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Originally Posted by Hellmark
You could have a pocket sized, more multifunction device, with eink that would still work as a great ebook reader. Put on there a calculator, Sudoku and other basic games, etc.
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Maybe, but I still see any potential functions as being a lot more limited than your average smartphone. If all an e-Ink reader can bring to the table is the kind of limited things we've seen in the Kindle store, I don't see that competing well. Again, I think the size makes it less than optimal for reading. I think a Kindle/Nook/Sony sized reader is a great solution for reading, whereas a palm-sized reader doesn't put you very far away from the days of my old PalmPilot II (albeit with better resolution). It's hard for me to see a market for that.
I think the only way you could really do e-ink on a screen that size and make it marketable is to have it be a hybrid screen. If it could jump between e-ink and LCD, that might work. (Maybe have a device with an LCD on one side, and an e-ink screen on the other). And even then, I don't see a lot of interest being there.