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Originally Posted by colinsky
This may be "apples and oranges"--I'm not convinced that the majority of people buying tablets are doing so for reading.
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As they say on many forums: This.
I'd wager that most who read on tablets do so as a nice side-effect, not primary purpose.
Of course few will actually carry around two devices of similar size if one can take over the task of the other.
If Tablets win (I'm not convinced that it's yet over), then it's because the eBook readers (users and manufacturers) are too stubborn to move from the "purely reading device" to something of a "multiple purpose device".
Stuff like the ImcoV6L Reader - that should have happened years ago.
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I don't know why Mirasol never came to be (I thought it was produced and sold?) but I'm certain it's not because it's solving a non-existing problem.
Unless the problem of battery time was solved and I missed it? Screens that require active lighting always need more power than those that don't.
(Of course, eReaders with background light negate the benefit of eInk somewhat.)