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Originally Posted by davidfor
I hadn't see that Kobo had withdrawn the Clara HD or Nia. Can you point to where the announcement was made?
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Yep, no real change made yet in the land of Kobos. I honestly think, for a 6' reader, the Clara is pretty good as is. Maybe a waterproof version of it (since folks seem to like that feature and it's becoming the "norm").
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Originally Posted by davidfor
But, really, all this demonstrates is that Kobo and Amazon probably have a better idea of what the market actually wants than you do. I mean, it's not as if they don't have sales figures they can look at to see what is actually being sold and make decisions based on that. Oh wait, they do.
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As for Amazon, I don't know what sales figures they could have been going by, since this is their first 6.8" reader. As it is, I think the 6" Paperwhite was their best seller by a large margin. But, since the bezels were pretty large on the 6" Paperwhites, going to 6.8" (with thinner bezels) and yet ending up with a reader pretty close to the same size is probably a no-brainer for them.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
Honestly, I don't think Kobo is going to stop selling a 6" ereader any time soon. I'd hope they abandon the Nia, but, it won't surprise me to see a Clara HD update next year.
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I don't think they have to get rid of the Nia — just drop its price by $20, or at least by $10 and making it truly attractive for those on a budget. As it is there's no reason to go cheaper when the Clara often goes on sale for the same price as the Nia (which hardly ever goes on sale).
One thing none of the new Kobos or Kindles have is the microSD slot mentioned by koboy. Personally I still think the PocketBook Touch HD3 is a pretty great reader, light with a great screen. (The microSD slot is not important for me, but I realize others feel differently).