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Originally Posted by Sirtel
That's because currently Carta eink is better than Kaleido when reading straight black-and-white novels.
I don't mind switching to Kaleido WHEN it's at the same level or better than Carta for black and white. I don't read comics, web articles, PDF files on my Kobos; I read black and white novels. I don't need color, I need superb black and white experience. As long as Kaleido doesn't deliver it, I stick to Carta.
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Windows Vista had a poor launch and was an inferior product to XP in many regards. However, it paved the path that led to arguably the greatest OS of all time Windows 7. In fact, many people just skipped Vista and went directly from XP-->7.
Same situation here, no one is holding a gun to your head and forcing a purchase of the current model. I'm also not stating that the current version of Kaleido is better at displaying BW text then Carta.
However, the fact that everyone is acting so surprised and disgusted that the Libra2 was discontinued is mind boggling. Three obvious down sides to having both models:
1. Logistical nightmare to produce both models,
2. Squeeze gross margins(think economies of scale)
3. Creating artificial competition between their own products for the same market share.
Clearly Kobo believes that the Kaleido technology is the better path into the future. As the technology continues to get better, it will outpace Carta capabilities at a wide margin.