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Old 05-09-2025, 06:42 AM   #939
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Originally Posted by jpetts99 View Post
My feeling is publishers are pushing AZ, thought they are not really pushing back.

An ex-colleague of mine says the device division is doing REALLY poorly*. Breaking old devices and pushing new hardware is a high priority, but both current Alexa and Kindles really do everything everyone wants.

Next big breakthrough for ereaders? Native (not overlay) colour support, plus bring back physical page turn buttons, please. Basically a Gen 1 Oasis with colour, or a colour Voyage. That's the sweet spot, IMHO.

Alexa - can't think of anything. Everyone I know uses alarms, timers, reminders, lights on/off, audiobooks. Virtually NOBODY uses it for buying.
The color overlay makes the contrast very poor. Until we can get proper color without the contrast issues, forget color. It's garbage.
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