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Originally Posted by Salgueiros
I do think epaper offers, among all the screen technologies presently available, the experience that most resembles reading a real paper book. And i think it is a great advantage. You don-t get eye strain reading a book as you do when you stare at a computer screen. I am sure whoever developed eink technology was very sure that this IS a issue with readers even before risking millions developing this technology and that reading on a eink screen is much more comfortable. Sales seem to confirm their assumption.
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Many people are saying eink is dead, especially when the iPad came out. It was even a joke on David Letterman one night as the Kindle was used as a coaster for an iPad.
It is clearly a false statement though. Obviously a great deal of readers are looking for that paper-like feel that you are talking about. I don't think eink is going anywhere. At the same time, I believe you will also see a proliferation of LCD readers and tablets which offer a different experience.
If anything, all of this is good for people like us who want to read on devices as we have choices based on our requirements and can choose from several technologies from which the list keeps on growing. I've known all along about how eink looked like paper and I never really thought about why someone would want that because I like to read in the dark so much. Why would someone care if it looks like paper as long as it is easily readable? I think I understand now why some of you are so defensive of eink. It doesn't change my mind about things or most of my points made in this thread, but I totally understand a difference of evolution when using devices and computers. Some people grew up with books, even some people younger than me. I've grown up on computers and using screens and it is just second nature to me. Adapting to reading on an electronic device was a given for me, but for others it was not even feasible until a device that had a screen that looks just like paper was made. Hrmmm.