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Originally Posted by jocampo
I think that if sales go down significantly, eink readers will disappear :-(
And I will be really sad, because right now there is nothing better if you want to read a book. But market is rule by sales numbers, profit. It looks like people prefer to buy a multipurpose device instead, where they can read, browse Internet and do email stuff .
Eink devices need to evolve. I believe eink devices that provide color will give a boost to the whole experience and attract new customers. But that won't happen anytime soon. Maybe in two years.
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Emphasis mine, and I agree. The whole reason I like the nook touch is its singularity of purpose; it does one thing very well and it really doesn't try to do anything else (subtle lock-in marketing aside); it displays the pages of my book in easy-to-read way. It doesn't distract me with anything outside the world the author has created for me with words.
You feel like that. I feel like that. Others here feel like that. The market exists so somebody is going to fill the niche. I already have two nook touch devices. If I see them about to go under, I'll buy two more just to be on the safe side.