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Originally Posted by tomsem
- In a number of contexts, I find the UI sluggish and not responsive enough. It’s okay when in reading mode, but navigating library and storefront is sometimes painfully slow (especially when something is downloading or indexing), as compared with other electronic devices. A more capable CPU and chipset might help with this, maybe with both high and low performance cores that can help smooth out responsiveness without impacting power consumption.
- specifically about Kindle, I would like them to implement Immersion Reading (synchronized audiobook and ebook), and bring back TTS (VoiceView screen reader doesn’t really fulfill the same use cases). Again this might benefit from a more specialized CPU and chipset, and perhaps more RAM than the existing lineup has.
I would also welcome display improvements (still contrast is not great compared to LCD/OLED etc) but it doesn’t seem there are any on the horizon.
But even with such enhancements, would it be enough to entice people from reading on smartphones and tablets?
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Kudos- great point. You’ve made me eat my words
. I find navigating the library and storefront frustratingly slow. So much so that I never buy books directly from the e-readers and instead do so from a tablet.
Personally I don’t think those enhancements would entice most people to buy e-readers in lieu of tablets and smartphones. They’ll remain a niche market unless / until they excel at some function we don’t need or foresee yet.