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Originally Posted by mcooke66
I agree color eInk is on the way and with video, the problem is is it will be expensive to start off and is not here now. B&N are producing a device today because the market needs it today.
If they waited for color eInk it would be many months away (maybe 6) and cost more and deliver less resolution and color saturation compared to all the tablets I keep hearing the NC will compete with.
I cannot fault this business decision from B&N, if the device works well and ships on time or close to on time I think it will be a success. More importantly for B&N they will be at the forefront of content providers with lots of color content.
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I'm sure B&N will sell some but whether they will sell enough is another matter. To me it seems like it's just a crippled tablet and there are other tablets out there now (iPad) that are better and more flexible and many others which are about to be.
I hear people say that it will be awesome for the magazine and comic readers but for most people I think it'll be considered just too small for that.
And as a novel reader, it falls short of eInk becasue it has a back lit reflective LCD which we all know is crap for reading anywhere where there are a lot of direct light sources. Yes, it's colour but you don't need colour for novels which the vast majority of people want an e-Reader for.
I hear people say that it's cheaper than the iPad. Of course, but it's still $250 and those that are very much cost concious will be looking towards the even cheaper tablets (that aren't crippled and will allow them to run all reading apps).
So yeah, it's okay, but it's less flexible than any other tablet, more expensive than some competition, too small to be really good at displaying colour magazines and comics... and on top of all of that it has an awful battery. So what does it do better than others exactly...?
As for the colour eInk - I'd be very surprised if Amazon isn't looking towards that tech with a mind to releasing something next year.