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Originally Posted by harryE123
You have some issue with textbooks and you want hyperlinks in them and all that blah, yet textbooks are what 99.999% of people read to educate themselves. So why would a good eink reader suffer from the lack of video or hyperlinks (and btw flash is proprietary format for video so no need to say flash and video...) since all textbooks don't have these and yet no one is really missing them. Why would you need video or hyperlinks for textbook in maths or literature? A good eink reader able to handle colour and fast enough would be the perfect alternative for a paper textbook because it would emulate a real life one. You don't see people running on the streets complaining for lack of (the very distracting and counter to any concentration) hyperlinks and videos, people are very happy thank you very much with text books as they are, and they'd be happier if they could have them on a good eink device too for portability. Some kids might get their kicks from video too, and they might not be bothered with the lcd eye strain, but that's not to say that the rest, the vast majority, won't prefer an eink reader.
And btw why the smarty [sic] after the ipad, should I have spelled it iPad instead?
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I'm not sure that the world needs an electronic device that emulates a paper textbook. That seems a little short-sighted to me. On the other hand, a tablet computer looks like a great platform to produce textbooks that do a lot more, so why turn your back on all that potential?
Flash is more than just video, so it wasn't redundant to list it as well as video.
Yeah, and the "[sic]" was a dig. I can be as petty as the next guy.