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Originally Posted by HarryT
Of course it is. "Announcing" a product doesn't make it "real". You can't buy a Kindle DX now, any more than you can buy a Hanlin V9, or any other device which is waiting for the production of 9.7" screens. The product does not currently exist, because the 9.7" screen which it will use is not currently being manufactured.
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I know the
word gets tossed about, but it's a shame.
Vaporware isn't just an unreleased product. Vaporware is a product that literally has not been demonstrated to exist at all. For all you know, it's just vapors. PixelQi's new screens are vaporware. They might exist, but nobody's seen them. The moment
working, final-form samples are released, you've got more than vapors. Then it's just a product nearing release, or whatever you want to call it.
If it ends up being released way, way longer than was originally promised, or totally not living up to the promises that were made,
then you can call it vaporware. But that's after the fact.
Vaporware is a promise broken, a promise too vague to be meaningful, or a promise you have strong reason to believe won't be kept. The new Kindle might end up stretching the definition of "summer" by a little, but I think most people would agree the odds are against that.
I'm not trying to be pedantic. It just really is a word with specific, and extremely negative, connotations. I hate to see it bandied about
[/not trying to defend the Kindle or anything]