Think others have said it already but main benefit right now would be install any e-Reader software you want.
Besides being able to easily access your Kindle, Nook, and Kobo books (there is an Android application for each of these) you can also install other 3rd party software to view your books or PDFs. I love Aldiko on Android, it's is extremely customizable compared to every other e-Reader software for tablets I've tried including all of the above and even iBooks on the iPad. Now combine this with the Dropbox application and you can have your own personal "cloud" e-Reader.
Furthermore I can think of a handful of apps/widgets that could be useful for me on a daily basis. For example, Calendar/Agenda widget (integrates with Google Calendar), Mint (personal finance) "Recent Transactions Live Folder", and the Daily Dilbert app.
At the end of the day if B&N or Sony ever actual offer there own "Market" to allow users to buy and install applications without rooting, I'd imagine we will see many more compelling "e-Ink friendly" applications appear very quickly. There is already a large and growing community of Android developers.
If you think about it the only usability requirements for e-Ink displays would be less animations, and a "next/previous" page support instead of only supporting swipe scrolling. Some applications already by their nature support these features. The only reason why there are not that many other applications that consider this is there is no "official" way that the mainstream consumer can get these applications, so all the focus is on the Android devices that are mainstream, LCD based devices.
|