Thread: PVI revenues drop - weakening e-paper orders!
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Old 06-17-2008, 05:31 AM   #56
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Originally Posted by radleyp View Post
Very interesting discussion, to which I will add my own observation. Most readers who own computers see no need for eink readers, since they can buy or download for free ebooks of all kinds and read them on a desktop or pda or phone. To them a screen is a screen: they have one on the computer and they see no need to try another, a pity to be sure, since you can't appreciate an eink screen unless you actually go to the trouble of using one.
I want to add. There are people who wished for a eInk screen for they laptop. Its currently not feasible, because of the refresh times, and current software doesn't cater for slow displays. But I got already people who when handed my iLiad, their first questions was: So you can read directly in the sun with it? Can I use it as external screen to my laptop?
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