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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Whereas I wouldn't care if an ereader had no WiFi. I never export passages or use Pocket.
But I do currently use two ereaders. The Clara has the nice orange light which is more pleasant in the dark, but the 2015 Nook Plus is waterproof, which is handy for reading in the bath. Each has a feature the other doesn't.
fjtorres post sounds wise until it comes down to who is defining what is meant by 'adequate'.
When it comes down to it, I could still read on my Nook ST and I'd bet in a pinch you could too. Does that mean there should be no forward movement in the ereader market? Of course not.
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Adequate is what one talks about when one is talking commodities. Some companies business model is to turn everything into commodities, so we are only talking price rather than features. The question becomes have eInk eReaders become commodities. When you have price point ranging from $50 to $350 and the $350 eReader sells, then I suspect that eReaders are not commodities. So it becomes, what new feature will make customers want to buy my top of the line eReader.
For me, I had a perfectly good paperwhite, but bought an Oasis last year because of the feature mix for the Oasis. I bought a Kobo Aura because I like the form factor of the Aura better than the form factor of the Oasis. Plus, I think the library aspect of the Kobo is better than the library aspect of the Kindle, and I have enough books that library is important to me. Someone who reads one book at a time and then never reads that book again, most likely doesn't care a bout library.