9mo ago

Amazon’s first color Kindle e-reader, the Kindle Colorsoft, will run you $280

arstechnica.com

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Amazon is losing the plot with their kindle device cost. I appreciate the forward thinking, but what market is this trying to reach?
- Waterproof and color combined isn't exactly something there are a lot of options for.
- People with money burning holes in their pockets who don't own actual laptops?
Is Kobo the best non-Amazon e-ink reader out there?
- For any Europeans, we have the Tolino which, IIRC, are just Kobos running their own Android based OS.
- I wouldn't use it.
  I don't love using Chinese software that I've seen claimed doesn't follow the GPL, but anything that isn't Android is way too much of a downgrade for me to tolerate.
  
  What would you use instead?
Maybe this is ok for some people but I'm struggling to justify $100 for an e-reader. I'd get Kobo anyway since I'm in Canada/library books.
As someone who purchased a waterproof Kobo Clara Colour for less than this and is enjoying 3rd party add-ons like KOReader, why the hell would I pay more for Amazon DRM?
- Because grandparents exist and some people find it easier to sandbox them into a proprietary environment rather than teach them how to use better but slightly more complicated tech
Yeesh.. Wouldn't it be better just to get a good tablet?
- E-ink isn't the same as LCD. It's not remotely comparable for static content.
  Now, I prefer my Android reader to Kindle's awful software, but LCD/OLED isn't a good substitute.
  
  I'm still on the kindle paper white, didn't even know E-Ink was a thing so I'll have to look into it I guess. I think I'll drop the kindle though, the software does suck.

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