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Originally Posted by Palquito
So....yeah.
Really? I'm the only person here that's annoyed by this? Everyone else has been dumping on me, so I'll assume so.
I've been around computers a long time (I'm 38); I'm also a electronics nerd. I've been an early adopter for many things and I know the risks. But I want people here to admit that Amazon just announced a Kindle that's superior to the Kindle 2 in every measurable sense for a mere $120 more. 3 months after they announced the Kindle 2.
Bigger screen, more memory, auto-rotate, pdf support.
Face it, we early adopters got burned this time.
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My feelings are mixed.
On one hand, the Kindle 2 was good enough to purchase at the time you bought it and it served your needs during that time. As you're fully aware, technology marches on. If you had waited until the Kindle DX got released, you would have been without a device during that whole time. So, you have gotten value from the time you purchased the Kindle 2 up until the Kindle DX gets released where you can sell your Kindle 2 at a good re-sale price and purchase the DX. It's the best of both worlds I would say for having gotten use of the Kindle 2 during this period.
On the other hand, admittedly, I would be annoyed that another Kindle offering is being available a mere few months after the Kindle 2 was released - especially with little foresight that it was coming so soon.
So, expecting some consumer revolt over this, I think Amazon should offer some sort of in-store Kindle credit ($50 let's say) that early adopters can use towards the purchase of the Kindle DX or ebooks in their store. This would be very similar to what Apple/Steve Jobs did when he offered an in-store credit when the price of the iphone was significantly dropped a few short weeks after its initial release. That would be my suggestion to the overall problem. It wouldn't cost much for Amazon to do this and keep everyone relatively satisfied especially for the early adopters.
Now, to bring some perspective here, at least you have a Kindle choice. Folks outside the U.S. don't even have a choice without a lot of "backdoor" effort. Selfishly, Amazon should focus on making the Kindle device available internationally instead of providing different product offerings in the same geographic location (U.S. only).