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Originally Posted by TimW
Battery life...that's a big reason why I won't be retiring the e-ink. If I know I'm going somewhere (e.g. doctor's office) where I will likely have ample time to read, I don't want to see a "low battery" warning when I open the cover of my reader. If I need to check my email or have a glance at MR, I have free 3G on my KK if there's no Wi-Fi available. No, I'm too cheap for a smart phone...dumb phone for me.  |
Absolutely agree. I do have a smart phone - and a very good one - but I am sparing of the ebook reader app if am going to be away from a power source for a long time. With the eink reader I can be away from home for several days and not even bother to take the charger cable with me.
The same with tablets; they are just too power hungry if the screen is on backlight all the time. Although I think if the battery life problem is ever solved there could be some serious competition for eink - those colour screens are very appealing!