaryhermit
Yes, innovation has slowed substantially. An alternative viewpoint on that is that devices are just pretty mature right now and there's not really any easy ways to release a better model.
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I think that this is pretty much where we are at. Unless there is some major innovation that is a game changer, most of the changes now are incremental - better battery life, more memory.
I do think that if someone is ever able to come up with a universal ebook reader, i.e. one that can grab an ebook from whatever ebook store you buy from as well as allowing side loading, then that will be a game changer, but I also think this would require cooperation from Amazon, Kobo, Apple, B&N and the myriad of other smaller ebook shops to agree on various interface standards and I think the odds of that are about the same as me winning the lottery.