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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
I am just curious, what sort of improvements do you want to your ebook reader? There are readers with wifi, touch screens, etc. The latest Sony readers combine the best screen yet with an excellent touch screen.
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I'll tell you what I want in a dedicated eInk-based ereader:
1. A screen that better approximates the text block size of a typical hardback book.
2. A pixel density of at least 300 dpi at that screen size.
3. A background that better approximates the typical white color of a quality hardback page - I got so sick of reading text on a gray background.
I used a 505 for a year, and in the end I hated it for all the shortcomings in the areas above. I read on an iPad now, and I consider it a stopgap between the 505-generation reader and the eventual reader that will satisfy my needs. I liked the concept of eInk, but at the slow pace of development in that tech, I can't really see something becoming commercially viable that would meet my criteria much before about 2015 at the earliest. The eInk industry is too focused on silly eye-candy useless things like putting washed-out color on the screens: they need to mature the B&W experience first before getting lost on a tangent.