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paaThaka · 09-16-2010, 06:44 AM

Thanks for all the comments.

Graham is right that 10" and lowest resolution I gave is probbaly too low. Although I wouldn't mind high dpi, if there's enough pixels otherwise and not a huge battery drain.

I looked at something like WeTab today:
http://wetab.mobi/en

It's basically a mediatablet, competing against iPad and the same screen/battery issues remain. So not really a good read after all.

The same issues plague device like ICD Vega:
http://convergeddevices.net/products/vega.html

Notion Ink Adam (also low-res)
http://www.notionink.in/

Entourage Edge
http://www.entourageedge.com/entourage-edge.html

All have a glossy unreadable screen and battery life usually below 10hrs.

Of course, they are all expandable, hackable and will in the end support most formats.

I see the market currently developing towards full-color media/pc tablets at sizes from 7" to 11" but with fairly low resolution.

Then the actual reader market seems to be concentrating on the pocketbook sized (7" and smaller) currently b&w (soon color) eInk type book readers. Again with fairly low res.

All the big and more high resolution b&w ebook readers seem to be dead, postponed or in limbo.

Surely there is a market, if only within the group of all university students for c. A4 sized high-res ebook reader with open format support?

Is it just a technology thing that no such displays exist?

Well, I'll keep looking and trying to resist the lure of DX graphite, which I can't even get with proper recharger for my region. Sigh.

EDIT: Oh, almost forgot.

The new Pocketbook Pro 903 does indeed look quite promising. Personally I'd still prefer a higher res, but it is the best so far that I have seen, has pen input and is not vaporware

09-16-2010, 06:44 AM	#5
paaThaka Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 499216 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	Thanks for all the comments. Graham is right that 10" and lowest resolution I gave is probbaly too low. Although I wouldn't mind high dpi, if there's enough pixels otherwise and not a huge battery drain. I looked at something like WeTab today: http://wetab.mobi/en It's basically a mediatablet, competing against iPad and the same screen/battery issues remain. So not really a good read after all. The same issues plague device like ICD Vega: http://convergeddevices.net/products/vega.html Notion Ink Adam (also low-res) http://www.notionink.in/ Entourage Edge http://www.entourageedge.com/entourage-edge.html All have a glossy unreadable screen and battery life usually below 10hrs. Of course, they are all expandable, hackable and will in the end support most formats. I see the market currently developing towards full-color media/pc tablets at sizes from 7" to 11" but with fairly low resolution. Then the actual reader market seems to be concentrating on the pocketbook sized (7" and smaller) currently b&w (soon color) eInk type book readers. Again with fairly low res. All the big and more high resolution b&w ebook readers seem to be dead, postponed or in limbo. Surely there is a market, if only within the group of all university students for c. A4 sized high-res ebook reader with open format support? Is it just a technology thing that no such displays exist? Well, I'll keep looking and trying to resist the lure of DX graphite, which I can't even get with proper recharger for my region. Sigh. EDIT: Oh, almost forgot. The new Pocketbook Pro 903 does indeed look quite promising. Personally I'd still prefer a higher res, but it is the best so far that I have seen, has pen input and is not vaporware Last edited by paaThaka; 09-16-2010 at 07:02 AM.