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Originally Posted by Ripplinger
I disagree, I think the front-lit ereaders are here to stay and will keep improving. If you read outdoors at all, all the fancy tablets and PDAs and phones are 100% useless in the sun. If I didn't have ringtones assigned to all my contacts, I'd never be able to tell who was calling before I answer when outdoors even at max brightness settings. It doesn't even have to be in bright sunlight. Even if I try to find shade under trees, I still can barely read the screen.
And I don't see any use at all for a color display when reading novels. If you only read magazines, then I could see a reason to stick to color displays, and you wouldn't want e-ink in that case. But I don't read magazines at all and I can't remember ever picking up a book to read that was in color. I just want clear text on a paper-like background, just like when reading a paper book.
But that there's just no way to read from a back-lit device outdoors in bright light means that front-lit ereaders will be around for a long long time for those who like to read everywhere.
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I certainly hope so. I'll hang to my e-ink ereader with my dying breath. It would be impossible to read in the summer during the day without it.