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Re:Stories and lessons from working with Jeff Bezos on the o... by esperent on Sunday August 02, 2020 @04:51AM (#24027361)
As far as I can see, that device costs around $1000 (can't see the exact price on the page you shared because I'm not in a country that Amazon deliver to). I would expect it to be much, much better than a kindle when it costs four times as much.
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Re:Stories and lessons from working with Jeff Bezos on the o... by achow on Sunday August 02, 2020 @05:44AM (#24027569)
Sony Digital Paper costs around $700 for 13.3"; Kindle Oasis $270 for 7". Considering Amazon's scale they can easily bring 'Sony's type' of reader price down considerably if they choose to make such device.

https://gizmodo.com/sonys-beautiful-e-ink-tablet-made-me-fee...

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Re:Stories and lessons from working with Jeff Bezos on the o... by grogenaut on Sunday August 02, 2020 @01:35PM (#24030074)
Sony has the same scale. It's the scale of sales not manuf that dictates the price. Not sure if you remember the Kindle DX. It did not sell well but boy did I covet one.
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Re:Stories and lessons from working with Jeff Bezos on the o... by WalterBright on Sunday August 02, 2020 @04:17PM (#24031356)
I bought a DX. It's still a wonderful machine. I worry when the battery fails and it'll be gone for good.
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Re:Stories and lessons from working with Jeff Bezos on the o... by npongratz on Sunday August 02, 2020 @05:51PM (#24032083)
I recently replaced the battery in my Kindle Keyboard (I love physical buttons). It was easier to replace than I expected, and after half a year of daily use, haven't noticed any issues with the battery.

There are probably at least a few good places to buy replacement batteries; I got mine from batteryship dot com. I have zero association with them except that I bought this one battery, and will probably buy a phone battery from them in the future.

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Re:Stories and lessons from working with Jeff Bezos on the o... by WalterBright on Sunday August 02, 2020 @07:50PM (#24032791)
Thanks for the tip!
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Re:Stories and lessons from working with Jeff Bezos on the o... by oblio on Sunday August 02, 2020 @05:39AM (#24027551)
The 10" one seems to cost $380 or so.
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