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Old 10-01-2007, 01:39 PM   #16
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According to the leaked User's Manual, the Amazon Kindle will come with a detachable light source powered by 3 AAA batteries. Its advantage over 3rd party light sources is that it is held in place by built-in magnets and a custom slot in the reader. If this proves to be a popular feature, then presumably other vendors will do something similar in future readers. It could certainly be designed in, and then sold as an optional accessory (adding to revenue).
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Old 10-01-2007, 02:49 PM   #17
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If this proves to be a popular feature, then presumably other vendors will do something similar in future readers. It could certainly be designed in, and then sold as an optional accessory (adding to revenue).
And then they'll start using DRM (Digital Radiance Management) to restrict who can read in the dark with which readers!

There. Two-for-one. Now everyone will stop reading.
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Old 10-01-2007, 03:14 PM   #18
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There. Two-for-one. Now everyone will stop reading.


If you want to kill a discussion, all you have to do is make a reference to Hitler -- it's well known Web Forum Law that references to Hitler will kill a thread within 3 or 4 posts.

Hitler didn't have backlighting or DRM on his e-book reader either!
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Old 10-01-2007, 03:15 PM   #19
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If you want to kill a discussion, all you have to do is make a reference to Hitler -- it's well known Web Forum Law that references to Hitler will kill a thread within 3 or 4 posts.

Hitler didn't have backlighting or DRM on his e-book reader either!
He had people to read for him.
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Read? I thought he only burned books ....
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Read? I thought he only burned books ....
Somebody had to read them to know if they should be burned or not.
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Old 10-01-2007, 03:49 PM   #22
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<rant> I vote NEVER put a light on any eink device EVER.
I'm tired of this bleeding argument. I mean seriously we've been reading books that *ahem* don't have a light source for centuries.
I mean for FSM's sake, if you are one of the very small minority that need to read in the dark with out turning on another light source, please go out and buy a bloody lightwedge or torch.</rant>
One of the reasons I want to spend hundreds of dollars on a gadget to read my books is to improve over the reading experience I had before. Just because my dad's 1968 Ford didn't have power steering or anti-lock brakes doesn't mean I don't want them. If they can put a light in and still keep the cost low, why care? Just don't use it if you don't like it. If there's not enough people that want it, they won't put it in. If you're sick of the argument, you don't need to read it.
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-- it's well known Web Forum Law that references to Hitler will kill a thread within 3 or 4 posts.
Welcome to MobileRead's very own corollary to Godwin's Law!
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