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stewacide · 01-07-2013, 09:49 AM

I think there is a huge market for large eink readers: the problem so far has been price point. I know lots of older folks that like HUGE laptop screens because of their ageing eyes now that such laptops are no longer a premium niche product (as they were back when the first 17" PowerBooks were launched). I also know a growing number of people, many of them in fact quite young, who have gravitated toward these huge ~5" cellphones and some who ever use +7" tablets as phones now that they are available and cheap.

I personally like screens small and high-DPI, but I think I'm probably in the minority, everything else being equal.

01-07-2013, 09:49 AM	#88
stewacide Groupie Posts: 197 Karma: 1086780 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo H2O Ed. 2, Glo HD, Glo, Touch, Clara HD	I think there is a huge market for large eink readers: the problem so far has been price point. I know lots of older folks that like HUGE laptop screens because of their ageing eyes now that such laptops are no longer a premium niche product (as they were back when the first 17" PowerBooks were launched). I also know a growing number of people, many of them in fact quite young, who have gravitated toward these huge ~5" cellphones and some who ever use +7" tablets as phones now that they are available and cheap. I personally like screens small and high-DPI, but I think I'm probably in the minority, everything else being equal.