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Originally Posted by Penny
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.
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As you say, people kept using XP until Windows 7 came out. That's basically what several of us are saying about the current color eReaders. Wait until they actually match the quality of the earlier product.
With Windows (if you wanted to continue using it) you didn't really have a choice. Those who use eReaders still
do have choices. BTW, Vista is why I moved to Linux.
There's also the matter of extra expense for a color screen that many (if not most) customers don't need or want.
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Originally Posted by Penny
...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.
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Why is it a "logistical nightmare" to produce both products? PocketBook is a smaller company and they have no trouble producing both black and white and color versions of their various models. And Kobo will still produce both a Clara Colour and a Clara BW, why not the same for the Libra?
Competition between their own products? Maybe you look at it differently than I do but, for me, color readers are more for reading manga or PDF textbooks, completely unnecessary for novels or most non-fiction books. So I look at the color eReaders as competition against tablets, not black and white eReaders.
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Originally Posted by Penny
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.
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I think color eReaders are a long way away from the matching the quality of the Carta screens and Carta battery life. I think this is a premature move. As you said about Vista, most XP Windows users waited until Windows 7, completely skipping Vista. Some, like me, went to Linux and never came back. This may end of turning potential Kobo buyers into PocketBook, Tolino or Kindle customers.
We'll see, I guess.