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delphidb96 · 07-16-2007, 06:17 PM

eInk doesn't have the response time to be useful as a main display for a full-blown computer! Yes - EVENTUALLY we will see eInk displays which update fast enough to catch and update the screen to keep up with keystrokes. But until that is the case, they are darned well *WORTHLESS* for anything other than *READING*! Which is why the current crop of ebook readers don't have tons of handwriting capture capability or on-screen, virtual keyboards.

So for the nonce, the next great device for portable note-taking/researching/computing will probably be ASUS' EEE PC. 7" screen unit will run $200 and 10" screen will run $300 - approximately. And we should all be able to get our hands on one come August.

Derek

07-16-2007, 06:17 PM	#4
delphidb96 Wizard Posts: 2,999 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Citrus Heights, California Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V	*Geez! Can you people NOT* get it?!?** eInk doesn't have the response time to be useful as a main display for a full-blown computer! Yes - EVENTUALLY we will see eInk displays which update fast enough to catch and update the screen to keep up with keystrokes. But until that is the case, they are darned well WORTHLESS for anything other than READING! Which is why the current crop of ebook readers don't have tons of handwriting capture capability or on-screen, virtual keyboards. So for the nonce, the next great device for portable note-taking/researching/computing will probably be ASUS' EEE PC. 7" screen unit will run $200 and 10" screen will run $300 - approximately. And we should all be able to get our hands on one come August. Derek