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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
Serious question:
Wasn't there supposed to be a newer screen (beyond the 2E) - the same screen used by the Kindle Scribe?
Or has this already occurred?
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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Kobo doesn't seem to be interested in releasing new b/w devices with larger screens. The Sage is almost 4 years old, there is no b/w 7" device, and no 10" 300ppi device either.
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It's a puzzle. Rakuten is huge company*. Only Amazon, of ereader sellers, has more resources. Pocketbook and Onyx are the next two and much less resources. Bigme, reMarkable, Meebook and others are tiny.
Lenovo tinkered with eink.
Sony gave up because they couldn't run bookstore, so pivoted with Fujitsu to Office epaper (and reMarkable is more like those than real ereaders).
There used to be about four bistable screen companies (not counting Mirasol), but they have either been bought by Eink Corp and buried or bought by Amazon and buried. So Eink Corp for practical purposes has a monopoly.
Eink based ereaders are now a tiny niche compare to eink price labels or people reading on apps.
Also Amazon has 90%+ of the world English Language in ebook sales and prioritises their apps.
[* Rakuten once #2 OEM TV maker]