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Originally Posted by cmdahler
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.
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Why don't you go back to paper books? They are great. Nice covers, you can write on the margins, they are cheap if you buy second-hand and the choice is amazing...that technology is definitely mature. And come back here in 5 years.
