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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
This proposal, inane as it may be, does illustrate 2 big points:
1. The public's perception that Kindle is the ONLY ebook reader on the market.
2. Amazon's ascension to national status - and the contacts Bezos must have in high places (at least Democratic high places) for such a proposal to be launched.
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It also illustrates the fact that the DLC are not in their right minds. If they'd actually used eBook readers, they'd find that none of them are good enough (except maybe the iRex 1000DR) for text books. And they are too fragile for kids to have in their backpacks. Who is going to pay the bill for the broken Kindles?
And I am tired of people suggesting the Kindle for situations where it is inappropriate. Even Amazon is doing that with the DX. The DX is inappropriate for text books in schools. And from the article I read about blind users, it's worse for them as it's unusable. Schools cannot replace textbooks with eink readers at the present time. None of them are suitable.