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Originally Posted by Penny;
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 than 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.
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When the technology will get better I’ll consider it, but as of today, Libra Colour is an inferior device for those of us who do not read any colour content. It adds no extra value to my reading experience because I’m using the device to read b&w text and not to stare at the covers. At the same time I’d have to live with a darker screen and with the screen door effect. I have seen the device in Mediamarkt, I didn’t like it and I have no wish to buy a device and then be “adjusting” to it for the sake of Kobo’s tech roadmap.
I don’t understand why you find the fact that not everyone wants to be an early adopter “mind boggling”.