Quote:
Originally Posted by boxcorner
Except, Cooley said something like, "... but we're also not a nation of bookworms either. For most of us, the tablet is going to be good enough, especially since our real love is video and the web". So on that basis, there would be no reason to make the universal device as good as a dedicated e-reader for reading, because its purpose would be for displaying video and surfing the Web.
|
I can agree with his point for most people but obviously there are plenty of readers very happy with dedicated reading devices and the advantages of reflective screens for that use. I don't think those people will magically disappear.
My point is the only reason that dedicated ereaders only do reading is that's all the technology limits of eInk allow. As screens improve and thus the devices can, and will, do more at some point they will no longer be a dedicated ereader. The only reason I could see then for their survival would be if you could make a bare bones super cheap model by not adding any other features.