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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Yes, I hear some people clamoring for a backlit eBook reader. But tll me this, what did those same people do with a pBook in dim or no light? And because the eink displays cannot have a backlight display, does that mean they will stick with pBooks wich are also NOT backlight and cannot be?
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I had trouble deciding to reply to this... as many have pointed out, we have discussed this extensively already. So... keeping it short:
eInk does not equal eBook
It is possible to enjoy ebooks, and not use an eink reader. Asking for features not offered on some or several readers (lighting, dictionary search, annotation, PDA functionality, whatever) does not constitute a rejection of eBooks in general.
Speaking for myself, for nearly a decade (since '99 when the Palm IIIx came out), I have been doing most of my reading on handhelds, and the ability to read in lots of different locations/situations was one of the big advantages of eBooks. It felt really odd to me the first time I looked at the new generation of specialized readers and realized that stepping up to the high end would mean
losing functionality.
For those that love eInk -- great! For those that do not -- look around, there are lots of other ways to enjoy ebooks.
Jack