1) There are far better e-ink devices for reading: with FAR better readability, and cheaper.
2) Colors are very very poor. The huge price and darker screen are a too big turn-downs for these colors.
3) We'll talk about it when the price will be down. At present it's 500 bucks.
4) People searching for gadgets will buy iThings instead. People searching for school/work tools, will be disappointed for the unripe firmware and old design.
I do not know where do you live, luckily I do not know girls who fall in love for guys who own tablets.
5) You look smart...What? Lol can't you be serious?
6) Every 9,7" e-paper reads pdf. And the ebook standard is epub.
7) Like every old 9,7" out there
8) It's resolution is wasted 'cause of the color layer, and the gray of the screen makes it unuseful
9) I like to invest in INNOVATION, here there's no trace of innovation. Do not see a single innovation other than poor colors here.
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Originally Posted by ProDigit
1- Because it's e-ink, and thus reads better, and has long battery life (although lately cellphones and netbooks using regular TFT/LCD screens have used better power optimizations,and come close to a day of battery use).
2- Because it's color e-ink (a bonus upon regular e-ink).
3- Because price will lower over time
4- Because it's portable and sleek,stylish and modern, and a new gadget, that gets you instant friends and hopefully instant girlfriend(s) (and for some can be a tool to get instant money,cars,houses, boats, and space ships too)
5- Because you look smarter owning an ebook reader, than reading from a laptop.
6- Because it reads PDF, the world's largest library next to .txt files (thus,easy to download and use, especially when having an SD card)
7- Because it can do so much more than just reading books
8- Because it has a resolution that can actually make A4/lettertype sized papers readable.
9- because you want to invest in a developing market (the more investors, the more likely that the product will increase in performance, and decrease in price).
10- Because there are 10 top reasons in a top 10, not 9!
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Harry: companies selling these devices in 2012 can't rely on early adopters, to mantain their business. In 2012 even the early adopters have higher expectations from ereaders.