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fjtorres · 07-29-2013, 08:59 AM

The devices we see today are what the market has said it wants.
People voting with their wallets have made it clear that for dedicated reading devices cheap and light sells. Multi-screen devices don't sell in volume. So yes, the market has given up on them.

If you like the two-page spread reading environment, dual column landscape is a viable option on both tablet and eink and there are signs of a slight movement to 12in tablets in the very near future. (Second wave of Win8Tabs this fall.) The price will be higher than the smaller tablets but less than the hinged dual screen devices. Those might stick in the market as a viable premium option to the existing, market-tested form factors.

07-29-2013, 08:59 AM	#21
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	The devices we see today are what the market has said it wants. People voting with their wallets have made it clear that for dedicated reading devices cheap and light sells. Multi-screen devices don't sell in volume. So yes, the market has given up on them. If you like the two-page spread reading environment, dual column landscape is a viable option on both tablet and eink and there are signs of a slight movement to 12in tablets in the very near future. (Second wave of Win8Tabs this fall.) The price will be higher than the smaller tablets but less than the hinged dual screen devices. Those might stick in the market as a viable premium option to the existing, market-tested form factors.