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Originally Posted by Palquito
Yeah, but that's my point. It seems dishonest on their part to withhold information about the Kindle 3 (or whatever) when it was so close to being a reality. If it was so close, why not announce it back in February and let people decide what they want to buy? Nothing anyone has said here has convinced me that a three month upgrade cycle (after a previous cycle of more than a year) is not essentially screwing the customer. Amazon has made me sorry I bought their device so early. That can't be good marketing.
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It would have been bad business practice to pre-announce the Kindle DX. If Amazon had announced it and people didn't buy the K2 because of it and then the DX didn't come out on time for whatever reason or was canceled, it would have lost Amazon a lot of sales as these now pissed off people go get a device from some other company. The best time to announce a new product like the DX is when you actually have the DX to sell.
One thing I am wondering about is other company's devices that should have had a 9.7" screen. Is Amazon getting preferential treatment here? I'm thinking yes they are otherwise other companies would have their devices out by now as well.