[Man Eating Duck]

Originally Posted by Crowl

Beyond the comfort issue of eink vs LCD, the other major benefit of the current ereaders is the battery life, you hardly have to pay attention to charging the device and the lower battery needs also result in a lighter device which again increases the comfort factor for reading.

The current ereaders may only be transitional devices, but the same is true of current tablets, things will move on from now as they always do.

Yes, but I sincerely hope that the E-Ink pure (literature) reading device will remain in some form. I also have a tablet, it's nice for its uses. I quite literally never leave home without my reader, however