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Originally Posted by ColdSun
If the poll is squewed because only folks interested in the topic would come to the thread and vote, then perhaps all polls on this website are squewed for the same reason?
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Yes, all the polls on this website (and, for that matter, any website) are skewed in a number of ways. They are probably still worth noting as possible directions to research, but I wouldn't consider basing product development plans on any of these polls. I know too much about the fallibility of polls, particularly in a self-selecting environment like an enthusiast website.
That being said, I think the request for self-lighting in a reading device is common and understandable, particularly in customers of the eBookwise 11xx line, who are used to this functionality. I expect the next generation of e ink readers to include a self-lighting option of some kind (probably a light diffuser like the lightwedge). But I don't think e ink in its current form will ever be all that popular as a screen technology, due to its cost and slow refresh rate. I like it, I use it, but I think it will be replaced by either improved e ink or other technologies (e.g. bistable LCD) rather soon.