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Why There’s No Color Kindle

By Matt Buchanan Published May 6, 2009, 11:40 am ET

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Asked why there’s no color Kindle, Amazon spokespeople said that while E-Ink has color prototypes in the labs, Amazon’s just not satisfied with it, jeegollydarn it. Course, we already knew why. [Kindle Hands On]

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