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Old 06-01-2010, 05:45 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by fishface View Post
I personally am immensely skeptical that anyone would shell out US$800-$1000 for a huge notebook-sized e-ink appliance that is annoying to lug around and can't consume anything other than e-print media, UNLESS the user needs it for their day job, in which case the pen is essential. I mean, a "magazine reader", for serious? Are they going to market this just to rock stars, drug dealers and multinational CEOs?
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
"E-Magazine - about half the weight of Apple Inc.'s iPad - is made especially for professionals to read magazines or documents with color charts, Lee said."

Translation: they're going after the Corporate market at $1000+, just like Brother.

"Delta's Lee said the company hopes to develop in two to three years particle-based displays that can display sharper colors like magazine pages, instead of the more shady colors its e-Magazine now displays."

Translation: Still not as saturated as an LCD panel.

Not a consumer product.
Not going very far.
To me if it is light and fits in a totebag or a briefcase, I wouldn't find it annoying to lug around. even though I'm not sure that it is a device that I would be taking everywhere with me, like my Sony. I am a consumer, and I find it a very desirable product! Have they even said anything about price?
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