In regards to the original topic.
For my own personal needs I'd say that I'm on the verge of getting the perfect e-reader, won't know for sure until I get it, but the PRS-350 looks to be it.
Now, if I was looking for a large screen device like you are I'd be inclined to agree with you. I stopped paying attention to e-readers for three months and all of a sudden the Que is dead, and so is the Skiff, rather startling.
I don't think it marks the end, rather, I think that at this point a large screen e-reader will not only have to be as readable as e-ink, but will have to be capable of doing the kinds of things that an LCD can do. Mirasol might be that solution or it might not, but surely there will be some kind of tech that would effectively turn an iPad like device into a fantastic reader, it's just not going to happen as soon as you'd like.
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Originally Posted by harryE123
Sorry Rob, but what innovations? One can hardly call innovative finally putting in a touchscreen that doesn't ruin a product with glare, when almost all smartphones have had better capacitance touch screens since a few years. Just because they were (sorry but I got to say this) idiots enough to ruin their products' single selling point -e-ink's readability- with a crap touch screen doesn't mean they are innovators for coming to their senses now and finally putting one in (and we are going to see how well it works because I 've been told it's ir...) that doesn't impede reading, they way everyone and their brother have done in the smart phone arena.
That's precisely the crux of the problem with e-ink manufacturers, they are so behind incorporating even the simplest tecs that other gadgets have long ago had.
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What makes something innovative is when it does something that other products do not do. I challenge you to find a device that is every bit as readable as the new Pearl e-ink screens are (in the sun as well as in the shade) that uses a touch technology that's as good as what Sony will be using (doesn't negatively affect readability and doesn't require the use of a special stylus).
Maybe there's an e-reader I've overlooked but I seriously doubt it.