Thread: Amazon Announces Kindle Colorsoft
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Old 12-18-2024, 05:29 AM   #351
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Originally Posted by leaston View Post
I can't quite get my head around their decision to make minor changes to the Scribe and hike the price so much when they could (should) have added colour to the new Scribe. I'd have been all in with that one immediately. Comics, graphic novels and Manga would surely be a huge selling point for many people out there on a 10" screen device.
I can't get my head around that decision, either. They've got the tech to make the Scribe a color unit. Conversely, they have the ability to give the Colorsoft pen capabilities. The fact that they did neither is inexplicable to me. Never mind not giving the Colorsoft a Gallery 3 display.

I got a Kobo Libra Colour shortly after the Colorsoft was announced. It's smaller, so it's not great for comics (particularly because Kobo doesn't have access to the panel view technology), but it's less expensive than a Colorsoft, a lot less expensive than a Scribe, and does double duty.

I really think Amazon made a mistake here. The comparisons I've seen between the Colorsoft and the Kobo Libra Colour don't leave the Colorsoft with an obvious advantage. The colors on the Colorsoft are definitely more saturated, but that comes at the expense of some detail. And the Google Drive and Overdrive integration on the KLC, along with the epub support (to allow you to use multiple e-book stores, not just Amazon) make the KLC a better buy in almost every way, except for if you're going to be consuming comics.

And apparently you won't even be able to download books you buy to your computer anymore with the new Kindles. Dafuq‽

Conversion with Calibre does take a little time to set up (maybe 10 minutes?) but it's worth it for me. I just checked my profile, and apparently I've been on here since 2013. I've had a Kindle all of that time. I still have a Kindle Paperwhite SE. But I think Amazon is losing its spark. They clearly want to keep making e-readers (I remember rumors going around that Amazon was getting out of the ereader business just before the Scribe came out) But if you combine this effort with the QC issues they've had since launch, I think they've lost their spark. They need to get it back.
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