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Originally Posted by Acreo Aeneas
I'd be completely fine with the slow speed if it means I don't have to carry around my netbook or a notebook and pen (or a qwerty smartphone) with me if I'm traveling.
It would be a simple word processor. Since the base OS is some derivative of Linux, then why can't they simply throw on Vi, Nano, or EMacs? They wouldn't necessarily have to code their own word processor given the many free alternatives floating out there.
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Experienced ebook users and various geeks would be happy with slow speeds and the quirks of Linux-based memo programs. (I'd get plenty of use out of even a very very simple notebook program on my Sony.) Many users would not--and there'd be a huge number of customer-service complaints from people who expected "includes note-taking ability" to mean "works just like your blackberry's txt messaging system."
It's not that word processing couldn't be added, but it couldn't be made *simple* enough to work with the basic "connect to computer; download ebooks; read" approach that most ebook device users are comfortable with.
I think it's do-able; it'd just be a distraction from the narrow focus of the device. And considering that Kindles, Sonys and Nooks *don't even have folder support*--and many users are apparently oblivious to that fact--I don't think a case can be made that "most users would understand and want this feature."