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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Moving beyond ugly... the Iliad has a lot of things to like. A friend of mine showed me his, and I could surely stand using a device like this, but for two things: Price, which I agree is daunting; and lack of color.
Heck, when for $700, I can buy a new laptop or small UMPC and basically duplicate and surpass Iliad's functions (and I don't have issues reading on LCD screens as some people do), I just can't see the value in the Iliad.
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Well, if you don't have a problem with reading on LCD screens, then the value of the Iliad is lost on you. Its the epaper screen which you're mostly paying for. Personally, I've been reading a lot on my Palm, and I'm finding I'm getting a lot less eye-strain since I got my Iliad. Being an easily distracted person, I also find that I'm getting more reading done, since I'm not tempted to check my emails, or browse the web quite so often :-) Lack of colour doesn't bother me, since none of the books I've read on it would have been in colour anyway (apart from the cover, which you should never judge a book by, so they say).
Ebook readers are not really about having lots of functions, they're about reading books, in the same way that TVs are about watching TV. I mean, I've got a Swiss Army Knife, which does all sorts of things, but I don't eat my dinner with it
