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Old 12-30-2010, 06:34 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by 3bayjunkie View Post
I am not sure why some of you are comparing the color e-ink to an ipad or any other lcd screen. it is in color but it is not back-lit and it is not lcd. so i think you are missing the point...

two words: magazines, comic books.
Yeah, but to me, if you are going to read magazines or comic books, then why do you need e-ink?

Other than perhaps Scientific American, is there a magazine that takes someone more than an hour to read? No, magazines are generally designed for quick reading

Same with comics. I guess if it's a compilation of several comics it might take more than five minutes to read. But for the most part you are looking at pictures.

When you factor in that you need a large gizmo to read those well, you're pretty much in ipad territory price-wise. B&W e-readers with that form factor are brushing that.
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