Okay, I've hardly ever visited this site (so far, that's going to change now), but I have to offer a bit of viral marketing for E Ink Corporation...
In the beginning of March, I entered a competition that allowed you to win an ereader. I didn't win, as I didn't read the question properly, but apparently I gave some enthousiastic suggestions for the future of E Ink, as I was contacted Sriram K. Peruvemba, chief marketing officer of E Ink Corporation. He had received my feedback from Rita Toews, who ran the competition on 'read an ebook week', and was happy enough with it to offer me a alternative prize
Fed Ex delivered it today... I'm now the very proud owner of a Sony PRS650 ereader!
I am really very impressed that E Ink gives that kind of attention to what we, the readers, have to say about the future of ereading and their efforts. And I wasn't even 'sucking up', I gave some stiff criticism as well, even told them Mirasol will likely wipe its feet on E Ink, technology-wise, if it ends up doing what it claims to do, but I also tried to suggest they focus on dedicated ereaders, making them as cheap yet as good as possible, as Mirasol will likely be offered at pretty high price. I also suggested they venture in selling 'stand-alone' e-inkscreens that you can plug into separately sold readers as a future market niche, allowing them to sell stuff themselves. Who knows? Anyway, 3 cheers for E Ink and for Sriram Peruvemba!
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