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Originally Posted by Talldog
That's certainly the case for me. I'm a long time IT professional who was doing PDA and smartphone tech support for a large corporation when they first became a big thing. I'm used to spending many hours looking at backlit screens, and they don't really bother me, but when I want to relax with a book at the end of the day, I'd much rather look at an e-ink screen.
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It will be interesting to see how the future of dedicated devices plays out. If it's mostly preference, rather than need (such as eye problems), dedicated devices seem more likely to disappear sooner.
My thinking: If someone depends on e-ink because of a health problem that cannot be resolved, he has no choice but to stick with e-ink. If e-ink is just a preference, then that consumer is more likely to switch to whatever the mainstream product is, depending on price point, features and availability.
Basically, e-ink's survival depends on enough readers continuing to need it and being willing to perhaps pay a premium for it, in order to keep profits high enough to keep hardware makers in the game even if demand shrinks overall.