11-01-2018, 07:38 PM | #1 |
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Dream Kindle...
I was thinking today that really I my dream Kindle setup would be a 10 inch kindle for reading at home and a paperwhite for reading on the go and the great sync system would work perfect. Why Amazon do you not give us some great device options?
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11-01-2018, 08:03 PM | #2 |
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Amazon used to have a Kindle DX but when tablets became more common, it probably didn't sell enough to justify newer updated models.
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11-03-2018, 12:10 PM | #3 |
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If you have a ten inch tablet with the Kindle app your reading will sync with a paperwhite.
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11-03-2018, 04:43 PM | #4 |
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Because when Amazon did sell a 10" Kindle (the DX) it was not a great success. Did you buy one?
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11-03-2018, 06:12 PM | #5 | |
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I had the DX first because I'm old and thought bigger would be better. I was wrong and the DX and it cost me $460. Care to guess why they don't make, and sell, the DX any longer? That was in July of 2010. Since then, Kindles have gotten better and better till they peaked with the Paperwhite. And, it sounds like they might be going a bit higher with the Paperwhite 4. |
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11-04-2018, 10:04 AM | #6 |
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I think Samsung is developing a folding phone. Maybe the technology will become cheap enough for ereaders. It would be nice to be able to fold up my new Kobo Forma for easy transport.
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11-04-2018, 03:25 PM | #8 |
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The pertinent point is that they did produce exactly what the OP is asking for, but it was a flop.
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11-05-2018, 12:50 AM | #9 | |
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As I had mentioned upthread, these needs can be met with a 10 inch tablet with the Kindle app - or the ten inch Kindle Fire, if it must be Kindle - and the paperwhite. Problem solved, unless an unmentioned need is that both devices have the e-ink screen. |
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11-05-2018, 06:41 AM | #10 | |
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I congratulate Amazon for keeping quality ereaders, like the Paperwhite, affordable and fully functional. I would like to see USB C and rapid charging but in the meantime I'm delgihted with my affordable Paperwhites and eagerly await my new Paperwhite 4. |
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11-05-2018, 07:46 AM | #12 |
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Just because they stop making something doesn't make it a flop. They don't make Kindle Keyboards anymore. They don't make Voyages any more. ... Just seems like "flop" is an exaggeration to prove a point. |
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11-05-2018, 09:25 AM | #15 |
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But each of those has had a direct successor. The 6" K2 was succeeded by the K3. The 10" K2 was never replaced. If you recall at the time, Amazon were primarily marketing the DX as a platform for eTextbooks, and that's a market that just didn't take off at that time.
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