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Old 05-09-2013, 11:42 PM   #46
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The Kobo Aura HD is kind of a signal that there is nothing really in the pipeline for the e-ink screens (ok, its dpi is higher) and the only "major" improvement could be the bigger size. Let us not forget that the Aura's screens are the batch abandoned by BN so they also both didn't have anything else (but size) to offer and didn't think that enough people would want to buy it.

Me, I am ready to jump my Kindle Keyboard ship, just waiting for the kindlepdfviewer to be ported to Aura HD
You are absolutely incorrect and are helping to spread a false rumor. One of Kobo's product managers (who posts regularly) has already dispelled this rumor in another thread. Please get your facts straight.

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Old 05-10-2013, 08:16 AM   #47
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Old 05-10-2013, 11:31 AM   #48
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I would like to have a Kindle that senses when I am getting sleepy and about ready to drop the Kindle and then would give me a little jolt.
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Old 05-10-2013, 12:03 PM   #49
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Page-turn buttons would not make everyone happy. I would be very surprised to see the return of physical buttons as it it would increase production cost and subsequently the cost for the consumer. Kindle owners have become accustomed to $69 and $119 price tags.

I want page turn buttons, too. I love the assignable buttons on the Nook STR.

Buttons would not necessarily increase the cost to the consumer. And even if it did, a model choice with a slightly higher price tag for those who want it would not be a impossible situation. Not everyone buys the highest capacity iPad, either....
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Old 05-10-2013, 12:05 PM   #50
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I would like to have a Kindle that senses when I am getting sleepy and about ready to drop the Kindle and then would give me a little jolt.
I think you can get things that do that.
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Old 05-10-2013, 12:38 PM   #51
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I'd like to see a lighter on the next gen kindle. Then it really would light my fire.
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Old 05-10-2013, 02:23 PM   #52
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Definitly buttons, because I often read single handed.
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Old 05-10-2013, 03:07 PM   #53
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You are absolutely incorrect and are helping to spread a false rumor. One of Kobo's product managers (who posts regularly) has already dispelled this rumor in another thread. Please get your facts straight.

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Ummmm, just because he claims to be or is a product manager doesn't mean he cannot lie. From my experience in the software industry, product managers are no more trustworthy than lawyers and car salespersons!
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Ummmm, just because he claims to be or is a product manager doesn't mean he cannot lie. From my experience in the software industry, product managers are no more trustworthy than lawyers and car salespersons!
Well, that's unfortunate and not my experience.
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Old 05-11-2013, 11:55 PM   #55
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Kindle 4 successor: the PW's higher res screen minus, Touch capability, the front lighting, 6 month+ battery-life, 4GB of storage and return of the grey color scheme.
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Old 05-12-2013, 12:07 AM   #56
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Well, that's unfortunate and not my experience.
I agree with jswinden. I also think your post was a little over the top. I dislike people spreading rumors as fact, but I think you really could have pointed that out without being so harsh.

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You base this on what? I have no doubt Amazon will do just that, or better, assuming you are refering to the higher resolution.
And you base this on what? See, I can also play this game.

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I agree with you. Based on the recent news/rumors it looks like at this point Amazon is much more interested in their new projects which are largely Android-based - phone, tv, tablets. In the e-reader area I am not expecting anything more drastic than marginal improvements/fixes in hardware (faster cpu, more memory, etc), some improvements/fixes in software (which are directly revenue-generating), and/or lower price. I think lower price is the highest priority, the e-reader market is pretty much saturated and in order to sell more readers en masse they'd need to go after those who still don't have one yet - meaning _very_ casual readers. So I fully expect, say, $25 (or less!) for basic Kindle.

As far as major improvements go, there has been only a few innovations in e-ink area recently, namely flexible screens and color e-ink (HD is not new any more). Amazon experimented with color e-ink (Triton) in the past and wasn't impressed with the quality. I also think the primary audience for the color screens - magazine readers - is pretty much satisfied with tablets (and bought them already).

The flexible screens are much more interesting, but unless they can make truly revolutionary device with fully folding/rolling-up screen so the device when closed is the size of a smartphone/pencil - again I don't see that happening.

The Kobo Aura HD is kind of a signal that there is nothing really in the pipeline for the e-ink screens (ok, its dpi is higher) and the only "major" improvement could be the bigger size. Let us not forget that the Aura's screens are the batch abandoned by BN so they also both didn't have anything else (but size) to offer and didn't think that enough people would want to buy it.

Me, I am ready to jump my Kindle Keyboard ship, just waiting for the kindlepdfviewer to be ported to Aura HD
This post is pretty much in line with my thinking, especially the bolded portions.

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Old 05-12-2013, 12:57 AM   #57
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Agreed. I would instantly upgrade from a Kindle 3 to something like that, though I do like the black color scheme.
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Old 05-12-2013, 01:20 AM   #58
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Remember that the mode in which WiFi is turned off is called "Airplane Mode" for a very specific reason. Do you really think that WiFi should be turned on automatically, from Airplane Mode, without asking you for confirmation? That seems like an extremely bad idea to me!
My view on syncing is that it should just turn on and sync everything (ads, collections, notes, and newly bought books) when you select "Sync and Check for Items", then TURN ITSELF OFF.
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I would like to see a return of the physical home screen button, and the ability to skip to the next/previous chapter by swiping up/down -- both features present in the Kindle Touch, which is why I still have mine from 3 years ago.
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